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Impact of IT on information services, with special reference to India
~ By Ms. Neeraj Karandikar
Information is a vital resource & serves as an essential input to the effective pursuit of national policies on economic, scientific, technological & social development. ... The last few decades have witnessed incredible advances in information & communication technology (ICT) – which is the potent combination of computers in which information can be stored & processed & telecommunications by which information can be transmitted to anybody, anywhere in the world.
We are living in an information-intense society, in which the quality of life as well as prospects for social change & economic development depends increasingly on information & its exploitation. Living standards, patterns of work & leisure, education systems & market place are all influenced prominently by advances in information & knowledge. To be in a position to exploit information, society will have to shift its perception & abilities related to information formats. Individuals will have to acquire a new bundle of information skills necessary to function in society. ... This new level of literacy has to do with understanding the role & power of information in society, its use & misuse in society & most importantly understanding the systems/intermediaries involved in organizing & disseminating information, namely – libraries & information centers. ... Implicit in this process of modernization is an increase in efficiency, effectiveness & reduction in cost per unit of library services. ... Distributed access of electronic information sources creates a scenario in which ownership of publications becomes less critical then acquiring access rights. ... While some information is completely free, a lot of it is commercially priced. Free information sources include electronic newsletters & discussion groups, some electronic journals, reports & library catalogues. ... Publishers of electronic information offer search facilities & access to specific sections in their publications, maintain databases of their own publications on the Internet, thereby entering the zones of dissemination, archiving & preservation which has so far been among the responsibilities of the librarians. ... Modernised library services should be as far as possible logical extensions of traditional services taking into account the receptivity of the overall system of which the library is a part.2 This is especially true in the case of a developing country like India.
India today has 29 states & 6 centrally administered union territories & the pattern of library development & history varies from one state to another. ... 3
The process of modernization of libraries in India has been sketchy during the last 50 years. ... The 1983 Technology Policy Statement emphasized the need for a technology information base.
Approximate Word count = 1974
Approximate Pages = 7.9
(250 words per page double spaced)
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