informationBrochure.pdf

Portal to Digital Information Sources and Resources in Academic Libraries

The information and communication technology and the internet has taken over the way library and librarians operate, the information services and resources of the libraries has been taken outside the four wall of the library making students and researcher to be more vast in their paper writing are research activities. Reference service which is the personal assistance provided to users in the pursuit of information are now available on various portal with an already created username and assigned password. Among various portal through which reference information services and resources are provided include; EbscoHost, OARE, AGORA, HINARI, JSTOR. It can be concluded that digital reference services have tremendous advantage and effect on the students as reference librarians provide the users with databases that gives access to millions of journal articles in various format. Users can now search for and access materials from their homes or classrooms using their library’s OPAC and subscribes databases with very little or no aid from the library staff. This however gives the library staff more time to spend on other activities, perhaps in developing and providing new services.

a document prepare by Edward Ombongi Nyambane

Theses and dissertations have always been one of the most important types of grey literature for the scholarly world. However, there has always been a debate on their accessibility issues. In majority of cases, the usage of these documents is limited only to the University Level. The submission of theses and dissertations in electronic format has increased the opportunity for the user community to have an access to the knowledge

ECPPM 2014, 2014

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this is for student. because many student use internet and find related material to their studies but they can not found. so, we help the students to upload these types of materials etc.

Information Processing & Management, 1986

In developing countries, the organization of efficient library and documentation structures is being held back largely by the absence or shortage of trained staff. Certain states, aware of the potential contribution of information specialists to their development have, in conjunction with international organizations such as Unesco, concentrated their efforts on the establishment and development of training facilities. Meanwhile, Unesco has been especially concerned with producing and disseminating study manuals adapted to the particular needs of these countries and to the level of the readers for whom they are intended. Notwithstanding these efforts, there are still many needs to be met: in most developing countries, the units concerned with librarianship and documentation are run by personnel who have received no special training. The task, then, was to provide for all those who, embarking on a career in this field, search in vain for a straightforward textbook that would offer them a clear view of their future mission and its importance. In seeking to fill this gap, Unesco entrusted the preparation of this manual to two specialists with great experience in this field, who received generous and valuable support from a wide variety of their colleagues. The present publication is primarily conceived as a general introduction to the techniques of information work. The purpose and intended readership explain the manual's deliberate simplicity of vocabulary, unity of presentation and arrangement in a modular form. It is our hope that it will serve as a handbook which will succeed in strengthening the motivation and improving the skill of those beginning or pursuing a career in a library or information unit without the necessary basic training. Contents Foreword ' '. Xl11 Introduction 1 I The types of documents 19 Characteristic features 19 Mode of production 20 Utilization 2 1 Structure of documents 24 The life of a document 26 Check questionnaire 27 Bibliography 27 Appendix 1. Definitions of the main types of document 28 Appendix 2. Examples of documents 3 1 Bibliographies and reference works 39 Bibliographic directories 39 Catalogues 41 Dictionaries and terminological works 42 Encyclopedias 42 Directories 43 Check questionnaire 44 Bibliography 45 Appendix. Examples of bibliographies and reference works 46 Selection and acquisition 54 Acquisition policy 54 Tracing of documents 55 Ways of acquiring documents 57 Acquisition procedures 59 Check questionnaire 60 Bibliography 60 The storage of documents 61 Forms of storage 61 Filing 61 Stocktaking 63. .. Vlll Contents Causes of deterioration 63 Repair and restoration 65 Check questionnaire 66 Bibliography 66 Bibliographic description 67 Purpose and procedures 67 Standards and formats 69 Contents of bibliographic records 7 1 Bibliographic description of audiovisual documents 79 Check questionnaire 79 Bibliography 80 Appendix. Example of an input sheet showing data fields 81 Contents description 82 Objectives 82 Basic procedure 86 Techniques 90 Check questionnaire 90 Documentary languages 9 1 Natural languages 91 Documentary languages 94 Classifications 98 Thesauri 102 Compatibility between documentary languages 105 Elaboration of a documentary language 108 Check questionnaire 109 Bibliography 109 Appendix 1. Alternative layouts for a documentary language 110 Appendix 2. Examples of classifications 112 8 Classtjication 118 Purpose 118 Procedures 119 Identification of the main subject 120 Selection of classification numbers 120 Check questionnaire 123 Bibliography 123 9 Indexing 124 Procedures 125 Indexing of non-textual documents 129 Automatic indexing 130 Check questionnaire 131 Bibliography 131 Appendix. Examples of indexing 132 Contents ix IO Abstracting 134 Types of abstract 134 Contents and procedures 135 Check questionnaire 137 Bibliography 138 Appendix. Example of an abstract of a document Catalogues andjles 140 Forms of catalogue 140 Compilation 141 Types of catalogue 142 Check questionnaire 145 Bibliography 145 Appendix. Examples of catalogue cards 147 Facilities and equipment 153 Programme concept 153 Premises and furniture 155 Equipment 156 Check questionnaire 161 Bibliography 162 Appendix. Illustrations 163 Computers in information units 169 Definition 169 Specialized personnel 170 Hardware 171 Software 178 Programming languages 180 Utilization of the computer 180 Check questionnaire 185 Bibliography 185 Information retrieval 186 Search procedures 189 Stages in information retrieval 190 The user profile 193 Types of retrieval 195 Computer-retrieval procedures 197 Check questionnaire 202 Bibliography 202 Evaluation of information storage and retrieval systems Effectiveness 203 Main causes of failure 206 Cost-effectiveness 207 Cost-benefit evaluations 208 Check questionnaire 209 Bibliography 209

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