This document discusses the role of information technology in library management in the digital era. It outlines several challenges libraries face like information overload, pollution, and growing demand for instant services. It then discusses how libraries can use various tools and technologies to manage collections, provide services, and address literacy needs. These include automation software, security systems, institutional repositories, discovery tools, social media applications, and more. The document concludes that libraries and librarians should think of themselves as scholarly resource managers, locators, idea developers, service providers, and personal coaches.

1. Role of Information Technology in
Library Management in Digital Era
Rabishankar Giri
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2. Challenges
 Information Overload
Example: As on 13th Nov 2015, The IndexedWeb contains
at least 4.73 billion pages (http://www.worldwidewebsize.com/),
Google Scholar indexes about 160 Million Documents.
 Information Pollution
 Predatory Open Access Journals
 Growing discontent for getting pin pointed information.
 Growing Number of Netizens
 Growing demand for Instant Services
 Huge Print Resources

3. Easy Reach through a networked World

4. How Could?

5. Library Management
 Management of Activities
Management of Administrative Activities
Management of Print Collection
Management of Electronic/ Digital Collection
In-house
Subscribed
Open Access

6.  Library Services
 Services from Print based Collection
 Services from Electronic/ Digital Collection
 Expected services as a Resource Person
 Information Literacy
 Resource Literacy
 Tool Literacy
Library Management

7. Tools
 Automation Software
 Koha, NewGenLib, LibSys, Slim++, VTLIS, etc.
 Technology based Security & Management System
 Barcoding System, RFID Technology, Surveillance System
 Institutional Repository
 Dspace, e-Prints, Greenstone, Focuz
 Federated Search/ One stop Search
 EBSCO Discovery, Summon , VuFind, JGate
 Subject Portal

8.  Easy Access
 IP Based Access- Shiboleth, Athens authentication
 Remote Acess – EZ-Proxy, VPN
 Virtual Reference Service Tools
 Question Point from OCLC, Meebo
 Research Tools
 Scimago , Mendeley, ORCID, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, OpenRev
 Social Web
Tools

9. Major Social Web Aplications used in
the Library
Social Networking 1. Facebook
2. LinkedIn
3. Google +
Content Communities 1. Youtube
2. Flickr
3. Slideshare
Blog/ Microblog 1. Twitter
2. Blogspot/ Blog
Collaborative Projects 1. Wikipedia
Bookmarking 1. Delicious
2. Shelfari

10. Services
 Interactive OPAC

11. Single Search Gateway

12. Accees to Consortium Journals

13. Institutional Repository

15. CAS through Facebook

16. Library Meshup

17. Library Blog

18. Facebook in Library

19. E-Learning Portal

20. Conclusions
 Think of as
Scholarly Reource Manager
Scholarly Resource Locator
Idea Developers
Service Providers
Personal Coaches
I call them Librarian

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