NACLIN 201013 National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information 13 National Convention on Knowledge, Library and Information NetworkingNetworking

June 15-18, 2010

Jointly Organized by

DELNET, New Delhi , BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa

Theme:Revitalizing Libraries in a Global Village: High-End Technologies and Resource

Management

Venue: BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa

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Dr.B.U.Kannappanavar

Dept.of Library and Information Science

Kuvempu UniversityShankaraghatta – 577 451

E-mail:kannappanavar@gmail.com

Mr.Ravi.K.BLibrarian,

Ramaiah Institute Management Studies(RIMS),

MSR Nagar,MSRIT Post,Bangalore – 560 054

E-mail:ravikb78@gmail.com

APPLICATION APPLICATION OFOF

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES ININ

SOME SELECTED SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN SOME SELECTED SPECIAL LIBRARIES IN BANGALORE(KARNATAKABANGALORE(KARNATAKA))

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DEFINITIONSInformationInformation

The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary

defines as “Information is the result of

processing, gathering, manipulating and

organizing data in a way that adds to the

knowledge of the receiver”. It is also defines

information is a knowledge, or facts

communicating about a particular subject,

event, intelligence.Contd..

CommunicationCommunicationAccording to Encyclopedia Britannica,

“Interest in communication has been

stimulated by advances in science and

technology, which, by their nature, have

called attention to humans as communicating

creatures’. Among the first and most

dramatic examples of the inventions resulting

from technological ingenuity were the

telegraph and telephone, followed by others

like wireless radio and telephoto devices.

Contd..

Information Technology

Information Technology (IT), as defined by

Encyclopedia of Computer Science “ Information

Technology is an imprecise term frequently

applied to a broad area of activities and

technologies associated with the use of

computers and communication, but generally

implying the application of computers to

storage, retrieval, processing and dissemination

of data, particularly in the field of commerce.

Contd..

Research LibraryResearch Library

ALA Glossary of Library and Information

Science define Research library as "A library,

which contains an in-depth collection in a

particular subject field (such as a technical

library) or in in-depth collections in several

subject fields (such as university library or a

large private or public library). The

collections include primary sources and

provide extensive chronological and/or

geographical coverage."Contd..

Special LibrarySpecial LibraryAccording to International Organization for

Standardization Special libraries are, “ those

maintained by an association, government,

parliament, research institution , museum,

business firm, industrial enterprise,

chamber of commerce,etc, or other

organized group, greter part of their

collection being in a specific field or subject,

e.g. natural sciences, social sciences,

agriculture, chemistry, medicine, economics,

engineering, law and history”. Contd..

According to UNESCOAccording to UNESCO

“These libraries may be attached to

various bodies , such as parliament or a

government department , a scientific or other

research institution, a learned society ,

professional association, museum , industrial

association, chamber of commerce, etc. and not

coming within any of the categories- national

libraries, university libraries and school

libraries.”Contd..

According to Ridley:According to Ridley:

‘subject’ is most important criterion.

He said that a special library

means ,”A collection of information

covering a specific field which may be

administered by special staff and for

service of a limited clientele.”

Contd..

Close to Ridley, Dr Ranganathan Close to Ridley, Dr Ranganathan observed: observed:

“specialization in a subject to be

the characteristic that makes a

library a special library.”

CATEGORIES OF SPECIAL CATEGORIES OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES LIBRARIES

R&D (Research & Development) organizations.

Government.

Business, Trade and Industry.

Socio-economic Development Research .

Institutions.

Newspaper.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMSTATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The studies conducted so far,focus on

the available library facilities in

special libraries,and no

comprehensive study was

undertaken to critically evaluate the

ICT skills of the librarians in special

library.

Contd..

A Survey of literature reveals that the

Librarians are the most developed strata

among the special library.The responsibility

is thrust on these libraries to function

effectively as active research and

development instrument in modern

research and development .Very few

research/study were carried out in this

area.Contd..

The studies conducted so far,focus

on the available library facilities in

special libraries,and no

comprehensive study was

undertaken to critically evaluate

the ICT skills of the librarians in

special library.Contd..

