Papers by Pawan R Agrawal
International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2016
The term embedded librarianship has beenincreasingly discussed in the last decade. It is a new di... more The term embedded librarianship has beenincreasingly discussed in the last decade. It is a new dimension of librarianship which has beenidentified in practice for several years but developed theoretically in the 21 st century only. This paper, which is mainly targeted to academic librarians, explores the multitudes of ways in which embedded librarianship can be implemented in Indian sphere. Librarianship is not developed in India as it has grown up in Western countries, hence, all the forms of embedded librarianship which are in applications seems difficult to implement in India presently. Still, there isextensive possibility to bring various services into action to provide a shape to embedded librarianship.
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Cloud Computing and Virtualization Technologies in Libraries
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In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation... more In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation is such that before we adopt one technology properly it goes obsolete and a new technology emerges. For libraries it is more difficult when they have very limited budget for the whole year with a lots of pre-projected activities such as book acquisition, journal subscription etc. The differences in financial availability in different libraries have emerged as a big gap among libraries and resulted in digital divide. This digital divide not only influences the library’s services but also the learning and knowledge of the users of such libraries together. This paper provides some tips on cost effective high-tech services for libraries using which would enable a library with small budget to compete with a library with huge budget to some extent.
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Parents of Invention: The Development of Library Automation Systems in the late 20th Century
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Quality in library service has become an important aspect of today's most competitive time. Q... more Quality in library service has become an important aspect of today's most competitive time. Quality has been considered an important part of any service process as well as manufacturing process. It is only quality that decides the status and future growth of an institution. Quality, though, important in any process, but in libraries it is drawing attention of management, users and staff altogether because of the pressure of growing technologies, expectation of users, high maintenance costs, increasing information resources cost, and reducing budget. This paper deals with six sigma and its application in libraries. Six sigma is a method of reducing errors and improving quality. This method was developed three decades ago for manufacturing process, but now it is being implemented in service industry too and library is not an exception. This process aims to understand strategies of six sigma and its applications in libraries. This paper also covers some case studies to understand t...
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At the dawn of the 21 st century, free and open source software, open access resource and free we... more At the dawn of the 21 st century, free and open source software, open access resource and free web tools have come strongly in competition to proprietary software. They have been setting sustainable alternative to commercial software in several fields of endeavor due to its inherent characteristics and license pattern; education is the highly affected area where the availability of adequate financial resources is always an issue. However, open source software not only set themselves cost effective, but also offered more trust, sustainability, support and freedom of application, adaptation and modification. Subscription based scholarly publications have always been criticized for their multiple pay paradox and open access movement has played a significant role in bringing the scholarly resources in the public domain. Libraries in India and over the world are making use of open source software and open access resources to save huge financial resources and to get the freedom of adaptability and modification. This paper is a case study of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Government College, Silvassa on implementation of various open source software and open access resources. The objective of this study is to understand the effectiveness of and challenges in employing open source software and open access resources.
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The development of information and communication technology has always been a challenge for the l... more The development of information and communication technology has always been a challenge for the libraries. However, to overcome the challenges raised by the ICT, use of ICT is only way. One side ICT has been considered as a threat to the libraries and on the other side it has provided a great hand to libraries to provide cost effective services to the users. With the help of various technologies library services have been improved a lot. Library automation, computerized cataloguing, RIFD, e-resources are various technologies that have brought complete transformation in library services. Best practices in libraries are almost infeasible without use of technologies. QR code is a similar open source technologies that can be used to provide quick access service to various resources. This paper discusses various aspects of QR code and its application in Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Government College, Silvassa, UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
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The term embedded librarianship has been increasingly discussed in the last decade. It is a new d... more The term embedded librarianship has been increasingly discussed in the last decade. It is a new dimension of librarianship which has been identified in practice for several years but developed theoretically in the 21st century only. This paper, which is mainly targeted to academic librarians, explores the multitudes of ways in which embedded librarianship can be implemented in Indian sphere. Librarianship is not developed in India as it has grown up in Western countries, hence, all the forms of embedded librarianship which are in applications there seems difficult to implement in India presently. Still, there is extensive possibility to bring various services into action to provide a shape to embedded librarianship.
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The constant rise in the price of scholarly journals; the multiple pay paradox benefiting only th... more The constant rise in the price of scholarly journals; the multiple pay paradox benefiting only the commercial publishers; coupled with the quest for knowledge among the scholars and the advances in Information Technology led to the emergence of Open Access. The development of open access has made a wide impact on various aspects of libraries. As many libraries are spending over 65% of their budget on journal subscriptions, open access with its wide possibilities impacts the collection development policy. This paper attempts to explore how libraries can build their journal collection with the help of open access journals.
