“Role
of Information and Communication Technology Based Services and Its Impact in
Academic Library”
Ramanik
S. Lengure
(Librarian)
Renuka Mahavidyalaya,Nagpur
ramaniklengureblogspot.com
Cell. No. 9420869043
Abstracts:
The
article aims to give an overview of the changes in the library, which have
taken place in the recent decades due to the dynamic development and widen
horizons of information and communication technologies (ICT), and to show how
these changes have influenced service aspect of the libraries. It also puts forth the competencies and
skills required by the library professionals to manage the changes. The Present
paper highlights, describes and focus the impact of the ICT services in
Library. Information Communication Technology has functionally affected the
operations of library and information services and this is also huge impact on
the higher education and training of the users and library teachers &
others on various levels. The paper presents the some of the Role of ICT based
services in academic library and advantage of ICT for libraries, library
services and development in very actionable.
Keywords: ICT, Academic Library
Introduction:-
With the invention
of Information and Communication Technology, libraries now use various types of
technologies to aid the services they render. Everyday new technological
advances affect the way information is handled in libraries and information
centres. The impacts of new technologies are felt by libraries in every aspect.
Computing technology, communication technology and mass storage technology are
some of the areas of continuous development that reshape the way that libraries
access, retrieve, store, manipulate and disseminate information to users. The
academic library has been from its inception an integral part of institutions
of higher learning, rather than an appendix or adjunct.
ICT has impacted on
every sphere of academic library activity especially in the form of the library
collection development strategies, library building and consortia. ICT presents
an opportunity to provide value-added information services and access to a wide
variety of digital based information resources to their clients. Furthermore,
academic libraries are also using modern ICTs to automate their core functions,
implement efficient and effective library cooperation and resource sharing
networks, implement management information systems, develop institutional
repositories of digital local contents, and digital libraries: and initiate ICT
based capacity building programmes for library users.
Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) has brought unprecedented changes and
transformation to academic library and information services, conventional LIS
such as OPAC, users services, reference services, bibliographic services,
current awareness services, Document delivery, interlibrary loan, Audio visual
services and customer relations can be provided more efficiently and
effectively using ICT, as they offer convenient time, place, cost
effectiveness, faster and most-up-to-date dissemination and end users
involvement in the library and information services process. The impact of ICT
characterized on information services by changes in format, contents and method
of production and contents and method of production and delivery of information
products. Emergence of internet as the largest repository of information and
knowledge, changed role of library and information science professionals from
intermediary to facilitator, new tools for dissemination of information and
shift from physical to virtual services environment and extinction of some
conventional information services and emergence of new and innovation web
based.
ICT
is a one of the greatest and noblest achievement of in digital era. ICT is a
term that includes any communication device, network application, encompassing
: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network, hardware and
software, satellite system as well as the various services and applications
associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. The ICT
Center of an academic library is aimed to empower the teaching-learning,
research, consultancy and support operations.
The strategic objectives of the ICT Center is to provide secure,
reliable, efficient network-based services and ensure that all university
community has access to ICT resources. The ICT service delivery process is
desired to provide speedy, defective, demand based and quality ICT support to
users, namely, researchers, instructor, consultants, support staff, managers,
data administrators, member of college, ICT Helpdesk Teams, student
representatives, guests and local community.
The human resource is essential to
the success of any technology-based service, and libraries are challenged to
develop and implement those services while maintaining traditional services. The support of electronics services requires
special skill sets.
ICT has one of the major factor
causing changes in the field of Library and Information Science which people or
user can communicate, retrieve and disseminate and used information. Libraries and information centers have been
using ICT based resources and services to satisfy the diverse information needs
of their users. However, these resources
and services are not utilized fully.
Under utilizations of these resources and services has been a cause of
concern to libraries worldwide. The use
of information and communication technologies has become increasingly important
in libraries. The libraries are
switching over to ICT based resources and services at an accelerated pace. E-Journals, CD-Rom, databases, online
databases, e-book, web based resources and a variety of other electronic
resources are fist replacing the traditional resources of libraries.
What
is ICT?
Information technology can play an
important role in the effective learning process of students engaged in higher
studies The term ICT describes the use of computer based technology and the
internet to make information and communications services available to wide a
range of users. ICT are hardware and software that enable society to create,
collect, consolidate and communicate information in multimedia formats and for
various purposes. The term is used
broadly to address a range of technologies, including telephones and emerging
technology devices. Central to these is
the internet, which provides the mechanism for transporting data in a number of
formats including text, images, sound and video.
Impacts
of ICT:
In primitive age’s traditional
services, very poor services had been given through library. Its very difficult
to find correct information which had been given. Students had no choice. But
now days due to ICT we can get information anytime & anywhere. ICT has the
potency of expanding pool of teachers & students & reducing the cost of
education. The Ministry of human
Resource development has already launched the nation mission on education
through ICT at a large scale.
