Importance of E-Resources for Information Literacy in the Field of Library and Information Science

Author(s): Papanna V

Abstract:

This paper mainly highlights the availability of advanced Information Communication Technologies in academic institutes. In the present digital era; the e-resources will becomes an active contributor to global digital library system and information literacy or research and academic libraries. The electronic resources (e-resources) have great importance in digital libraries and amongst the academic library users. In 21st century digital libraries are developing all over the world to collect, store and disseminate the information through electronic media. The user’s needs and usage of e-resources are day by day increasing in India, depends on their academic need. Therefore e-resources are very important and useful to the students, faculty and research scholars, as well as Library and Information Science Professionals. Change is one reality with which individuals, groups and organizations must constantly cope in order to survive. The needs for progressive changes in student’s, research scholar’s, Professor’s attitudes and behaviours are essential for global acceptance. The concept of ICT has transformed the world in all aspect of lives include the libraries and studies have also shown that for an effective library service in this modern age, the use of ICT should be integrated in its service. In relation to this, it has become a necessity for all academic libraries to adopt and harness from the good deeds, ICT has brought to the library services and academic research as a whole. With the development and application of ICTs, the library environment has shifted from the traditional library to hybrid library, then automated library and then digital library and virtual libraries, the structure and nature of library and side by side the LIS profession has also changed in a dynamic way. Now in the present situation the LIS professionals are playing all-round multimodal roles to satisfy the different requirements of the end users.

Keywords: E-Resources, Academic Digital Libraries, ICT, Resource Literacy, World-Wide-Web

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