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E-Discovery Tools and Applications in Modern Libraries, 2000
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A library or information professional in the current age of information continuously face challen... more A library or information professional in the current age of information continuously face challenges from the technology and under pressure to fulfil the demands of the users. They constantly look forward to improve their services, collection and tool for dissemination of information. Library management software is of the source for improving the library service and has become a minimum requirement for any type of library. The open source movement has become very helpful for the libraries to implement a library automation software, digital library software or many other software at very minimal cost. In open source library management software too, there are several options available for the libraries such as Koha, NewGenLib, Evergreen, etc. This paper is focused upon one of such open source library automation software, i.e. NewGenLib that not only helps in managing resources of the library but also facilitate searching various databases with a single click.
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In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation... more In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation is such that before we adopt one technology properly it goes obsolete and a new technology emerges. For libraries it is more difficult when they have very limited budget for the whole year with a lots of pre-projected activities such as book acquisition, journal subscription etc. The differences in financial availability in different libraries have emerged as a big gap among libraries and resulted in digital divide. This digital divide not only influences the library’s services but also the learning and knowledge of the users of such libraries together. This paper provides some tips on cost effective high-tech services for libraries using which would enable a library with small budget to compete with a library with huge budget to some extent.
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In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation... more In this ICT era it is very difficult to cope with the latest technological changes. The situation is such that before we adopt one technology properly it goes obsolete and a new technology emerges. For libraries it is more difficult when they have very limited budget for the whole year with a lots of pre-projected activities such as book acquisition, journal subscription etc. The differences in financial availability in different libraries have emerged as a big gap among libraries and resulted in digital divide. This digital divide not only influences the library’s services but also the learning and knowledge of the users of such libraries together. This paper provides some tips on cost effective high-tech services for libraries using which would enable a library with small budget to compete with a library with huge budget to some extent.
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The most burning issue of today’s electronic generation, where information generation is task of ... more The most burning issue of today’s electronic generation, where information generation is task of seconds, is to save the information in a form that could successfully be read tomorrow. It is easily understandable that if you keep a book in a drawer and open it after 10 years, you may hope to get it back and read it, possibly with some damage, but this is not the case for information stored in a Compact Disc (CD) or any other electronically device. This chapter projects at understanding digital preservation issues and identifying appropriate solutions to manage digital information. This chapter also aims to identify the projects undergoing throughout the world for digital preservation.
This chapter in overall discusses the speedy obsolescence, short live technologies, and other issues in digital preservation with the identified and possible strategies of digital preservation.
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International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology, 2011
Quality in library service has become an important aspect of today's most competitive time. Quali... more Quality in library service has become an important aspect of today's most competitive time. Quality has been considered an important part of any service process as well as manufacturing process. It is only quality that decides the status and future growth of an institution. Quality, though,
important in any process, but in libraries it is drawing attention of management, users and staff altogether because of the pressure of growing technologies, expectation of users, high maintenance costs, increasing
information resources cost, and reducing budget. This paper deals with six sigma and its application in libraries. Six sigma is a method of reducing errors and improving quality. This method was developed three decades ago for manufacturing process, but now it is being implemented in service industry too and library is not an exception. This process aims to understand strategies of six sigma and its applications in libraries. This paper also covers some case
studies to understand the effect of six sigma more closely.
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This chapter in overall discusses the speedy obsolescence, short live technologies, and other issues in digital preservation with the identified and possible strategies of digital preservation.
important in any process, but in libraries it is drawing attention of management, users and staff altogether because of the pressure of growing technologies, expectation of users, high maintenance costs, increasing
information resources cost, and reducing budget. This paper deals with six sigma and its application in libraries. Six sigma is a method of reducing errors and improving quality. This method was developed three decades ago for manufacturing process, but now it is being implemented in service industry too and library is not an exception. This process aims to understand strategies of six sigma and its applications in libraries. This paper also covers some case
studies to understand the effect of six sigma more closely.
This chapter in overall discusses the speedy obsolescence, short live technologies, and other issues in digital preservation with the identified and possible strategies of digital preservation.
important in any process, but in libraries it is drawing attention of management, users and staff altogether because of the pressure of growing technologies, expectation of users, high maintenance costs, increasing
information resources cost, and reducing budget. This paper deals with six sigma and its application in libraries. Six sigma is a method of reducing errors and improving quality. This method was developed three decades ago for manufacturing process, but now it is being implemented in service industry too and library is not an exception. This process aims to understand strategies of six sigma and its applications in libraries. This paper also covers some case
studies to understand the effect of six sigma more closely.