Cutting-Edge Technology and Libraries
Contents: 1. Cutting-Edge Technologies in Libraries: Issues and Concerns/Bhanu Partap and Manju. 2. Challenges in Promotion of E-Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic in India/Sonia Sharma and Piyali Sarkar. 3. Designing Users Friendly Mobile Library Apps: An Overview/Sudip Bhattacharjee. 4. Information Economy and the Role of Library in Digital Era/Jitamoni Bhattacharyya and Bandana Gogoi. 5. Competent Library Services in Academic Environment and Total Quality Management (TQM) Practices/Abinash Dash and B. Chandrabati. 6. MOOCS in Library and Information Science: A Study of SWAYAM Portal/Sonia Bansal and Suniti Bala. 7. Open Educational Resources: An insight into Indian Initiatives/Madhu Midha. 8. Library Consortia: An Overview/Manju and Bhanu Partap. 9. Role of Academic Institution in Promoting Research Integrity: A Peep into the Efforts of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana/Sanjeev Kumar. 10. Acquisition Pattern of Libraries/Yogita Talwar. 11. ICT-Based Services to the Readers and Access to E-Resources: A Study/Vijay Kumar Bharati. 12. Use of Information Resources and Services by Faculty of Fashion Design Institute: A Study/Manjunatha S. R. and Harish H. T. 13. Relevancy of H-Index in the Digital World: A Primordial Approach/Renu. 14. Electronic Resource Management: Issues and Concerns/Geetu Bala. 15. Library Services and Assistive Technologies to Persons with Hearing Impairment/Amit Kumar. 16. Making Scientometric Portrait of Historian Romila Thapar/Pranjal Deka and Monjit Gogoi. Index.
The cutting-edge technologies have impacted the library and its operations in an immense way. The technology has impacted and resolves the crucial issues related with information generation, storage, retrieval and management. The overall working pattern and service delivery pattern of library and information centres have totally been changed with the rapid innovations in technology and its implementation in libraries and its activities. The application of information and communication technology has provided great opportunities for information distributed them the way and form the user preferred. Therefore, it is high time that the libraries have to adopt the cutting-edge technologies in the libraries for the fulfillment of the users need on their satisfaction level. The primary aim of this book is to assist and inform the users as well as library & information science professionals about the various issues and concerns related with the cutting-edge technologies and its impact on library and information services. This book contains papers on various issues related with the theme of the present book written by well-known library and information science professionals as well as academicians, which may be useful for the entire library and information science professionals as well as other academicians.