What
is the impact of ICT on the Library and other information centers?
Ø ICT
made in information creation in digital
format possible
Ø ICT
made online access and file transfer possible
Ø ICT
made networking and sharing of information resources possible
Information and Communication Technology
Tools
The 21st century has
clearly shown that information provides unforeseen opportunities that enable
multifaceted growth and development.
Nobody can deny that the deployment of information technologies have
profoundly altered not only the way we live and work but also our reading
fundamentally altering and redefining our outlook about information and its
modes of dissemination. It is
increasingly felt that deploying the right technologies can go a long way in
creating. Nurturing human and social capital. Expanding knowledge has positive cascading
effect by improving productivity, competitiveness, wealth and prosperity apart
from improving the quality of services and their delivery systems.
The term is something is used in
preference to Information Technology, particularly in two communities,
education and government. Although, in
the common usage it is often assumed that ICT is synonymous with IT; ICT in
fact encompasses any medium to record information (magnetic dist/tape optical
disk (CD/DVD), flash memory etc. and arguably also paper rescores) technology
for broadcasting information –radio, television; and technology for communicating through voice
and sound or images-microphones, camera, loudspeaker, telephone to cellular
phones. Thus ‘ICT’ makes more explicit that technologies such as broadcasting
and wireless mobile telecommunication are included.
ICT Tools:
1.
Computer
2.
Internet
3.
Digital Camera
4.
Webcom
5.
Smart Card
6.
Scanner
7.
E-Book
8.
Printer
9.
Electronic Journals
10. WEB-OPAC
11. Animation
12. E-Mail
13. CDROM
14. DVD
15. RFID
Technologies
ICT
based Services in Library:-
Many
services is provided through ICT. For the
ICT every services easy to
capture knowledge.. In ICT to justify
the realization of five laws of library services laid down by Dr. S.R.
Ranganathan, Especially Five law of
Library Science is really coming true in current position. Library services include information about
all the services.
- Online
Public Services
- Information
Services
- Reference
& Information Service
- Current
awareness services
- Documentary
services
- Interlibrary
loans union catalogue
- Audiovisual
services
- Database
Collection
- Digital
Resources
- Online
/Off-line reservation
- Electronic
reference desk
- User
education and training programmers
- Access
to library catalogue, database, internet
- Circulation
of books photocopying of article
- Exhibition
of New arrival books and Journals
Impact of Information and Communication
Technology On Library & Its Services:
Libraries in India are facing
sweeping changes on account of Impact of Information, Communication and
Technology application in Libraries.
They are programming well in automating the house keeping operation if
Libraries, such as automated circulation system, acquisition of books, e-books,
acquision of periodicals, web pages and refining old services and starting
fresh ones.
ICT’s
Areas of Applications in Libraries:
·
Users Record
·
Reports
·
Issue-Return
·
Articles Record
·
Portals
·
Planning & Controls
·
Costing & Budget
·
Locating Information
·
E-mail
·
OPAC
Impact of ICT on Library Services:
Ø Advent
of Printing Technology
Resulted in mass production of print documents and enabled
democratization of information (availability of information to one and all
without any discrimination)
Ø Storage
Help the Libraries to preserve the
large number of information in compact storage.
Ø Reprographic
Technology
Revolutionized the concept information use as it facilitated to
own a copy of relevant portion of Library resource
Ø Computer
The advent of computer is the biggest technology revolution so
far. It has not remained as stand alone technology by adopting communication
& technology development.
1)
Collection development
ICT has made it possible to acquire Information source such as books,
journal, newspaper etc. easily and speedily. Most of publication and their
catalogue can be searched from the Librarian for new publication. The
acquisition In charge can place their order.
2)
Technical processing
Libraries provide their OPAC to the use Book search. Due to
Information Technology number of Libraries is having their catalog online. The
library staff can check the bibliographic
3)
OPAC
An Online Public Access Catalog is an online database of materials
held by a library or group of libraries. Users search a library catalog
principally to locate books and other material physically located at a library.
4)
Circulation:
Due to new technology users can check their documents easily. IF
the document is relevance to the user available the same can be issued to the
users. If not available then it may to reserve. The document can be issued
electronically by making use of bar code strip or RFI technology.
Resource Sharing
Due to increasing
cost of the document and non-availability of enough funds, libraries are unable
to provide each and every material to its users. But due to ICT library solved
this problem. The user can search the OPAC of other libraries or may ask the
Librarian to provide the desired document. Once he/she is able to search it. He/she
can request that library to give the document on Inter-Library-Loan.
Other Services:
Ø A
modern library provides Internet, Inranet and CD-ROM facilities and Document
supply, CAS, SDI services, Telecommunication technology, Telephone, Fax,
Library networks, Online retrieval services etc.
