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Unit 14: Current Awareness Services (CAS)

14.7 Review Questions Notes

1. Define Current awareness service.
2. Highlight different kinds of CAS.

3. Discuss Current Awareness directories.
4. Explain the characteristics of CAS.
5. Describe the advantage and disadvantages of CAS.
6. What do you understand by Selective Dissemination of Information service?
7. Explain with the help of diagram the conversion process of CAS into SDI.

8. Discuss the steps of conceptual workflow of traditional SDI service.
9. Write brief note on the online procedures of SDI service.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. True 2. False
3. True 4. False

5. CAS 6. Internet
7. Customization 8. WWW
9. True 10. False
11. True 12. False

13. SDI 14. System
15. Users 16. Materials

14.8 Further Readings

Books Aswal, Rajinder Singh (2006). “Library Automation for 21st Century.” Ess Ess
Publication.

Brown-Syed, Christopher (2011). “Parents of Invention: The Development of Library
Automation Systems in the Late 20th Century: The Development of Library Automation
Systems in the Late 20th Century.” ABC-CLIO.
Kochtanek, Thomas R. and Matthews, Joseph R. (2002). “Library Information Systems:
From Library Automation to Distributed Information Access Solutions.” Libraries
Unlimited.
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid (2008). “Problems and Failures in Library Automation - Volume
15th.” Read Books.
Nanda, Manohar (2006). “Library Automation.” Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited.

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