Information Need and Information Seeking Behaviour of Tangkhul Naga Community in India

The main objective of this research is to study the information-seeking behaviour and need of the Tangkhul Naga community in the Ukhrul district of Manipur state in India. What are the various sources and channels used for seeking information, the purpose of information seeking, problems faced by the Tangkhul Naga community while seeking the information? The survey research was conducted using a questionnaire tool from the scattered population of the Tangkhul community. Total of 211 people was responded to the questionnaire. The respondent includes student, daily-wage worker, government-employee, retired people, self-employed and unemployed persons. The print media and the Internet are the most popular source for acquiring information through the outside world. The community faces many problems and challenges while seeking information like cost of information access, a library without essential collections, outdated nature of books, language barriers, scattered literature, and limited library hours, etc

E-Learning and Web Based Library and Information Services: An Overview

The phenomenal growth and reach of World Wide Web (www) has been one of the most significant developments in the last few years. It has rapidly gained popularity and has become most widely used application of the Internet.Today, the world Wide Web has emerged as the most powerful medium for information publishing and access. A plethora of information sources. The user friendly interface and hypertext features of Web have been attracting a significant number of users as well as information providers. The web-based e-services are increasingly being used by research communities as a viable means to access to a plethora of digital resources in networked information environment. Concomitantly, utilization of such electronic methods and means is expanding substantially throughout the chain of e-research and scientific knowledge production

Document Supply Service For Effective Resource Sharing : A Case Study of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai

The growth of the literature in an exponential manner has created a situation where no library is self sufficient. With universities initiating new academic programmes, number of students increasing, it has become difficult for libraries to meet the growing information needs of clientele. In such a scenario, it is the interlending and Document delivery services that help libraries in winning over this situation. This article explains the reasons for interlending and document supply services and how TISS is utilizing this service to achieve the maximum satisfaction of its clientele. The primary purpose of this paper is to outline findings of Inter Library Loan and Document Delivery Service provided to users in TISS for the period 2002-2008. The findings are primarily based on the database maintained at library. This article reiterates the fact that interlending and document delivery still continues to be the best practice at libraries for achieving the resource sharing among participating libraries

CAPACITY BUILDING OF LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS: A CASE STUDY OF SIR DORABJI TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY

This Paper deals with the organization excellence in TISS library E-Books, E-Journals, Digital Library Software like Dspace, Cyber library, Learning Centre for Visually challenged , Document Delivery service, Info-mail, networking and resource sharing with national and international universities. Capacity building is upgrading, empowering and analyzing strength, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) and skills development through training, experimenting and its application, is of paramount importance in digital libraries and information centers. In order to improve their productive base, the role of library professionals has been changed drastically due to information explosion. To harvest information explosion by using IT applications, forced library professionals’ to face the challenges in the knowledge societ