Ø Integrated
System of ICT in Libraries
Ø ICT
Facilitated to have Information on Different Forms
Ø E-journal,
E-book and Reference Sources
Ø Information
Overload
Ø Digital
Library
Ø Web
technology
The
Innovation and Challenge:
They are facing
a variety of complex challenges from multiple sectors of the knowledge society
in the 21st Century. The
Major Challenges are:
Ø Information
explosion
Ø Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution
Ø Explosive
growth and usage of web resources
Ø Dwindling
Library budgets
Ø Escalating
cost of printed documents
Ø Intensive
use of digital resources
Ø Heightened
level of users expectations
Ø Interactive
virtual learning environment
Ø Evolution
of virtual educational Institutions
Ø Changing
nature and number of information resources
Advantages
of ICT:
ICT reduce labor
and save time of staff and users too.
LAN provides cost effectiveness in various services and allows secured
resource sharing through link to a variety of different communication devices. Internet and E-mail system enable the
students and scholars to remote access, worldwide communication among library
and information science societies has become easy with the help of E-mail.
The world wide librarians made their
catalogues available online which have online public access catalogues (OPAC)
generally available free of cost these are useful for finding books not
available locally to identify and select books for local acquisition,
bibliographic data verification and to search holding of periodical and
monographs. These can be accessed
through telnet, gopher and the World Wide Web.
Many OPACs have full text databases; libraries can use these databases
to queries form patrons. With the
emergence of ICT the areas library are expanded world. The available information present in the
library can be feed to homepage and made available to users anywhere.
ICT has provided new media, new
modes of storing and communicating information.
ICT brought many services to library to speed up their activities. It helps to remove barriers of communication,
distance and time. The advances in
technology will continue to improve the effectiveness of libraries. It helps to transfer data through
communication network like internet anywhere.
ICT
based Services in Library:-
Immense
services are provided through ICT. Due to ICT every services easy to accept
knowledge. The implementation of ICT in the libraries demands new form of
library services to get more user satisfaction.
In ICT to justify the realization of five laws of library services laid
down by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Specially Fourth law of Library Science “Save the
time of Reader” is really coming true. Library services include information
about all the services.
- Online
Public Services
- Information
Services
- Reference
& Information Services
- Current
awareness services
- Documentary
services
- Interlibrary
loans union catalogue
- Audiovisual
services
- Database
Collection
- Digital
Resources
- Online
/Off-line reservation
- Electronic
reference desk
- User
education and training programmers
- Access
to library catalogue, database, internet
- Circulation
of books photocopying of article
- Exhibition
of New arrival books and Journals
The
change and Challenge:
They are facing
a variety of complex challenges from multiple sectors of the knowledge society
in the 21st Century. The
Major Challenges are:
Ø Information
explosion
Ø Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) revolution
Ø Explosive
growth and usage of web resources
Ø Dwindling
Library budgets
Ø Escalating
cost of printed documents
Ø Intensive
use of digital resources
Ø Heightened
level of users expectations
Ø Interactive
virtual learning environment
Ø Evolution
of virtual educational Institutions
Ø Changing
nature and number of information resources
Advantages
of ICT :
ICT reduce labor
and save time of staff and users too.
LAN provides cost effectiveness in various services and allows secured
resource sharing through link to a variety of different communication devices. Internet and E-mail system enable the
students and scholars to remote access, worldwide communication among library
and information science societies has become easy with the help of E-mail.
The world wide librarians made their
catalogues available online which have online public access catalogues (OPAC)
generally available free of cost these are useful for finding books not
available locally to identify and select books for local acquisition,
bibliographic data verification and to search holding of periodical and
monographs. These can be accessed through
telnet, gopher and the World Wide Web.
Many OPACs have full text databases; libraries can use these databases
to queries form patrons. With the
emergence of ICT the areas library are expanded world. The available information present in the
library can be feed to homepage and made available to users anywhere.
ICT has provided new media, new
modes of storing and communicating information.
ICT brought many services to library to speed up their activities. It helps to remove barriers of communication,
distance and time. The advances in
technology will continue to improve the effectiveness of libraries. It helps to transfer data through
communication network like internet anywhere.
Conclusion:
Modern
technology has radically altered the nature of our society and style of working
of the people. Library and information
services can’t lag behind and also require changing to the tune of the progress
of the civilization, keeping in view the requirement of time, technological
developments and global change.
ICT
is not only a technology but it manages with the library objectives with the
adoption of ICT, libraries can face the new and modern information techniques.
ICT has greatly affected the information environment. Librarian must have the knowledge, skills and
tools in handling digital information and that will be the key success factor
in enabling the library to perform its role as an information support system
for society.
Information
Communication Technology has functionally affected the operations of library
and information services and this is also great impact on the education and
training of the users and library teachers on various levels. The paper
presents the some of the positive challenges and advantage of ICT for
libraries, library services and development in very effectiveness.
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