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Library Automation

Notes It has the potential for improving access to the world literature, for filling gaps in
local collections and for improving the visibility of their own scientific contributions.
Questions

1. Explain about the electronic journals.
2. Discuss the issues that merit attention by the scientific community.
Source: AAAS/UNESCO/ICSU Workshop on Developing Practices and Standards for Electronic
Publishing in Science, Final Report, www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/epub/report.htm

13.5 Summary

In the library and information centres computers can be used for performing efficiently
all sorts of jobs from the procurement of the reading materials to their organization and
use.

Any library which is a part of online computerized library system has access to catalogue
entries and bibliographic data of all the libraries in the system.
The MARC project was started in November, 1965 by the Library of Congress, USA.

Serial control comprises complex operations of library activities because of the very
nature and characteristics of Serial as library material.
The circulation activities are the life-stream of the library services.
In libraries, several systems have been developed for their various house-keeping chores
and more still are being designed and refined, due to the technology of large-scale
integration.

An IT strategy is viewed essential for making the most effective use of information assets
in the library.
Libraries, as intermediaries, are dependent upon the actions of suppliers of information
on the one hand and users of information on the other.
Libraries were very quick to computerize their management systems.
The use of computers is revolutionizing working processes in libraries and archives, and
the network of computers known as the Internet, is a revolution of similar importance.

The Internet has made new activities possible.

13.6 Keywords

Acquisition: Taking possession of an asset by purchase.
Administration: Administration is the interpretation and implementation of the policy set by
an organisation characterised by control.
Digital Object Identifier: A digital object identifier (DOI) is a character string (a “digital
identifier”) used to uniquely identify an object such as an electronic document.
Electronic Journals: Electronic journals, also known as ejournals, e-journals, and electronic
serials, are scholarly journals or intellectual magazines that can be accessed via electronic
transmission.
Electronic Publishing: Electronic publishing (also referred to as ePublishing or digital publishing)
includes the digital publication of e-books, EPUBs, Digital Magazines (also sometimes known
as electronic articles), and the development of digital libraries and catalogues.

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