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Re-Engineering of Library and Information Services through Web Modeling at Delhi College of Engineering
Get PDFApplication of Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence Theory for the Effective Use of Library Resources by K-2 Students: An Experimented Model
Get PDFHow can school libraries and librarians be apart of the culture of promoting books and reading? Can we go beyond organizing author talks, book fairs, book presentations etc.? Can we target the Kindergarteners and the primary school students and do some experiment to inculcate this virtue called Reading? An effort has been made in this direction and be considered successful to a great extent by the author in her school Zydus School for Excellence, Ahmedabad, India where she has been working for the last four years.
This paper provides a viewpoint of applying Dr. Howard Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences namely, verbal/linguistic, logico-mathematical, musical, body/kinesthetic, visual/spatial, interpersonal, intrapersonal and naturalist intelligence in evaluating a resource by a student. This process can help a great deal in overall development of a child’s/students personality. The approach used here is the practical application of Multiple Intelligence Theory in evaluating a resource by students of K-2 students. The student selects a particular resource and checks whether all the above mentioned intelligences developing activities are available in the resource. If at least 4-5 such activities are available, the student can take home the resource and share it with his/her parents. Then an effort is made to collect the feedback from parents as to how the child and the parent utilized the resources effectively and what was the learning outcome. Based on the feedback, the child can be reinforced to choose the right resources.
Since this exercise involves both children and parents and is structured in approach, there has been an observation that they look forward for the library periods in the school quite enthusiastically. The author is of the opinion that Multiple Intelligence Theory helps in developing skills to analyze a resource logically & use it effectively to increase the success level of the students
Virtual Reference Services in Germany: Some examples of recent applications
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E-learning and its Impact on LIS Profession
Get PDFThe paper focuses on changing role of libraries and LIS professionals in the digital learning environment. The paper also discusses about the library services in an integrated environment where digital libraries and e-learning programme goes hand in hand. It highlights e-learning scenario in India with special reference to the initiatives taken by educational institutions. Finally, the paper emphasized the need to initiate LIS education in Digital Learning Environment, particularly in India
Library Portal: Role of Librarian
Get PDFThis paper emphasizes the significance, elements and functionality of library portals, the role of librarian as selector and organizer of information on the web. The portal offers the user the ease of searching many sources at once, integrating results from licensed resources and local databases and bibliographical descriptions of digitized material. Equally, the familiar portal interface is an option for searching databases that are unfamiliar to the users. Librarians bring their expertise with content, their knowledge of copyright, their commitment to customer service and their experience in creating customized web-based information delivery systems
Components of the Digital Learning Environment
Get PDFThe paper describes Digital Learning and the characteristic features of Digital Learning Environment It elaborates the need for Digital Learning and describes the problems and solutions to initiate Digital Learning The paper further elucidates different modes of delivering of Digital Learning. Speaking about the various components and tools of Digital Learning, the paper provides a State-of-the-Art Report of Digital Learning in India enumerating various Indian initiatives
Status of automation in special libraries and information centers of Gwalior: a survey
Get PDFPaper has been published in Proceedings of the National Conference on Information Management in Digital Libraries held on 2-4 August, 2006, organized by central library, IIT Kharagpur.The study presents the status of automation in special libraries and information centers of Gwalior District in Madhya Pradesh. Aims at understanding and analyzing the various problems faced by the authorities and the staff during the process of automation. The methodology adopted for the present study is survey using a structured questionnaire. The lack of staff, hesitancy and lack of attitude towards automation and unsatisfactory library software problems are the major hindrances to speedy automation. However, 50% of special libraries opting for automation show that the libraries have a mind to adapt to the new changes and the other libraries will follow the suit.Central Librar
First Working group Meeting on Metadata and Data Standards for e-Governance Application Domains
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Principles of awareness-raising: Information literacy, a case study
No full textThis handbook introduces the principles of public awareness-raising.
Information Literacy is defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries in the United States as "the set of skills needed to find, retrieve, analyze, and use information." These skills areviewed by many policy makers and educators as critical to the creation of an equitable global 'Information Society' in which both developed and developing nations can share in social and economic development.
This handbook has been developed primarily as a resource for administrators, librarians, teachers, lecturers and community leaders charged with responsibility for raising public awareness about Information Literacy. It is hoped that the various approaches and strategies suggested in this publication will serve to stimulate further discussion about Information Literacy and inspire innovative new awareness-raising campaigns. The outcomes of these campaigns may in turn be shared with others through the International Information Literacy Resources Directory recently launched by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and UNESCO.
When promoting Information Literacy to our communities and countries, we should always remember that to raise public awareness is to inform community attitudes, behaviours and beliefs with the intention of influencing them positively. Raising public awareness of any issue is not an easy undertaking and achieving lasting behavioural change is harder still. However, as this handbook demonstrates, with a basic understanding of human communication, some knowledge of effective approaches to awareness-raising, and a measure of simple planning, it is possible to affect positive, equitable and sustainable change.UNESC