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Information and Literature Survey in Social Sciences

Notes y To establish referral centres, to monitor or facilities catalogue search and maintain a central
on-line union catalogue of books, serials and non-book material of all the participating
libraries.
y To develop a specialist bibliographic database of books, serials and non-book material for
search and access.
y To create a database of projects, specialists and institutions for providing on line information
service.
y To promote computerized operations and electronic services in the libraries for fast
communication of information.
y To co-ordinate with other regional, national and international networks for exchange of
information and documents for the use of libraries and users.
y Optimum utilization of existing library and information systems, their resources and services
and evolution of new standards and uniform guidelines in techniques, methods, procedures,
hardwares and softwares; services and so on, and promote adoption and actual practice by
all libraries.
y Provision of precise and exhaustive information accessible with minimum delay. Presented
in a manner convenient to the respective users, at a reasonable cost.
y Development of facilities for education and training in library and information science.
y To assist transmission of graphic material.
y To facilitate book selection and promote better and relevant reading material among the
users.
y To assist locating out-of-print material and facilitate fact retrieval in special areas.
y Promotion of research development and innovation in information technology.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
1. A database is made up of……………….. .
2. A …………………is a computer program that organizes, describes, and indexes
information.
3. Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world’s population………………... .
4. A ……………….can be defined “as group of individuals or organizations that are
interconnected.
5. …………………….is a logical database that is physically divided among computers at several
sites on a network.

12.2 Types of Network

A number of networks may be recognized. One of the ways to characterize networks is to distinguish
them as:
1. Organizational network
2. Specialized network
3. Functional network

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