Mr. Ramanand Mukund Chavan, Librarian, NTVS College of Education, Nandurbar. Maharashtra
Abstract
Libraries of modern era use ICT, Web Resources, Electronic Collection, Online information for their Users and enabled as hub of modern resource . Present Paper indicates information of various Electronic resources, services for users, various benefits and various types.
Keywords: Electronic resources, ICT, E-learning, Digital library, academic Libraries, Hybrid Libraries.
Introduction: The Words like ICT, Internet, World Wide Web etc. has effected all sector of human life. It may personal life, social life, educational life etc. In easy word we can say present world is of E-environment Digital, Electronic and Web based is common word used by majority of authors and it is called an organized collection of online or digital information on specific subject area of universe Knowledge. This smart technology gives opportunities in our field of Library and Information Science. It enables us (library professional) to give more updated information to our library users. The E-resource or web based resources can be used any time and at any place with most people utilizing user friendly devices like smart Phones and tablets. It not only reduces size of libraries but also develop rich storage of information. The government has taken various polices to introduce e-information services like National Knowledge Network (NKN), Digital India, Knowledge related institution in the country. National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NETEL), e-pathshala, Info port for a subject gateway for Indian Electronic –Resources, e-content in 71 Subjects at postgraduate level multimedia e-learning platform, E-Kalp (a Project on creating digital –learning environment etc.The creation digital infrastructure, delivering services digitally and digital literacy).
E-Resources Concept: The word E-resource/ Web- resources/e-document is coined since 1985 and it is resource which is exist in an electronically and accessed by the computer or devices like smart phones and Tablets etc. with the help of internet online. The use of information in digitized form is increase very fast in this smart web era.
E-Resource Definition: We may be define Electronic Resources as “Those informative document that require computer, smart phones and Tablets etc. electronic devices for access anywhere with the help with internet.” For Example E-Book, E-Journals, databases, indexing and abstracting databases Etc. some of the most frequently use.
Need of Electronic Resources: We face very fast speed of each and every field of human being where no time to spend freely in the age of information explosion. We have need of Electronic Resources because as fallow.The World of today is known as IT Oriented. Access of information is become technical. Information change with Value based and cost based ,Quick access gives preference first.Information change its nature and forms traditional to ultra modernized.Problem of space management in libraries Etc.
Advantages Use and Impact: E-Resources are always influencing the development of new modes of scholarly communication. They overcome the Geographical limitations associated with print media. Specially E-resources are helpful to distant learners who are limited time to access libraries. E-collections are very helpful and useful to all type of institution and individuals to get instant, relevant, comprehensive information at door step membership of consortia may also purposeful in meets the financial problems of institutions. Some pinpointed advantages are as follows.Unlimited concurrent use.Easy to use.Physical space saving.Reading, forwarding, saving, downloading and Printing.Speedy and Multi access.Reuse.Manpower saving. Time saving. Services: Electronic Resources are become strong hand for academic world. Libraries are the direct incentives to the development of educational, social and cultural activities in the country. Libraries financial problems because all rise prices that‟s why need is increase to search something substantial has to be done in order to facilitate access to scholarly resources to uses Especially research scholars due to emergence of many local regional, national , international resource sharing knowledge network initiatives throughout the world in the universities and institutions of higher learning institutions have started optimally utilizing the resources for example like UGC-INFONET, INDEST-AICTE, NKRC,FORSA (Forum for Resource Sharing in Astronomy and Astrophysics ), IIM Libraries, HELINET (Health Science Library and Information Network.) Inter University centre (IUC-DAEF Consortia for Atomic Energy), CSIR e-journal, Consortium , ICMR and N-List Programme of MHRD/UGC (INFLIBNET). Etc. scholarly electronic information resources including peer revived journals, data bases, abstracts, Proceedings etc.
Types of Electronic Resources: The Information Professionals of the Libraries and information centers have to change their attitude, style, and skill towards information handling. Information available in different types of electronic resources are as follows.
