Sunday, December 22, 2013

Interview Questions for Librarians



1. अपनी शक्तियों और कमजोरियों का वर्णन करें.
2. अपनी शिक्षा और कार्य अनुभव को देखते हुए, तुम क्यों इस काम के लिए योग्य हैं महसूस करते हैं?
3. आप पेशेवर संगठनों से संबंध रखने के मूल्य के रूप में देखते हैं?
4. क्यों आप इस नौकरी के लिए आवेदन किया था?
5. संग्रह के विकास के अपने दर्शन क्या है?
6. आप लोगों के साथ काम करना पसंद करते हैं?
7. आप दृश्य - श्रव्य सामग्री के साथ किसी भी अनुभव है?
8. आप प्रदर्शित करता है स्थापित करने में किसी भी अनुभव है?
9. आप अपने शिक्षा के इस काम के लिए आप तैयार किया है कि कैसा लगता है?
10. आप पांच साल में पेशेवर होने के लिए जहां उम्मीद करते हैं?
11. कैसे आप शेल्फ पर एक यौन शिक्षा की किताब पर आपत्ति है जो एक व्यक्ति को संभालना होगा?
12. आप कैसे आप तुरंत जवाब नहीं दे सकता कि फोन पर एक प्रश्न संभालना होगा?
13. आप एक patronís आग्रह का उत्तर देने से मना करेगा कि किसी भी समय है?
14. हम अपने वर्तमान ताकत क्या आपके वर्तमान पर्यवेक्षक कहते हैं, तो वह / वह क्या कहेंगे?
15. हम तुम क्यों किराया चाहिए?
16. आप पिछले दो महीनों के भीतर पढ़ सकते हैं और आप को पढ़ने के लिए एक संरक्षक के लिए सिफारिश कर रहे थे के रूप में हालांकि उनमें से एक का वर्णन किया है दो पुस्तकों नाम. क्यों वे इसे पढ़ने के लिए चाहता है?
17. क्या गुण आप हम एक भावी संदर्भ लाइब्रेरियन में देखना चाहिए लगता है?
18. अपने काम कैरियर को ध्यान में रखते हैं, तो आप इसके साथ coped कैसे आप कभी भी सामना करना पड़ा सबसे तनावपूर्ण घटना के बारे में बताने, और.
19. इस तस्वीर: यह 5:00 है और आप दिन पारी निवारण कर रहे हैं. आप डेस्क पर ही संदर्भ लाइब्रेरियन हैं और निम्नलिखित मदद के लिए इंतजार कर रहे हैं. किस क्रम में आप उन्हें क्यों का जवाब और होगा?
एक. एक होमवर्क असाइनमेंट के साथ एक युवा बच्चे
बी. एक मामूली बातों प्रश्न; प्रतियोगिता अब पर है.
सी. बस Jannette Daileyís नवीनतम किताब पढ़ सकते हैं और एक औरत जो एक ऐसी ही किताब के लिए एक सिफारिश चाहता है
डी. उनकी वंशावली कैसे करना है पर सलाह चाहने एक बुजुर्ग दंपति.
ई. शहर प्रबंधक कार्यालय टेलीफोन पर है.
20. क्या आप इस साक्षात्कार के लिए तैयार करने के लिए क्या किया?
21. नेतृत्व की अपनी शैली क्या है?
22. अपने आदर्श नौकरी का विवरण दें.
23. अपने सबसे चुनौतीपूर्ण पर्यवेक्षी अनुभव क्या था?
24. आप अभिलेखीय कार्य के बारे में सबसे क्या पसंद है?
25. एक सार्वजनिक पुस्तकालय में संरक्षक, एक शैक्षिक पुस्तकालय, और एक विशेष पुस्तकालय के बीच अंतर का वर्णन.
26. आप संदर्भ कक्ष में एक व्यक्ति और टेलीफोन बजी की सहायता कर रहे थे, तो आप क्या करेंगे?
27. आप बैकलॉग समाप्त कर दिया है के बाद, आप कैसे आप को चुनौती के रूप में यह काम देखते हैं? क्या काम करने के लिए आने के लिए प्रेरित करेगा?
