The document discusses Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science and how they still apply in the digital era. It introduces several emerging database technologies that are used efficiently in libraries, including internet databases, web databases, digital libraries, multimedia databases, mobile databases, and geographic databases. Examples of academic databases and search engines that can be used for research are also provided.

1. FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARYSCIENCE
AND EMERGING DATABASE
TECHNOLOGIES
BY :
PARDEEP RATTAN
Librarian
Government College, Phase- VI,
Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Pb.)
pardeeprattan@ymail.com
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2. PRESENTATION AGENDA
1. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
2. INTRODUCTION
3. DATA,INFORMATION,DBMS
4. RANGANATHAN’S FIVE LAWS IN DIGITAL
ERA
5. EMERGINGING DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES
5.1 INTERNET DATABASES
5.2 WEB DATABASES
5.3 DIGITAL LIBRARIES
5.4 MULTI-MEDIA DATABASES
5.5 MOBILE DATABASES
5.6 GEOGRAPHICAL AND SPATIAL DATABASES
6. EXAMPLES OF DATABASES & SEARCH ENGINES
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3. 1. OBJECTIVE
 TO STUDY THE RELEVANCE OF FIVE LAWS OF
LIBRARY SCIENCE IN MODERN DIGITAL ERA
 TO INTRODUCE LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS
WITH SOME OF THE DATABASE
TECHNOLOGIES EFFICIENTLY USED IN
LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRES
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4. 2. INTRODUCTION
 INROADS BY COMPUTER AND OTHER
COMPONENTS OF ICT
 INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION
NEEDS : VARIED & ON THE RISE
 LIBRARIES FROM STATIC TO LIVE
ENTITIES, DOORSTEP OF THE USER, 24x7
FUNCTIONAL
 WITHOUT BARRIERS OF BRICKS/WALLS and
TIME
 QUICK, EFFICINET, PERTINENT
 POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ICT and DATABASE
TECHNOLOGIES
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5. 3. DATA, INFORMATION, DATABASE &
DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DBMS)
• DATA : RAW FACTS WHICH CAN BE PROCESSED INTO
ACCURATE & RELEVANT INFORMATION
• INFORMATION : DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED OR
OPERATED ON BY COMPUTATION especially by a
device like computer
• DATABASE : A COLLECTION OF DATA OR FILES SERVING
AS A DATA RESOURCE FOR COMPUTER BASED
INFORMATION SYSTEM
• DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM : A COLLECTION OF
INTERRELATED DATA AND A SET OF PROGRAM TO
ACCESS THE DATABASE
Data and information are closely related in the sense that
information is processed, organised or summarised
data.
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6. 4.FIVE LAWS AND DIGITAL ERA
• 1. Online resources
are available when
• Law 1) Books are and where needed,
for use • 2. Effective use of E
resources prove
• Law 2) Every that wherever the
reader his/her relevant material is
book available in the
network that can be
• Law 3) Every
accessed.
book its reader
• 3. WWW,
• Law 4) Saves Networking,
the time of the Sharing and library
reader Consortia ,
• Law 5) A library • 4. Multidimensional
key word searching
is a growing options,
organism • 5. No boundary and
barrier of
time/anytime
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7. 5.EMERGING DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES
• WHY ?
• EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION
• FILTERATION
• EXTRACTION BY ACTING AS A REPOSITORY
OF INFORMATION WITHIN ORGANISATION’S
INFORMATION SYSTEM
• COLLECTION,PROCESSING,STORING,ANALYSIS
: DISSEMINATION
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8. 5.1 INTERNET DATABASES
• INTERNET IS AN SELF REGULATED NETWORK
OF COMPUTER NETWORKS CONNECTING
MILLIONS OF INFORMATION CENTRES,
BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, GOVT. AGENCIES,
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER
ORGANISATIONS ALL OVER THE GLOBE.
• RESULTED IN THE EMERGENCE OF WWW
WHICH ALLOWED THE USER TO HAVE DIRECT
ACCESS TO DATABASES
• VAST WEB OF ELECTRONIC NETWORKS :
INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY
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9. INTERNET APPLICATIONS
• DISCOVERY : BROWSING,
INF. RETREIVAL, DOWNLOADS
• COMMUNICATION : INF. TRANSFER, E
MAIL, CHAT & DISCUSSION GROUPS
• COLLABORATION : B/W INDIVIDUALS,
GROUPS, ORGANISATIONS
(teleconferencing, resource sharing,
screen sharing..)
