Trends in Management of Academic Libraries in Digital Environment

(TMALDEN-2014)

LINK YOUR LIBRARY WITH SNS

TANMAY MONDALSTUDENT, MSLIS, DRTC-BANGALORE

INFORMATION STANDARDS IN LIBRARY SERVICES

Standards create efficiencies in terms of time and costs

It provides a uniformity of product that is important to customers

Library Standards- MARC21, Z39.50, MODS, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

(DCMI),International Standard Serial Number (ISSN),ISO Standards, etc.

“Library vs. Google”

It is easier to go to the Internet than to go to the library (Noam Chomsky)

Non-Library Standards In Libraries- Libraries have to take advantages of these

newly communication of computerized technologies

Internet : No one owns it, Everyone can use it, Anyone can improve it

Social Networking Sites = 21st century communication

• Social networking Sites (SNS) are implementation of web 2.0

• Social network is the mapping and measuring of relationships

• It connects people, groups, organizations ,computers, URLs,and other connected information/knowledge entities.

• Social networking sites allow users to share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their individual networks.

COMPONENTS

Profiles

Friends lists

Public comments

These comments are displayed prominently and visible for anyone who has access to that profile

RANK OF SEARCH ENGINE

Number of social network users worldwide from 2010 to 2018 (in billions)

http://www.statista.com

Do as you like

“India lives in its villages”Mahatma Gandhi

• Rural connectivity is the lifeline of Indian economy

• Grassroots level information access should be done through rural libraries

• But users have many options to find their information

• 74% of the population has mobile phones

• Over 40% of searches on Google originate from mobile device

• A Smartphone in the hands of every citizen will be available by 2019

53% of Indians are connected to the internet every waking hour which is

higher than the global average of 51% (A.T .Kearney Report).

India has more than 15% Internet users of their population

urban cities - 29% from October 2013 to reach 177 million in October 2014.

It is expected to reach 190 million by December 2014 and 216 million by

June 2015.

Indian Scenario in Digital World

Problems of Public Libraries

• Problems of user-friendly environment

• Problems of user training

• Problem of closed access

• Challenges regarding Financial constraints

• Non-availability of new resources

How do we provide more facilities to masses?

HELP LOCAL USERS with SNS

Daily problem solving with issues such as housing, employment,education, welfare rights and civil rights, various schemes

Provide various links of resources

Assist individuals and groups with participation in the democratic process

Local, regional and national newspapers clips

Local history resources

Resources in the primary language of the community

Government information, including information by an about localadministrations

Distance learning to train local youth

Information regarding education courses, job advertisements

Whatever users ask to receive …

Benefits of SNS

Library staffs can put pictures of library resources that will be electronically stored for long time

Users can save time by asking questions to the library staffs directly to know availability of resources in the library

Library pages will be available to the rest of the world

Users also can contribute to the library by providing various valuable suggestions, adding links to many useful resources

SNS help users to speak freely at any time about any topic

CONT…

Discovery tool for making library more attractive to users

Users’ suggestion will be a good source for libraries’ renovation

Library staffs can understand users’ need and become part of online community

Users especially young generation must be motivated towards local library for betterment of our society

It overcomes the geographical distance that leads to good friendships with users

• Its vary easy to use and don’t need to bother about expensive

• Don’t need to keep any computers on all time( 24*7 hours)

Motivation

All age groups must find material relevant to their needs...Materialmust reflect current trends... Freedom of access to information(IFLA/UNESCO)

National Virtual Library connects libraries through ICT

Library staffs understand and care about users’ needs

SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN LIBRARY

THANKS

References

• PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN

LIBRARIES IN DIGITAL ERA-AN ASSESSMENT by Jeetendra Kumar Behera

,Librarian, United college of Engineering and Dr. Satya Prakash Singh , Chief-

Librarian, ACCMAN Institute of Management

• Digital India – A programme to transform India into digital empowered society

and knowledge economy. Retrieved from

http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=108926[Accessed on

02/12/2014].

• https://www.academia.edu/1741501/Web_2.0_-

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