Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Abstract
Emergence of computer technologies has increased information storage capacity beyond imagination in the past decade and made it possible to access information from any part of the world easily and quickly. All this has increased the use of digital technology in all walks of life, personal and professional both. Library, being an integral and critical component of a civilized world has witnessed increasingly interesting applications of these digital technologies. Digital libraries are not single, stand-alone, repositories of digital data instead they are a heterogeneous collection of network-based repositories using a variety of protocols for user interaction, data encoding and transmission. Digital library is a logical extension of the networked environment and the development triggered therefore and provides the users with coherent access to a very rare, organized repository of information and knowledge. Through digital technology it is advantageous to access and search the information faster. There is also saving in storage space as the digital resources are compact compared to print format. Further the sharing of information helps to reduce the cost. Digital libraries can be accessed by all sections of the community over the whole world through the internet.  
Smart cards are capable of storing biometrics template in the card memory itself along with other information hence template may not be stored on the central database. Also access to central database is not necessary to verify the identity. This unique advantage with this powerful combination has attracted government organization worldwide to use it as main identification card for employees, citizens and services. A Biometric - smart card protects biometric data and provides a reliable solution where there are privacy concerns. Fingerprints are an ideal credential for logical access control to computer networks and fingerprint templates never leave a smart card unprotected. Integrating a biometric sensor into a smart card reader makes sense because it is more convenient to combine a smart card reader with a fingerprint scanner in one integrated device.
This paper is an attempt to study the impact of digitization of technologies over Library management. The paper studies two prominent technologies for library management in vogue these days, viz., RFID and Smart Card-biometrics. The context, application, cost-benefit analysis, components and limitations for these libraries are also presented.
Key Words RFID System, Smart Card, MCU, MOC, PIN.

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Since past few years free online information sources like e-journals, e-books, e-data- bases have increased considerably. The traditional library systems are going to transform into digital library systems. Information-seeking is important for lawyers, who have access to many dedicated electronic resources. The Internet and CD-ROM were the most frequently used IT-based sources and facilities. Results of the present study show that 93.33 % of students used Internet in searching and retrieving information they needed. Study reveals that the majority of respondents access the Internet from the College and the majority of the respondents feel that the Internet and electronic resources cannot replace the Library.         
Keywords Internet, e-resources, online help, Information needs, legal studies.  
 

21st century  is the Knowledge century . Knowledge production , knowledge use and knowledge dissemination, is an integral activity of the knowledge society. Information and knowledge are not mutually exclusive and contradictory to each other and they rather enrich each other. Mainly there are two types of knowledge viz. Materialistic knowledge and spiritualistic   knowledge. The Information in Relation to Knowledge can be classified into three category: Transparent knowledge, Relative knowledge and Independent knowledge. These three principles of knowledge can be applied to any thing under the sun, such as life of Buddha to laws of Newton who formulated the concepts of Kaivalya and theory of gravity, respectively.

Keywords Knowledge, Information, Materialistic Knowledge Spiritualistic Knowledge, Transparent Knowledge Relative Knowledge, Independent  Knowledge

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Stock verification is an insignificant aspect of librarianship as far as teachers, researchers and library experts are concerned. In order to keep the library materials up-to-date periodic stock verification is needed. A full library security system involves several programs. Broadly the program’s goals are to assure the well being of people and to protect the collections and equipment from theft and misuse. If a library wishes to identify its true collection, all it has to do is prepare a list of all the lost and missing books and mutilated journal titles. Normally these are the items that are used commonly by the users. The main objectives of stock verification, is, to find out the actual stock of the documents available in a library and to find but: if any losses have occurred for regularization as well as taking remedial steps to contain such losses seem to he hazy in the ease of electronic publications.  The paper discusses objectives and procedures regarding stock verification and responsibilities of loss, points out that the cost of stock verification often far exceed the benefits, highlights norms and procedures of stock verification, discusses some advantages and various methods and procedures of physical verification, put forth precautionary measures to be taken against loss and mutilation of library documents, analyses the issue of responsibility of loss and ways of resolving the conflict of responsibility, presents the procedure for write-off of reasonable loss, finally concludes by stressing the need for rational and updated rules and procedures about stock verification.
Key Words stock, shelf, books, electronic, resources, books, procedures, security, preventive measures, barcode.

 

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The present paper focuses on the awareness about electronic journals and their usage among the students and faculty of Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. The download usage statistics were used to study the impact of e-journals on use. Also, in order to know the purpose of using these library e-resources are used by them. A survey was conducted in the academic year 2005-06 and data was collected from through a questionnaire method. The finding of the study bring out that despite the fact that most of the users have not heard the name of INDEST consortium and have no knowledge about the library e-resources/services being provided by the  institute, the users are using these e-resources and they are research scholars and faculty. There has been an increase in the usage of e-journals. The users use these e-resources more for seminars and projects as compared to writing papers, and academic and research work.
Key Words Usage, Awareness, Electronic Journals
 

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Library resources and services are integral to academic   as a primary knowledge resource for both research and teaching. As new and the most advanced  better information technologies have emerged, libraries have been early adopters of new information systems and services and have become institutional access points for digital knowledge resources such as online journals and special digital collections. Faculties and instructors have begun to adopt e-learning strategies as a part of their teaching repertoire, libraries have played a key role, helping them to find and organize resources to complement programs and courses.  making use of e-learning, and to provide support as students work their way through their assignments. This article describes the e-learning habit of college students and their use of the academic library. The paper includes covers a brief introduction to what is e-learning, different technological tools used for e-learning and the necessity of e-learning in academic. The purpose of this study is to describe the role of the academic library in the e-learning environment.
 Key words Library and Information Science, E-learning, Online education, Digital library, World Wide Web, Open Access.