Role of Public Library in Making New Dimension in Digital Information and Reference Service

Jana, Gouranga Charan and Chakraborty, Sanjita Role of Public Library in Making New Dimension in Digital Information and Reference Service., 2016 . In Jadavpur University. [Conference paper]

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English abstract

Information being very much essential to the users they opt for those information sources and services which are with ease of accessibility and utility. Giant search engines are playing dominant role in this field with their interface technology. Public libraries are facing intense cruciality in the juncture of their traditional mode of information and reference service. Corporate search engines are driven by the motif of generating more and more revenues for the corporate advertisement providers. They serve such information along with news that base not on, in some cases, reason or experiment. The public library with its splendour of scholarly and rich collection to stand by the true information and reference service and this demands the public libraries to adhere several steps, such as making online availability of its resources, collaboration with academic partners, standing by the principle of equal and free access and taking innovative steps amidst crises to uphold the philosophy ‘people’s local gateway to information’

Item type:	Conference paper
Keywords:	public library, online information, collaboration, reference service, access to content
Subjects:	C. Users, literacy and reading.
Depositing user:	Mr. Gouranga Charan Jana
Date deposited:	05 Sep 2020 17:50
Last modified:	05 Sep 2020 17:50
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/40373

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