28. क्यों आप दक्षिण कैरोलिना विश्वविद्यालय में भाग लेने के लिए चुनाव किया था?
29. क्यों आप एक कैरियर के रूप में पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष चुना?
30. आप एक विशेष रूप से तनाव में या अराजक संदर्भ डेस्क पर स्थिति और कैसे आप इस घटना को संभाला के बारे में हमें बता सकते हैं?
31. आप एक स्टाफ सदस्य एक गलत जवाब के साथ एक संरक्षक प्रदान सुना यदि आप क्या करेंगे?
32. तुम पर काम किया है और आप इसे करने के लिए योगदान दिया है कि कैसे एक टीम या समूह परियोजना के बारे में बताएँ.
33. सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी के साथ अपने अनुभव के बारे में बताएं.
34. तुम क्यों इस विशेष कैरियर में रुचि रखते हैं?
35. क्या ताकत आप एक संदर्भ की स्थिति के लिए लाते हैं और आप क्या क्षेत्रों में सुधार करना चाहते हैं?
36. विशेष रूप से अपनी वर्तमान नौकरी के बारे में तरह बातें आप क्या कर रहे हैं?
37. पिछले एक साल में अपने सबसे महत्वपूर्ण कार्य से संबंधित उपलब्धि क्या था?
38. आप हमारे पुस्तकालय के लिए क्या योगदान कर सकता है?
39. आप कैसे अपने प्रबंधन दर्शन का वर्णन होगा?
40. आप प्रबंधन शैली किस तरह के पसंद करते हैं?
41. लोग किस प्रकार आप सबसे अधिक के साथ काम करने का आनंद है?
42. स्थितियों का क्या प्रकार आप तनावपूर्ण पाते हैं?
43. क्या आप डेस्क पर थे, तो आप क्या करेंगे और दोनों फोन बज रहे थे और तीन या चार संरक्षक पहले से ही इंतजार कर और मांग की प्रोफेसर बाधित कर रहे थे?
44. विज्ञान युनाइटेड स्टेट्स ऑफ अमेरिका, विज्ञान संदर्भ में पुस्तकालय स्कूल coursework, और विज्ञान पुस्तकालय अनुभव: सहित अपने विज्ञान की पृष्ठभूमि को रेखांकित करें.
45. ग्रंथ सूची अनुदेश, संदर्भ डेस्क, और संग्रह विकास सहित अपने सार्वजनिक सेवा का अनुभव है, क्या है?
46. अपने ज्ञान और / या पुस्तकालय प्रौद्योगिकी का अनुभव क्या है?
47. कैसे इस स्थिति में आप अपने लिए निर्धारित किया है कैरियर मार्ग में फिट करता है?
48. हमें आप आप अपने सहकर्मियों या स्कूल में साथी छात्रों में प्रेरणा का निर्माण करने में सक्षम थे महसूस किया, जिसमें एक समय का एक उदाहरण दें.
49. सबसे महत्वपूर्ण उपलब्धि या आप पूरा करने के लिए पड़ा है, जो लिखित परियोजना / प्रस्तुति / रिपोर्ट का वर्णन करें.
50. अपनी शक्तियों और एक लाइब्रेरियन के रूप में कमजोरियों क्या हैं?
51. हमें आप एक टीम वर्क में पर्यावरण के लिए योगदान दिया है कि एक पूर्व नौकरी में किया था एक उदाहरण दे.
52. आप एक संदर्भ सवाल का जवाब देने के अनिश्चित थे, तो आप क्या करेंगे?
53. अपने वर्तमान अनुसंधान के हितों क्या हैं?
54. संदर्भ लाइब्रेरियन और संदर्भ विभाग की भूमिका पिछले पांच वर्षों में बहुत कुछ बदल गया है और शायद बदलने के लिए जारी रहेगा. कैसे आप संदर्भ सेवा अगले पांच साल में बदल रहा है देखते हैं?
Posted by at No comments:

