National Seminar on “Innovative Applications of Technology in Libraries” 23/9/16

Shubhada Nagarkar, Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Department of Library and Information ScienceSP Pune University

shubha@unipune.ac.in

Librarianship

Talk overview• Innovative Technologies in Libraries• Librarianship and Google• Use of Google tools and skills of LIS professionals• Competencies needed

Technologies in libraries

• Library Automation• Digital and Electronic

Libraries• Mobile and cloud

based libraries • Internet

GPS apps that help locate material inside the library

Access to 3-D printers, binding services

Book delivery robots

http://news.temple.edu/news/2016-01-24/book-retrieval-powered-robot-new-library

The BookBot system saves space by storing other titles inside metal bins, which are stacked inside five bays, each a matrix 55 feet high and 150 feet long.

When library visitors want a particular book that is not in the stacks, they will search a database, which is connected to a robotic crane that will retrieve the requested title.

“[Users] will click a button that says ‘Get This Item,’ which dispatches a command to the software.

“The robot will activate a crane to go to the bin, pull that bin and bring [the book] to a pickup point. A member of the staff will open the bin, find the book and put it on a pickup shelf.”

LIS Professional

Knowledge of readers

Knowledge of recorded

information

Knowledge of methods of brining records and

readers together

SelectionAcquisition

OrganizationInterpretation

Evaluation of results

Ref.: Shera, J.H. (1972) Foundations of Education for Librarianship, New York, Baker and Hayes, Inc. p 206.

Role of LIS professional

Use of ICTServices to Users

User

Web and Library

2.0Online

services

Institutional Repositories

Digital Libraries

OSS

Mobile Libraries

Google Librarianship

The Modern God- ‘Google’

Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.

Founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Google librarianship…Information Retrieval

• Web search• Google Scholar• Google books • Google news• Google Patents• Google image and video search

Content creation• Google Docs• Google sites• Google Custom Search Engine• Other tools

Web Search• Google web search

• Search for any type of information including multimedia contents• Good for general purpose information • Little complex for specific information search

• What librarians need?• Information requirements of users• Skill to identify precise keywords• Skill to formulate proper search strategy• Create email alerts for users• Use of Web 2.0 tools like RSS feed, sharing of contents, etc.

General Tips for effective search1. Analyze the problem statement 2. Find out what type of information and documents are needed.

• Government information, books, journal articles, reports, information from subject databases, websites, multimedia form, etc.

3. Identify keywords4. Prepare search statement –use search operators and

punctuations5. Search6. Study retrieved document; use; 7. If necessary modify search strategy with the help of earlier results

and search again

Search statements1. what is preventive health care

2. "preventive health care" (immunization OR "lab tests" OR "physical

exams" OR

prescription)

3. "preventive health care" (immunization OR "lab tests" OR "physical

exam" OR prescription) "preventive

diseases“

4. what is business opportunity?

5. ~"preventive health care" (product* OR sale OR service*)

6. ~"preventive health care" devices

7. ~"preventive health care" inurl:gov.in

Services based on Google Web Search• Personalised information services• Google alerts to group of users• Use of various add-ons like Reader, Zotero, etc.

Google Alerts

Create Google alerts

Auto-alerting system

Sends emails to the user when it finds new information on the topics of users interest

How to create Google Alerts?(visit : https://www.google.com/alerts)

Enter search strategy for alert

Set up alert – use show options

Google Scholar

Search Scholar – some tips

Query : Drug use by teenagersSearch Strategies

(teenage*OR youth OR adolescent OR kid OR "high school") AND (drug* OR substance* OR alcohol OR nicotine OR smoking OR cigarette* OR mari*una OR cocaine OR crack OR heroin)

Synonym expansion and

hierarchic expansion

Citations

My Library

Create alerts

Create Alert

Services based on Google Scholar• Email based CAS and SDI• Highly cited journals based on h-index • Create Libraries of research papers for users• Research papers into standard citation formats like

APA, Chicago, etc.

Google Books

Google books

Example

How to use Google Books for Reference Services?

My Library

Reading now

What services you can provide?• Prepare latest books list subject wise• Prepare books list for individual user• Add notes for books• Create shelf of newly published books• Create alerts for users

Google News

Google News

Example

Create alert

Google news Alerts

Services based on Google News• Latest news published as and when• Customise e-mail alerts for users• Latest Government Information • CAS on specific topic

Content Creation

Google Docs

Docs

Google docs• Documents• Presentations / slides• Worksheets• Forms

Photos

Forms

Workshop feedback

Document

Lots of ADD Ons

Add bibliography in standard format

Services based on Google Docs• Library orientation in presentation form• User feedback with online forms• Statistical analysis with worksheets• Documents for research papers along with lots of

ADD Ons• Online tutorials for students• Teaching purpose• …….many more

Google Sites

Library Association site

Reference Services

E-learning

Personal web site

Services through Google sites • Collection of open access resources on any topic• Personalized information services• College or institute homepage• E-learning • Content management• ……

Custom Search Engine (CSE)

FarmerInfo CSE

FarmerInfo

Search results

Images in CSE

Other tools

Other tools• Google Calendar• Google cloud print• Google store• Google drive• Google plus• Google blogger• Google groups• Google maps• Google earth• Google sky• Google analytics

Google Translate

Google Input Toolshttps://www.google.com/inputtools/try/

Google Keeps

Google Trends

Compare terms

Conclude with…Competencies needed…• Continuous up-gradation of your search skills• Need to know new technological developments• Good understanding of user information needs and

its interpretations and • Excellent knowledge of electronic resources• Part of research networks rather than social

networks• Creativity