Library Management in Electronic Environment

  • Publication Year: 2017
  • ISBN: 9781680959444
  • Price: $155
  • Publisher: Delve Publishing LLC
  • Binding Type: Hardcover

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Internet has become a part of library environment today. It has added a great value to the library and information services. With the expansion of internet a new class of electronic document has emerged, it was at once promising and attractive for its obvious advantage of speed and transmissibility and profoundly elusive and confounding to the library community because of its intangibility and malleability. Within the last ten years, the Internet has become global and ubiquitous. It reaches in hundreds of countries of all continents and is featured daily in the business sections of all major newspapers. Library Management in Electronic Environment discusses the available technological opportunities that can be used by the library information services in addressing such challenges. The Text discusses the available technological opportunities that can be used by the library information services in addressing the challenges brought about by the ever-increasing complexity of information needs in the digital age.

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Rajesh Singh is presently working as Professional Senior (Deputy Librarian) Electronic Resources & Training Division, University of Delhi, Delhi. A Gold Medalist from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, he has served Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, and Dr. RML Avadh University, Faizabad, before moving to University of Delhi.

A true modern day librarian, he has initiated the innovative Information Literacy Program in Delhi University Campus as well as in the colleges; developed online Information Literacy (IL) tutorial, available at http://crl.du.ac.in/ot/; Developed syllabus based electronic resource capsules for P.G. students for various departments; and Developed Information Literacy curriculum; Started 24x7 Virtual Reference Service with Ask your Librarian facility; Developed in house Searchable A-Z List of E-Journals available at http://crl.du.ac.in/atozn. He has also designed “Subject Portal” to help new entrants to the university.

He is a proli c author and has around three dozens of papers to his credit. His area of interest and specialization includes Information Literacy and Competency, Open Access Resources, Online Information Retrieval Techniques, Meta/Federated Searching, Academic Integrity, Citation Analysis databases and Research Metrics including Impact Factor and h-Index etc. He is a good orator and has delivered invited lectures and keynote addresses in various National and International Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, Orientation Courses, Refresher Courses and other Faculty Development Programs.