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The Father of Library Science in India


Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan was born on August 9, 1892 Shiyali, Madras and died on September 27, 1972 in Bangalore. He earned an MA in Mathematics, and taught at Madras University. In 1924 he was appointed as the librarian of Madras University, a post he held for twenty years. As a newly appointed librarian he travelled to London's School of Librarianship and toured over one hundred libraries in the U.K.
While in England, Dr. SR Ranganathan saw that the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) was the most popular system in use. His analytical mind quickly discovered its fundamental deficiency and its inability to express all the aspects of a specific subject of a document. He also thought that a classification system should allow for future subjects to be combined in unexpected or unplanned ways.  In his mind DDC was neither prepared nor adequate to provide for the future situations.
Whether people are looking for resource books to help them with literature courses, electronic courses on Mobile Phones, interior decoration or language study they should be able to find a wide variety of appropriate reading material quickly and easily.
The DDC is not necessarily the quickest or easiest; to keep in mind he decided to devise a system of his own. Shortly afterward he began work on his classification scheme which he called the Colon Classification (CC).Ranaganathan started a Library Science School in Madras in 1929 where he taught both DDC and CC. Over his lifetime, he wrote over 2000 research papers, 60 books and founded and edited five periodical publications.
Ranganathan's chief technical contributions to library science were in classification and indexing theory. His Colon Classification (1933) introduced a system that iswidely used in research libraries around theworld and that has affected the evolution of such older systems as the Dewey Decimal Classification. Later he devised the technique of chain indexing for deriving subject-index entries.
His Five Laws of Library Science (1931) was widely accepted as a definitive statement of the ideal of library service. He also drafted plans for a national and several state library systems, founded and edited several journals, and was active in numerous professional associations.
Colon Classification is the system of library organization developed by Ranganathan in 1933. It is general rather than specific in nature, and it can create complex or new categories through the use of facets, or colons. In it, there are 108 main classes and 10 generalized classes (broadly divided between the humanities and sciences), which are represented by a mixed notation of Arabic numerals and Roman and Greek letters. Each main class comprises five fundamental facets, or groups: personality,
Ranganathan's main contribution to classification was the notion of these fundamental facets, or categories. Instead of schedules of numbers for each topic, Colon Classification uses series of short tables from which component numbers are chosen and linked by colons to form a whole. The book number is an integral part of the call number, a departure from Dewey or Library of Congress systems.
Each main class has its appropriate facets and focuses; e.g., literature has language and form. In addition, there are four floating tables that correspond to subdivisions -- e.g., form, geography, time, and language. Further expansion of the tables is allowed through colon addition or omission (if the subject cannot be expanded).
The collection of the University of Madras, India, was utilized in the creation of Colon Classification.