The problem taken for the study is

“ APPLICATION OF APPLICATION OF

INFORMATION AND INFORMATION AND

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

IN IN SOME SELECTED SPECIAL SOME SELECTED SPECIAL

LIBRARIES IN LIBRARIES IN

BANGALORE(KARNATAKABANGALORE(KARNATAKA))”.

NEED OF THE STUDY

Information and knowledge have

become increasingly important in the

contemporary globalized economy, as

advancement in ICTs has enabled

larger amounts of information to

circulate at a much higher speed and

at lower costs. Contd..

The necessity of ICT skills has a clear

impact on library professionals, with

the emergence of digital reference

services.

Contd..

Information and Communication

Technologies (ICTs) have become basic

ingredients in the operations of

libraries, and the education sector in

general.

Contd..

Libraries are finding it increasingly

difficult to acquire and make available

to their users full range of information

in print form due to information

explosion and widespread use of digital

information resources.

Contd..

Besides,electronic information

sources(EIS) are becoming more

popular with users who find them

rewarding and preferred over the print

sources.

Contd..

Effective application of ICT in libraries

helps in performing their operations

and services most efficiently.

Contd..

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

The study proposes to focuses :

To assess the current state-of-the-art Information and Communication

Technology Infrastructure in some selected special libraries in Bangalore.

Contd..

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To evaluate the contemporary use of ICT in some selected special libraries in Bangalore.

To compare the Information and Communication Technology status among the some selected special libraries in Bangalore.

To identify and analyse the specific factors that promoted or hindered the application of ICT in some selected special libraries in Bangalore.

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Contd..

To assess to what extent users are satisfied with Information and Communication Technology resources and services in selected some special libraries in Bangalore.

To suggest measures for improvement of existing resources and services and

implementation of ICT.•  

Contd..

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

An attempt has been made to identify

the ICT Skills among the Librarians

working in some selected special

Libraries in Bangalore.

HYPOTHESES• A hypothesis is an assumption about

relations variables. It is a tentative explanation of the research; the researcher has a rather general, diffused,even confused notion of the problem. It may take a long time for the research to say what Questions he has been seeking answers to. Hence an adequate statement about the research problem is very important.

Contd..

• The study is based on the following hypotheses:

• H0.Managerial skills, subject skills and technical skills are at satisfactory level among the some selected special Library Librarians in Bangalore .

Contd..

• H1.It is not always found a satisfactory level of Managerial skills, subject skills and technical skills.

• Librarians adopt varied means and methods to acquire ICT skills.

• Librarians face obstacles in acquiring ICT skills.

Contd..

METHODOLOGY

Type of research undertaken –

Descriptive• The data required to be collected requires

qualitative and quantitative interpretation based on the data collected both Parametric and Non-parametric a descriptive outcome could be derived initially and subsequently evaluation. Hence the research will be descriptive or fact finding in nature with evaluation focuses.

Source of information or data

A) Secondary data –LISA Abstracts, Books,

Journals, etc

B) Primary data - The primary information is

going to be collected through Survey method

and in specific cases interview method, using

predesigned questionnaire, administered to the

librarians in some selected special Libraries in

Bangalore.

Research Model

Sampling designSampling design

Population details – In Bangalore there are more than 100 Libraries employing around 200 Library professionals.

Contd..

Sample frame ---- The information will be collected from The Directory of Libraries in India, Directory of Scientific and Technical Libraries in India and Directory of Libraries in Karnataka were used to identify the names, administrative status and addresses of libraries for the study. Since the directories were updated, information was verified telephonically and through personal visits.

Contd..

Sample selection and sample size – It is proposed to interview around 25 professionals using Non probabilistic sample.

Data collection tools

It is proposed to design a question

schedule and questionnaire consisting

of close ended questions and open

ended questions for parametric data

and non parametric data respectively.

Plan of analysis

The data collected will be subjected to

editing, compiling, coding and

encrypting for parametric statistical

analysis and Non-parametric

hypothesis testing using statistical

packages liks SPSS(Statistical package

for Social Sciences).

