Technical report-writing : methods and procedures

This paper discusses about the process of writing Technical Report, origin of Technical Communication and necessity of technical communication to LIS professionals. And what a Technical report means, what is the purpose of a technical report, types of Technical reports, what will be the format of a technical report and the process of writing a technical report. Various steps involved in the process of writing a technical report

The relevance of intellectual property rights in the digital millanium

The paper briefly touches about the concerns of digital technologies and the contribution of copyright-related industries to the nation’s economy. The issues and concerns of librarians in the face of the intellectual property laws like perpetual dependency; societal rights, pricing, access and ownership are highlighted. The adverse impact of IPRs acts on knowledge society and open source initiatives are discussed. Suggestions like the enactment of Consumer Rights Act and fair dealing rights in the case of digital resources, are made for the benefit of and to safeguard the interests of librarians

Copyright and Electronic Information

The maic objectives of copyright law arc promoting the access and the use of information md protecting the works from the infringement for encouraging the authors in pursuit of knowledge. The technological dcvelopmcnts, the increasing number of electronic publications and digital libraries pose challenges to the right holders as well as law enforcing agencies. This paper briefly discusses thc Indian Copyright Law. I957 and its amendments. The nature oi electronic information including computer software is also discussed. The authors mention about some of the worldwide projects to protect copyright of electronic information. The authors conclude that the library professronals should negotiate few electrocopying privileges for legitimale non-commercial usage of electronic information similar to the kind of fair dealing arrangement as in the case of printed books. Intellectual Property Rights 'Intellectual property rights' (IPR) is a general term which covers copyright, patents. registered designs and trade marks. It also covers layout designs of integrated circuits, geographical indicators and anti-competitive policies in contractual licenses (Intellectual Property Rights, 1995). As a lot of money is involved in R&D work, &y research, innovation or invention leading to a product, process, design, method, literary and artistic work etc which may, in the view of authors or creators, result in financial gains are registered under one or the other of the various heads of IPR. Developing countries have evolved and setup benchmarks of IPR. The developing countries are slowly catching up as the value of PR is increasingly felt. Copyright Copyright stands for the legal rights exclusively given for a definite period of time to the originators (authors or creators) of intellectual work such as a publication, or an artistic or a literary work for sale or any othe

Mass storage technologies for libraries & information centres

To overcome growing requirements for additional space and for archival storage of less used, old and important documents, libraries have been using compact or dormitory storage and microfilming techniques. Of late, information technologies have come to their rescue. Many technologies-magnetic as well as optical have been tried for the past many years for mass storage of information. While magnetic drum and tape are, heading towards obsolescence, optical' technologies with their enormous storage capacities are trying to fill the gap. This paper overviews the various 'technologies available for mass storage in the library environment. The paper covers the magnetic storage devices including magnetic tape, magnetic disc, cartridge tape and digital audio tape. The optical disc storage technologies including read-only, write once read many and erasable/rewritable media have been described. The role of optical discs in making electronic publishing a popular technology has also been described. Future trends in the mass storage technologies like volume holographic technology, electronic trap and proximal probe technologies, and fluorescent multi-layered technology which are under various stages of development have also been briefly discussed. Applications of these technologies in library and information centres. have been listed

Copyright issues in digital enviornment

This paper discusses about the copyright issues in the digital environment. And it also discusses the security of information over networks.it gives a brief note about Databases and multimedia technologies also.And what all are the technologies we can use for right protection that also discusses

Cyber commerce for libraries

This paper discusses about the e-commerce, how E-commerce is influencing the structure of business dealings and supply chains. and it also discusses about web advertising. It gives an account of how e – commerce works in Libraries such as book stores . Amazon.com is an online book store offering a wide range of books at prices that are lower than those at retail book stores. The selected book can be ordered through the online order form. Payment can be made through credit card or when the books are delivered. It also discusses about the electronic payment system and the level of e-commerce in Indi

Intellectual Property Rights, and Copyright issues in the context of electronic information

This paper discusses about Intellectual property rights. and copyrights in general. It also tells about the provisions of Indian Copyright Act and about the exceptions of copyright infringement.It gives an account of how copyright acts upon electronic information and what are the problems involved in copyright protection of electronic information, how to give copyright protections to databases et

Impact of internet on library and information centres

This paper discusses the impact of internet on library and information centres. How the libraries are using internet for providing various services, what all are the various uses of internet in the context of library, how to access information from the web. It also discusses about the bulletin board services, network news groups and online journals etc. And how OCLC provides services through internet, how internet helps for scholarly publishing and e commerce, what is India’s current status on Networks

Internet and its impact on library and information centres

The paper briefly discusses about some of the various facilities available over Internet. The usefulness of Internet in the library environment is also described. Accessing the Web-based information, electronic journals and scholarly publishing on the Internet and also the status of Internet and other library networks in India are dealt briefly. The concept of electronic commerce and the role of Internet are also deal

Transformation to virtual libraries : real or virtual?

This paper discusses about digital libraries ,digital library Projects and initiatives like OCLC,DESIDOCand Library of Congress etc.And what all are the major issues and challenges in this field, what all are the services in virtual library environment, influence of internet on virtual libraries and it also discusses the cyber law related to the virtual librarie