Digitised E-Books of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan by DLIST, The University of Arizona Campus Repository (University Libraries)
  1. Classification and Communication(1951)
  2. Documentation and its Facets: Being a symposium of seventy papers by thirty-two authors
  3.         -(1963)
  4. Documentation Genesis and Development(1951)
  5. The Five Laws of Library Science (1931)
  6.        
  7. Library Book Selection(1966)
  8.        
  9. New education and school library: Experience of half a century(1973).
  10. Philosophy of Library Classification(1989)
  11.        
  12. Prolegomena to Library Classification(1967)
  13.        
  14. Reference Service(1961)
  15.        
Books on Dr. S.R. Ranganathan:
  1. Ranganathan's philosophy : assessment, impact, and relevance : proceedings of the international conference by T.S. Rajagopalan
  2. Indian academic libraries and Dr. S.R. Ranganathan : a critical study by Ravindra N Sharma
  3. Ranganathan, a pattern maker : a syndetic study of his contributions by Anand P Srivastava
  4. Relevance of Ranganathan's contributions to library science by T S Rajagopalan 
  5. S.R. Ranganathan, 1892-1972 : papers given at a memorial meeting on Thursday 25th January 1973 by Edward Dudley
  6. An essay in personal bibliography : Ranganathan Festschrift. 2. A bibliography of the writings on and by S.R. Ranganathan and A.K. Das Gupta
  7. S.R. Ranganathan, Pragmatic Philosopher of Information Science: A Personal Biography by Ranganathan Yogeshwar
  8. Ranganathanism and Knowledge Society: Relevance of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan in the Present Day Knowledge Society and Other Essays  by Satyanarayana
His Life @ a Glance
He was educated at the Hindu High School in Shiyali, at Madras Christian College (where he took B.A. and M.A. degrees in mathematics in 1913 and 1916), and at Teachers College, Saidapet.
  In 1917 he joined the faculty of Government College, Mangalore.
  From 1920 to 1923 he subsequently taught at Government College, Coimbatore, and at Presidency College, University of Madras, in 1921-1923
  In 1924 he was appointed first librarian of the University of Madras, and in order to fit himself for the post he traveled to England to study at University College, London.
  From 1925 to 1944 he took up the job at Madras in earnest in 1925 and held it until 1944.
  From 1945 to 1954 he served as librarian and as professor of library science at Hindu University in Varanasi (Banaras), and from 1947 to 1954 he taught at the University of Delhi.
  From 1954 to 1957 he was engaged in research and writing in Zürich.
  He returned to India in the latter year and served as visiting professor at Vikram University, Ujjain, until 1959.
  In 1962 he founded and became head of the Documentation Research and Training Centre in Bangalore, with which he remained associated for the rest of his life, and in 1965 he was honoured by the Indian government with the title of national research professor in library science.Dr. S R Ranganathan is considered to be the father, the doyen, messiah of library and information profession in India.
Ranganathan’s Association with ILA
Ranganathan was closely associated with ILA right from its inception till 1954 ie, for about two decades. In fact, Mr K M Asadullah who convened the first All India Library Conference in Calcutta in the year 1933, requested Dr Ranganathan to be its president. But Ranganathan declined this offer as he was busy with the work of Madras University Library and Madras Library Association. However, he agreed to be one of the Conveners of the Conference.Ranganathan drafted the Constitution of the proposed Indian Library Association on behalf of the Madras Library Association. There were two more drafts-one from the Working Committee and one from the Simla Library Association. Hence a two member committee with Mr Ranganathan and Mr Montague of Simla was appointed to finalise the Constitution. This was adopted on 13 Sep 1933 and thus ILA was founded.Ranganathan enrolled himself as the first life member of ILA. He was President, ILA for nearly a decade upto 1953.When Ranganathan become the President of ILA he was not a member of the Executive Committee of the Association. It was an embarrassment for him when it was pointed out at the EC meeting held in Patna in 1946. Ranganathan then realised the need for amendment to the constitution as the President had no powers except to preside the general body meeting once in two years. Ranganathan got the constitution of the Association revised and adopted in 1949 at the Nagpur Conference.In the revised Constitution of 1949, the functions of the President were clearly laid-down. He was made the custodian of the constitution with full control over the affairs of the Association.PublicationsPapers for the Biennial Conference: A few months before the biennial conference, Ranganathan appointed an ad hocCommittee to select two or three subject groups in which papers should be solicited for the conference. Facets of each subject group were spelt-out well in advance. The ad hoc committee was also assigned the task of selection of papers, editing, standardization, publication, etc.Publication Series in English: A publication series in English was initiated in 1949. A sub-committee consisting of the President, Secretary and one Assistant Secretary was appointed for this purpose. Between 1949-53, seven titles were published under this series.Publication Series in Hindi: A series was also initiated in Hindi. Three of the books of Dr Ranganathan translated into Hindi by Mr M L Nagar were published.
