Digital Community Information System: A Framework for India

ISBN-13: 9783845401973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 460 str.

Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay

Opis

Public library led Web-enabled community information services are rapidly becoming essential part of the joined-up information systems. In India, community information services are limited in terms of coverage, scope and standardized organization of community information resources. The public library based community information services require a model to support integrated management of bibliographic items and community information resources, to facilitate community communication and interaction, to ensure Web-enabled access, and to provide multilingual information processing and retrieval environment. This research-oriented book reports designing a model for public library based community information services through the application of open standards, open source software and universal character set in Web-integrated multilingual environment. It adopts a five-step methodology that includes development of a techno-organizational model and its actualization through integration of domain-specific open source software. This book may be helpful for library professionals, students of LIS courses and government officials responsible for rendering citizen-facing information services.

O autorze

Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, MLISc, Ph. D.: Assistant Professor in Library and Information Science at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India. Recipient of Best Young LIS Teacher Award 2010 in India and nominated as Promising Young Professional by IFLA Section on Education and Training (SET) in IFLA SET Bulletin, V.9, N. 2, July 2008, p.23-24