UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION

Understanding Information



ABSTRACT

In this study, we try to explore the concept of library in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on library of Kingston University. The research also analyzes many aspects of virtual library and tries to gauge its effect on university.

Understanding Information

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A library is a collection of information objects and services in which the information objects are in a digital form and the management and service functions are based on digital technologies. A digital geospatial library is a specialized collection of services for online access to digital maps, images, and other resources that contain or refer to geospatial information. A digital geospatial library has important connections to geographic information systems, as it provides specific services for discovering and retrieving spatial data from distributed sites and databases on the Web that one might wish to use for analysis or simply to answer a question. For example, one might search a digital geospatial library to find maps for hiking in Alaska; to find water quality data for Lake Michigan; or to find information on real estate prices, neighborhoods, schools, crimes, and other information about a community to which one might be planning to move.

A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a collection of books. It can mean the collection itself, the building or room that houses such a collection, or both.

A university is an entire educational system and it includes undergraduate college, graduate and professional schools, research centers, administration, affiliates and so forth. The need for up to date information for these users is very important and the library is essential provision of such information. With the changing learning environment, most universities around the world have moved to providing first and efficient information services to their clientele. This has been achieved by the evolution from the convectional/ traditional library system, to a more advanced, more dynamic, library.

A library shares several features with a traditional library. Like a traditional library, a library supports services for information storage, management, search, retrieval, archiving, and preservation. Both include information in many forms, such as books, magazines, maps, artwork, audio, and video collections. Traditional library collections are controlled collections, where controlled means that information has been reviewed and screened for inclusion in the library, carefully documented and indexed or otherwise organized for efficient search and retrieval, and controlled with respect to circulation either within or outside the library.

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