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10. 5.2 WEB DATABASES
• WWW or W3– the WEB is Not a synonym of
internet but an APPLICATION OF
INTERNET
• Internet acts as a transport mechanism
• MOST POWERFUL COLLABORATIVE
NETWORKED INFORMATION
DATABASE
• HANDLES ALL TYPES OF
DIGITALINFORMATION : text,
hypermedia, graphics, sounds
• STORES,RETREIVES,FORMATS and
DISPLAYS INFORMATION
… contd.
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11. WEB  IT IS THE SYSTEM OF
DATABASES INTERLINKED HYPERTEXT
MULTIMEDIA
DOCUMENTS
MOST WIDELY
USED
 WEB 1.0 : BASED ON FTP
WEB BROWSERS AND WAS A READ ONLY
WEB
 INTERNET
EXPLORER  WEB 2.0 : READ & WRITE
WEB WITH USER
NETSCAPE COMMUNICATION/
NAVIGATOR INTERACTION
 MOZILA  WEB3.0 : SEMANTIC WEB,
COLLABORATION OF
CONTENTS. MORE
LINKAGES & TAGGING
 WEB 4.0 : FACILITATED
USE OF RICH NEDIA
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12. 5.3 DIGITAL LIBRARIES
• WHAT ?
WHEN THE INFORMATION IS STORED ON
COMPUTERS AND WHICH IS
ACCESSIBLE ONLY THROUGH AND ON
COMPUTERS
 INFORMATION IS STORED IN DIGITAL
FORMATS AND RETRIEVED OVER
NETWORKS
 ARCHIVES AND REPOSITORIES ARE
ORGANISED DIGITAL LIBRARIES FOR A
LONG TERM PRESERVATION
…. contd.
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13. DIGITAL LIBRARY
• NEED :
 SPACE CRUNCH
 LIBRARY A GROWING ORGANISM
 DIRECT AND MULTI LEVEL ACCESS
 LONGEVITY
 LOW COST COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES
 ELECTRONIC STORAGE CAPACITY
 CONGREGATION OF RICH MEDIA
 HIGH SPEED BROWSING
 NETWORKING 13

14. 5.4 MULTIMEDIA DATABASES
IMAGES( pictures, photographs…)
 VIDEO CLIPS(movies,news..)
 AUDIO CLIPS(speeches..)
 TEXTUAL(books,jls.)
DATA STORAGE
 CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL ,
LOCATING A PARTICULAR VIDEO OR
AUDIO, IMAGE SEARCHING(MOST
PREVELANT DATABASES)
 APPLICATIONS : REPOSITORY
APPLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS,
EDUCATION & TRAINING, INTERACTIVE
KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION…….
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15. 5.5 MOBILE DATABASES
i. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
ii. 3G & 4G MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
iii. SATTELITE PHONES FITTED WITH
WITH LATEST SOFTWARES
FACILITATES ACCESS FROM REMOTE
LOCATIONS
iv. SMS/MMS, GPRS, INTERNET
v. Eg., Sybase’, SQL Anywhere,
EVERYPLACE 7, IBM DB2, WINDOWS
CE EDITION, Oracle 9i LIVE
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16. 5.6 SPATIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL
DATABASES
• DATA BASED ON SPATIAL LOCATIONS
• USEFUL FOR INDEXING & QUERYING
DATA ON THE BASIS OF SPATIAL
LOCATIONS
• HELPFUL IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
PINPOINTING EXACT LOCATION
• Eg., ROADMAPS, LANDUSE MAPS,
TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS
• IBM Spatial Extender, Oracle Spatial
are COMMONLY USED DATABASES
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17. 5.7 ACADEMIC DATABASES
AND DEARCH ENGINES
EXAMPLES :
• Academic Search Multidisciplinary
Subscription based www.ebscohost.com
• African journals Online Multidisciplinary
Free www.ajol.info
• AGRICOLA Agriculture
Free agricola.nal.usda.gov
• AGRIS Agriculture, Forestry
Free agri.fao.org
• Books In Print Books
Subscription based www.booksinprint.com
• Chemical Abstract Service Chemistry
Subscription based www.cas.org
• DOAJ Journals
Free www.doaj.org
• Open J- Gate Open Access Journals
Free www.openj-gate.com
• Scopus Multidisciplinary
Subscription based www.scopus.com
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