Librarianship in the South

Education for digital libraries in Asian countries

Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Abu | 2009
  • Author(s): Bakar, Ahmad Bakeri Abu
  • Publisher: [Author]
  • Pages: 458--463
  • Keywords: libraries, internet, information services, data bases, asia
This paper looks at the state of education in digital libraries in Asian countries. Academic programs offered at the post graduate level which can be categorized as similar or equivalent to the Department of Library and Information Science were surveyed in all the countries of Asia.

Cutting out the middle man? : disintermediation and the academic library

Ball, David | 2012
  • Author(s): Ball, David
  • Publisher: Association of Commonwealth universities (ACU). Libraries & information network
  • Pages: 2--3
  • Keywords: information management, scientific literature, university and college libraries
Big Deals, open access, and digitisation increasingly mean that selection decisions are being removed from librarians and transferred to the end user. The author looks at the forces pushing towards this ‘disintermediation’ and considers the future role of the academic library.

Digital library : an inevitable resource for modern day research in developing countries

Banday, M. Tariq and Qadri, Jameel A. and Shah, Nisar A. | 2009
  • Author(s): Banday, M. Tariq and Qadri, Jameel A. and Shah, Nisar A.
  • Publisher: University of Amsterdam. Sprouts
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: developing countries, information sources
This paper presents use of digital libraries in carrying out cost-effective and quality research. It concludes that the digital library has become an inevitable source of information for researchers around the globe and especially in developing countries.

Scholarly digital library initiatives : world versus India

Bansode, Sadanand and Pujar, S.M. | 2008
  • Author(s): Bansode, Sadanand and Pujar, S.M.
  • Publisher: [DRDO]. DESIDOC
  • Pages: 21--26
  • Keywords: libraries, information technology, electronic publishing, india
Digital library initiatives at international level are many, but in developing counties like India they are still at an early stage. This article describes how, with an initiative like the Million Book Project, the culture of digital libraries has also made a beginning in India.

A survey of library automation in college libraries in Goa State, India

Bansode, Sadanand Y. and Periera, Shamin | 2008
  • Author(s): Bansode, Sadanand Y. and Periera, Shamin
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska. Lincoln libraries]
  • Pages: --
  • Keywords: university and college libraries, library automation, information technology, india
This paper highlights the present status of library automation in the college libraries of Goa State, India.
 

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