ICT infrastructure

ICT infrastructure is usually considered with

respect to its main areas, which

are:hardware, software, and

telecommunication. The infrastructure

remains the main bottleneck to the

development of ICT in libraries. Sufficient

infrastructure is very essential for the

successful application of ICT in libraries.

Sl.No Organisation N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 State Government 06 24

2 Central Government 06 24

3 Semi Government 01 04

4 Autonomous(Central Government ) 01 04

5 Autonomous(State Government ) 01 04

6 Public Sector 01 04

7 Private Sector 09 36

8 Others(Pl.Specify)

Table -1 : Types of Institution / Organisation

Sl.No Network Operating System N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Linux 06 24

2 Unix 01 04

3 Windows NT 02 08

4 Novel Netware 01 04

5 Windows 98/2000/XP 15 60

Table - 2: Use of Network Operating System

Sl.No Library Automation Software N=25 Percentage ( % )11 CDS/ISISCDS/ISIS

22 LibsysLibsys 0505 2020

33 Alice for WindowsAlice for Windows 0202 0808

44 SLIM++SLIM++

55 WINISISWINISIS

66 WinsoftWinsoft

77 WinLisWinLis 0202 0808

88 LibsoftLibsoft

99 LimsoftLimsoft 0202 0808

1010 EasylibEasylib 0101 0404

1111 E-GrantalayaE-Grantalaya 0202 0808

1212 Libsuit ASP+Libsuit ASP+

1313 Chronicles 2001Chronicles 2001 0101 0404

1414 SoulSoul 0202 0808

1515 Inhouse Prepared Inhouse Prepared 0808 3232

1616 Etc(Pl.Specify )Etc(Pl.Specify ) 0505 2020

Table -3 : Use of Library Management Software

Sl.No Library Operations and Services N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Acquisition 25 100

2 Cataloguing 23 92

3 Classification 23 92

4 Bibliographic Databases 22 88

5 SDI 22 88

6 CAS 22 88

7 Etc(Pl.Specify )

Table -4 : Use of Internet for various Library Operations and Services

Sl.No Year N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Before 1990

2 1990- 1999 06 24

3 2000 -- 2010 19 76

Table -5 : Year of Automation

Sl.No Areas of automation N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Acquisition 25 100

2 Cataloguing 24 96

3 Circulation 24 96

4 Serial Control 24 96

5 OPAC 24 96

Table - 6 : Areas of Automation

Sl.No Information handling tools/utilities/devices N=25 Percentage ( % )1 Floppy 05 20

2 Magnetic tape 05 20

3 CD-ROM 15 60

4 CD-ROM 10 40

5 VCD 05 20

6 Printer 17 68

7 Scanner 12 48

8 Smart card 02 08

9 Laptop computer 13 52

10 CD-Net Server 05 20

11 CD-Tower

12 Bibliographic databases 10 40

13 Full-text databases 10 40

14 E-Book 12 48

Contd..

Table -7 : Use of ICT-based Resources and Services

15 Telephone 16 64

16 Fax 12 48

17 E-mail 16 64

18 WWW 15 60

19 Ftp 05 20

20 Telnet 02 08

21 Listserve 02 08

22 Usenet/Newsgroup 05 20

23 E-Journals 15 60

24 Library’s website – 10 40

25 OPAC 21 05 20

26 Web OPAC 10 40

Sl.No Reasons for dissatisfaction N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Inadequate ICT infrastructure 05 20

2 Limited computer literacy among library users

08 32

3 Users are not trained for ICT-based information services

08 32

4 Inadequately trained library professionals in ICT application

04 16

5 Inadequate publicity for the ICT-based resources and services

18 72

6 Rigid ICT use policies implemented by the library

08 32

7 Discouraging attitude of library professionals towards their users

09 36

8 Etc(Pl.Specify)

Table - 8 : Reasons for Librarians dissatisfaction with the application of ICT

Sl. No Key category of suggestions N=25 Percentage ( % )

1 Database searching (CD-ROM and full-text databases)

15 60

2 Internet-based information resources and services

23 92

3 Information retrieval and dissemination

22 88

4 Information retrieval and dissemination

18 72

5 Data mining from digital library

18 72

6 Etc(Pl.Specify)

Table - 9 : Librarians suggestion with regard to areas of training