In 1949 itself, it was decided to publish a research periodical in English; Another periodical giving a few papers of a slightly lower standard; and a periodical in Hindi.Finally it was resolved to make all there quarterlies issued simultaneously under one and the same cover under the titleAbgila.A (Annals) B (Bulletin) G (GrantJialaya) of ILA (Indian Library Association). Union CatalogueDr Ranganathan took-up the project of the compilation of the Union Catalogue of Learned Periodicals in South Asia and completed it successfully on behalf of the ILA. This has fetched a few thousand rupees to ILA.During 1992 the Association organised functions to celebrate the Birth Centenary of Dr. S.R. Rnaganathan,the doyan of library science and librarianship in India. The Filately Division of the Department of Post, Government of India, released a Postel Stamp in honour of Ranganathan at the Official Opening of IFLA General Conference on August 30,1992. The stamp release function was performed by Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Arjun Singh in the Siri Fort Auditorium. The Plennary Session of IFLA was also devoted to Dr S R Ranganathan.The XXXVIII All India Library Conference of the Indian Library Association held at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar was dedicated to Dr S R Ranganathan. A large number of Indian and foreign Library Science journals released special numbers on S R Ranganathan.
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Biography on Web
  1. EasyLib on Ranganathan
  2. ICMR tribute to Ranganathan
  3. On Wikipedia
  4. On Onlinelis site
  5. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan
  6. Mishra, Anil Kumar
  7. The Father, Biography on ILA sites
  8. Satija, M.P, Remembering the Work of S.R. Ranganathan for Academic Libraries
  9. Singh, Jagtar, Philosophy and Theory of Dr. Ranganathan
  10. Summary of the work and Achievements of S.R. Ranganathan
  11. S.R. Ranganathan: an exemplry teacher and a guide by Harjit Singh
  12. Tripod Biography
  13. Ranganathan, Shiyali Ramamrita (1892-1972)
  14. S.R.R.Biography
  15. Biography on Online Britanica
  16. S.R. Ranganathan
  17. Father of library science from Sirkazhi-II by V. Sundaram (The writer is a retired IAS officer)
  18. Memorabilia Ranganathan by Gopinath, M.A.
Most widely held works by S. R Ranganathan
  1. Colon classification 
  2. The five laws of library science 
  3. Prolegomena to library classification
  4. Ramanujan, the man and the mathematician 
  5. On the life and achievements of Srinivasa Ramanujan Aiyangar, 1887-1920, Indian mathematician.
  6. Library book selection
  7. Reference service 
  8. Classified catalogue code, with additional rules for dictionary catalogue code 
  9. Library manual, for library authorities, librarians, and honorary library workers 
  10. Library administration 
  11. Free book service for all; an international survey 
  12. A Librarian looks back : an autobiography of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan by S R Ranganathan and P N Kaula
Articles on Dr. Ranganathan.
  1. Garfield, Eugene, A Tribute to S.R. Ranganathan: Part 1. Life and Works, 
  2. Garfield, Eugene, A Tribute to S.R. Ranganathan: Part 2. Life and Works, 
  3. Glassel, Aimee, Was Ranganathan Yahoo ?
  4. Kamat, Vikas, India's First IT Guru Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
  5. Relevance of Ranganathan's Laws of Library Science in Library Marketing by Dr. R.K. Bhatt
  6. Steckel, Mike: Ranganathan for IAs
  7. Efforts Of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan For Public Library Legislation And Service- A Review
  8. A Tribute by a Student of LIS
  9. The Pioneers: S. R. Ranganathan by D. J. Foskett
  10. Ranganathan's Theory of facet analysis and knowledge representation by M.A. Gopinath
  11. Application of Ranganathan's Laws to the Web by Alireza Noruzi 
  12. Father of library movement  from The Hindu, 14 Aug 2001
  13. Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Access Portal by DRTC, Bangalore
  14. Father of Information Science, The Hindu, 07 Feb 2011
  15. Reflections on Ranganathan’s Five Laws of Library Science by Richard A. Leiter
  16. Colon classification-An outline with examples by S R Ranganathan
  17. Do digital libraries violate the Third Law? By Michale V. Cloonan & John G. Dove
  18. Ranganathan revisited: Facet for the future
  19. Ranganathan’s Colon Classification in 1500 Words or Less: A brief history of Colon Classification by Susan Kelsch
  20. Public Library Legislation And Service- A Review By Dr. Mohammad Azeem Siddiqui
  21. Ranganathan and Public Library System by R. Raman Nair
  22. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS)- Librarians Day tribute
  23. Memories of the 1957 Dorking Conference, Dr. Ranganathan reference by Eugene Garfield
  24. The Future of Libraries in the Work of S.R. Ranganathan by Frederick J. Friend
  25. The Library is a Growing Organism: Ranganathan's Fifth Law of Library Science and the Academic Library in the Digital Era by Keren Barner
  26. On his birth centenary by M.P. Satija
  27. Dr. SRR DISCIPLES: A View Point 
  28. Ranganathan's Monologue on Melvil Dewey
  29. Ranganathan's Prolegomena to Library Classification
Source: ILA
Posted by at No comments:

