Tariq Ashraf
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The World’s largest exercise in democracy, India’s sixteenth general election, took nearly four weeks to complete. Spread over nine stages, 543 constituencies, 8,251 candidates, representing some 300 parties, competed for the ballots of an electorate of 814 m eligible voters. In 8,30,866 polling stations, 17,20,080 simple, robust and apparently tamper-proof electronic voting machines were deployed. With a continent sized voters, India has learned to ...
This collection of 56 papers attempts to address the key issues concerning the transformation of libraries from traditional to digital. Focusing on the technological transformation, it describes in detail the new and emerging areas and applications such as mobile technology application, multi-biometrics, internet archive, and cloud computing.
Further examining the challenges of digitization and virtual transformation, it discusses at length the data mining and ...
Over the period of time National Eligibility Test (NET) has become an important method of testing the ability of young library professionals. Based upon the new syllabus recently laid down by UGC, the revised and enlarged edition of handbook contains probable material for papers II and III and contains more than 5000 solved questions. Essentially designed for UGC-NET aspirants, the handbook will also be helpful in various other entrance examinations for the post ...
Information technology presents both new opportunities and challenges before the library profession as it creates new products and delivery of services. It has also changed the basic assumptions about organizational structures, working relationships and the quality of library services. Libraries are further challenged to explore new opportunities and implement changes to establish new roles and responsibilities and determine knowledge, skill and abilities ...
Election 2004 was India’s fourteenth election forced by an early dissolution of Lok Sabha in February 2004. The elections were conducted over four days, beginning April 20 and ending May 10. The counting began on May 13. There were some 675 million eligible voters, 5 million election officials and staff, and 800,000 polling stations. With 7 recognized “National†parties, 2 “Regional†parties, and another 657 parties too small to secure official ...
Collection development, ordinarily perceived as not a very demanding or exciting work, contain elements that bring great personal satisfaction to those whose careers are spent in the library. Little can excel the feeling that the libraries experience when the material needed by a particular user can be delivered to him immediately. It is the book and its many surrogates which are emblematic of stability in cultural transmission and it is the journal which ...
The book has been divided into nine chapters and each chapter contains four units. This has been done essentially for the ease of reference and a better presentation. Each unit contains 50 questions which allows reader a better understanding and higher education. This handbook will serve a useful purpose and help the vast number of LIS students to qualify NET examination which will provide better job opportunities for them and qualified candidates to the ...
Special libraries are facing increasing challenges today. The biggest challenge before them is how to demonstrate that they are the best source of specialized information despite reliance on the Web for information. Special libraries therefore need to change in terms of their collections, roles, services and evolve strategies for managing the change. 'Shaping the Future of Libraries: Beyond Boundaries' is a collection of papers that provides directions in which ...