Electronic Books (E-books) E-dictionaries E-manuals E-Directories
E-manuscripts E- Encyclopedias E-maps E-Glossaries Electronic Journals (E-journals) E-Biographies Electronic Databases E-Abstracts
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Electronic Newspaper E-Bibliographical tools E-audio material and E-visual material E-Index
E-thesis E-Library catalogue E-reports E-data archives ETC. Personal sites Weblogs, Start page, Online dictionary Wikipedia, RSS Feeds
Textual work Wikis, Social networking,
Features and Techniques in Web based:
Search: Information finding through keyword search.
Links: Connects information together in to a meaningful information ecosystem using the model of the Web, and provides low-barrier social tools.
Authoring: The ability to create and update content leads to the collaborative work of many rather than just a few web authors. In wikis, users may extend, undo and redo each other‟s work. In blogs, posts and the comments of individuals build up over time.
Tags: Categorization of content by users adding „Tags‟ (short, usually one-word descriptions) to facilitate searching, without dependence on pre made categories collection of tags created by many users within a single system may be referred to as „folksonomies‟ (i.e. folk taxonomies).
Extensions: Software that makes the web an application platform as well as a document server this include software like adobe reader, adobe flash player, Microsoft silver light, active X, Oracle java, QuickTime, Windows media etc.
Signals: The use of syndication technology such as RSS to notify users of content changes.
Service provided by web: The following Web-based services and application Demonstrate the foundations of the web 2.0 Concept, and are already being used in certain higher library services this services include blogs, Wikis, Multimedia sharing services, content syndication podcasting and tagging services. It is a worth Nothing that many of this newer technologies are concatenations, i.e. they make use of existing services.
Blog: The term web Blog or blog refer to a simple web page consisting of brief paragraphs of opinions, information personal diary entries, or links, called post, arranged chronologically with the most recent first, in the style of an online journal. Most Blogs also allow visitors to add a comment below entry. For example- http://www.techcrunch.com/http: /www.instpundit.com, http://blogs.warvics.ac.uk/.
Wiki: A wiki is a webpage or set of WebPages that can be easily edited by anyone who is allowed access. Wiki is collaborative tool that facilitates the production of group work wiki pages have an edited button displayed on the screen and the user can click on this to access an easy- to- use online editing tool to change or even delete the contents of the page in question. Simple hyper text style linking between Pages is used to create a navigable set of pages. E.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page.
Tagging and Social Bookmarking: A tag is key word that is added to a digital object (e.g. a website, picture or video clip) to describe it. Social Book Marking System is An application of tagging and allows users of „bookmark‟ or „favourites „, to store these centrally on a remote service and to share them with other users of the system. A bookmark can belong to more than one category. For example, using tags, a photo of a tree could be categorized with both „tree‟ and „larch‟.
Multimedia Sharing: Multimedia sharing is service that allows the users the accessibility not only as consumers but also as contributors in the production of web content. You Tube (video) Flicker (photographs) and Odeo (podcasts) are examples. Audio Blogging and Podcasting: Podcasts are audio recording .usually in MP3 format, of talks, interviews and lectures, which can be played either on a desktop computer or on a wide range of hand held MP3devices. A more recent development is introduction of video podcasts (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast): on line delivery of video-on- demand clips that can be played on a PC, or again on a suitable handheld player.
RSS and Syndication: RSS is a family of formats which allows users to find out about updates to the content of RSS-enabled websites, blogs or podcasts without actually having to go and visit the site. Web based services has in fact, the new concept of learning is expected to raise the awareness of environment, peace, social diversity, the concept of global citizens in a global village.
Challenges: Efficient and quick updates in information, bandwidth, design, effective multiplatform, irregular power supply. However, the use of these technologies needs to be made known to people top to bottom of society. un sufficient government policies for technology provided at the last person of society.
Conclusion: Web Based Technology is used general in eastern countries. Awareness and general use in coma man of these technologies in country like India is coming soon tomorrow. It is user centred and society developing technology.
Refrences:
Balu, T. Ashok (2007) Vision of future Library and Information System.Viva books; New Delhi.
Devanrajan, G. 1999,information technology in libraries, New Delhi, EssEss Publication.
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