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Knowledge Classification and Colour Code System


INTRODUCTION:
The central purpose of libraries is to provide a service: Access to information, physical access to a potentially informative document depends on identifying and locating it.

Libraries exist for the benefit of the mind, but they have serious practical problems coping with the acquisition, storage, and handling of the documents and records with which they deal.

OBJECTIVES
The main aim of the bibliographic access includes three central concerns:

a)     Identifying documents
b)    Locating documents
c)     Physical access to materials

Let us see the objectives and find which area users feel it difficult, to access the materials from the below questions.

WHY CATALOG
To help users to find a book of which either (Identifying objective)
  • the author
  • the title
  • the subject
  • the call number
So with the help of catalog users are able to identify the document searching by author, title, and subject etc, can also check the status too of a particular document.

WHY CLASSIFICATION
In 1873 Mr. Melvil Dewey devised a system of classifying books. He chose certain main subject and numbers, so that all nonfiction books on the same subject would be together on the shelf.   

Dewey Decimal System is a tool used to sort books into groups or categories. We all know the system that groups books by topic, by dividing them in to 10 basic categories, and each of those categories is further split in to 10 categories and so on, and it is the most widely used library organization system in the world.

So classification helps user to identify the subject and to locate the subject easily on the shelves.

WHY CALL NUMBER
Call number help user to identify a specific copy of a work. A set of letters, numerals or other symbols (in combination or alone) it may also contain other data such as date, volume number, and copy number, used by a library to identify a specific copy of a work.

Each book in a library has a unique call number. A call number is like an address it tells us where an item is located in the library.

Understanding call numbers

It is difficult for users to understand because, every time it is the spine that one generally looks for and more specifically, its call number label, with so much pressure on the call number.     

To access the document physically user has to browse the shelves until one narrow it down to the call number. Imagine when a document is misplaced from its original place on the shelves, that time it is difficult for both user and staff to find the misplaced copy.

So with the help of call number users may identify and locate the document, now we are able to identify the area and difficulties involved in finding the document.

WHY COLOUR CODE
A unique colour for main subjects will always help the main subject of books together on the shelf.
Traditional call number labels with colour code, that makes it easier for user to locate subject area and easier for staff to notice misplaced items.

Advantages of colour code system:
  • Save the time of the user.
  • Always help staff to keep the subject books together.
  • Colour code makes it easier for user to locate subject areas and for staff to notice misplaced copy by visually identifying the subject colours.
  • Easy to sort the main subject books as and when returned, also staff may not find it difficult to reshelf the books.
  • The most important advantage is solution for misplaced books on shelf, as it is easy to find without using any technology.

Let us see below how the system works.
Colour Code System an Overview
Main Subjects
Colour     &          Call No.
Colours
Philosophy    &   Psychology
Yellow
100's
Religion
Blue
200's
Social Science
Grey
300's
Language
Lavender
400's
Natural Science
Green
500's
Technology
Silver
600's
Fine Art      & Recreation
Orange
700's
Literature
Gold
800's
Geography  History     Biography
Brown
900's
General Works
Red
000's
            






                                            
Some of the colour given above also matches the subject:

Why yellow for 100’s (Philosophy and Psychology)

The colour yellow symbolizes Wisdom, Joy, Happiness, Emotions and better feel etc. like the subject deals with.

Why green for 500’s (Natural Science)

As the color green symbolizes nature, life, and powerful symbol in the eco-friendly movement.

Why orange for 700’s (Arts)

As orange the colour of creativity and also “get it done attitude” and the colour also symbolizes playfulness like the subject deals with

Why gold for 800’s (literature)

Literature has its own value like gold.
Why brown for 900’s (Geography, History and Biography)
Brown is the colour of soil, giving it an earthy.

Conclusion:  Save the time of the user. Avoid the wastage of users’ time involved in search for a particular book by creating effective call number labels with colour code for main subjects. So that user gets access to the best source.
Hope nothing in this system that would negatively impact library classification.
Posted by at No comments:

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Five Generations of Library Services in India

Five Generations of Library Services in India
Dr. Vivekanand Jain
Banaras Hindu University
Like a computer generation, library services can also be divided into five generations. (This is my personal opinion)
Generations
Library Services
Period
1st Generation of Library Services
Library services to limited users. There was no system for issue/return. Closed access. Personal Libraries.From Beginning to -1910 AD
2nd Generation of Library Services

Library services extended to general public.
Manual card catalogue for search of library documents.
There was a system for issuing the documents with register system.
Closed access to stack of books.		1910-1960
3rd Generation of Library Services
Library services to all users.
Computerised database of library documents (DBMS).
Use of library software for searching of documents and in circulation for issue/ return of books.
Closed and partial open access to stack of books.
1961-1990
4th Generation of Library Services
Library Automation with OPAC.
Computerised issue/ return.
Use of Barcode technology.
Open access to stack of books.
Library works in network environment.
Dominance of printed resources but moving towards CDROM databases and online resources.
1991-2000
5th Generation of Library Services
Fully Library Automation with OPAC and Web OPAC.
Use of library automation software for all library in-house activities and users services.
Open access to all resources for all users.
Internet based library services.
Self check in / checkout services.
Dominance of online full text resources.
Use of Barcode technology and RFID for stock management.
Information for All.
Library works in network environment.
Round the clock library services with remote access.		2001- till date

Posted by at 1 comment:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)