Chapter 1 Topic: LIBRARY RESOURCES USAGE AMONG UITM KEDAH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT 1.1.1 Background Of The Study A library is a collection of sources, resources and services and the structure in which it is housed, it is organised for the use and maintained by a public body an institution, or a private individual.in the more traditional sense a library is a collection of books.it can mean the collection the building or room that houses such a collection, or both. The term “library” has itself acquired
through comment, chat, video conferences and others. The existence of Web 2.0 encourages the growing of Web 2.0 in academic library. Elisha Ondieki Makori (2013) mention the usage web 2.0 in academic libraries are to promoting knowledge society, promoting and extending information services, promoting online collaboration, communication and sharing. Therefore, the effectiveness of usage Web 2.0 among students is focus on communication platform and knowledge
environment when there is an awareness spreading for energy conservation, water conservation, Librarians need to undertake active part in the sustainability of the environment by carrying green audit in their libraries. Green audit helps the librarian to get an idea about the energy consumption in the library. Green audit is connected to sustainable development process. It is an effective way to solve the environmental problems. Green Audit Green Audit is the process of assessing the environmental impact
transformation at large. The presents stage of the society is that of information based knowledge society. Libraries are in existence ever since the recorded knowledge has started to be preserved for the future. Library are changing in response to changes in the learning and research environment and also changes in the expectations of library users these changes are evolutionary. The library serves as the heart of the university, pumping knowledge through all areas of universities life. It fuses information
Introduction As the advancement of technology is taking place in library and information science domain. With the technology, the digital libraries have come into the view of the information science field. The technology has become bane and boon to the users. The digital libraries could provide access to more users who could access resources from any area. However, the digital libraries have created new issues for the users about confidentiality and privacy of the users' information. This information
OBJECTIVES OF LIBRARY CONSORTIA The main objective of the Consortia is to provide access to qualitative e-resources including full-text and bibliographic databases to academic libraries at a lower rates of subscription. The major objectives of the consortia are as follows To provide access to electronic resource to a large number of academic institution. To provide lower rates of subscription with most favourable terms and conditions. To improve effective article delivery service among the libraries. To
are influenced. Course content and the way of its delivery have been changed from class room to web based environment. This aspect necessitates studying how students seek information related to their course. The transition in infrastructure of libraries needs
Libraries: Still Relevant in Today's Digital Age In today's modern world, the necessity of libraries has been questioned. Now that answers can be found with the touch of a button, libraries seem to be obsolete. However, they are still vital to communities, even more so now than in the past. It is not the library that is out of date, rather the traditional role that they played. Today, libraries function as life lines in the case of emergencies, learning centers to aid citizens, and public-gathering
help me to view pdf materials such as e-modules at facility and also guide me to take notes inside the material. 2.2 Digital library The user of a digital library no need to go to the library, people from all over the world can get as fast access to the same information as long as an internet connection is available. Libraries are little by storage space but digital libraries have the possible to store much more information, directly because digital information need very little strength space to
Chapter One introduced the research problem relating to the utilisation of ICTs in Ekurhuleni public libraries. This chapter reviews literature relevant to the study. It sought to give a deeper understanding of what ICTs facilities are used in public libraries, by whom are such facilities used as well as the reasons for the usage of such facilities. In this chapter, various literature related to the study is reviewed in order to put the study in its proper context, by identifying and analysing various