Digital Libraries and Information Networks provide us a huge quantity of information without any limitation of time and space. They are increasingly being used for preservation of the linguistic, literary, historical and cultural heritage besides fulfilling the other social needs and also for access to information in a simpler, cheaper and economic way. Besides, they support teaching and learning and allow the new media of information to be managed more effectively. In this volume, some popular digital libraries and information networks have been discussed, which are being operated and developed at the international level as well within India. The book also covers 20 major digital libraries of the country, which are at a developing stage. It will be useful for the student of library and information science, journalism and mass communication and for all those persons who are interested in information retrieval through the modern means.
Digital Libraries and Information Networks
by Amjad Ali
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amjad Ali
Amjad Ali (Ph.D. in Library and Information Science) started his career from Doordarshan (India Television) in 1982. He was appointed founding Librarian of the prestigious Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 1983, where he served as In-charge, Library Resource and Documentation Unit for over a decade. He was also appointed Academic Counselor with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for Bachelor of Library and Information Science course. In 1993, he joined Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh as Deputy Librarian, where he still continues. In the meanwhile, he has been on a foreign assignment as Information Specialist with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Amjad Ali has to his credit, four books and over 30 research papers on application of IT in academic libraries, which have been published in leading journals of Library and Information Science. Presently, he is a Council Member of the Indian Library Association and also the Chairman of its Sectional Committee on Oriental Libraries.
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Title
Digital Libraries and Information Networks
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Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Ess Ess Publications, 2007
ISBN
8170005159
Length
414p.
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