Description

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Many libraries have discovered the advantages of having a presence on the internet and have successfully addressed their objectives by integrating their website as part of their daily functioning. It is a challenge in front of all libraries to accept new technologies and offer new services due to many constraints like funds, trained staff, technologies, space, etc. To help the readers get a better and complete understanding of the topic, a total of 59 different web-based services are shortlisted and mentioned in this book with few examples of how libraries are offering these services. The book not only focuses on web-based library services, but also on the success of quality enhancement, i.e. web-based best practices. This is a unique work where the top libraries from all parts of the world are studied and findings are not restricted to a specific country, region, or area. In this book the Webometric Ranking is used for the very first time for selecting university libraries in library and information science field. The main objectives of this book are to give the current status of online library services of universities in the world; to give an overview of analysis of the web based library services; the best practices and technology used by these libraries; to promote web presence and web-based services in university libraries; to correlate the rankings of world university with their library rankings, which has not been done earlier; to improve developing countries libraries and to suggest the best practices to be followed by university libraries from developing countries to change their profiles into more modern information centres with higher education potential. This book can be used as a guide to web-based services and best practices top world university libraries are offering. These web-based services are classified in four clusters depending on their scope and type as follows 1. Web-based Bibliographical Services, 2. Web-based Patron Education Services, 3. Web-based Patron Communication Services, and 4. Web-based Publishing Platform for patrons. The details of library web-based best practices offered by top world universities are also covered. Library web-based services and best practices are explained in this book with a good number of examples and screenshots which will help the library professionals to understand and implement these services in their libraries very easily and effectively. This book would be useful to library professionals all over the world, LIS students, and administrators of educational institutes. The web-based services mentioned in this book will help the university libraries to improve their rankings at global level.

About the Author

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Sangeeta Dhamdhere (Ph.D.) is a senior library professional from India with more than 17 years of experience in library and information science. In her current role as the Chief Librarian of Modern College in Pune (India), she constantly strives to find and optimize newer ways of segregating and delivering information to the users. She completed her Masters in Library and Information Science from University of Pune and has cleared both, the National and State Level Eligibility Tests for Lecturer-ship in library and information science. She has completed her PhD form Nagpur University and also picked up a couple of diplomas in computing. She has received awards at both national and international level. She has published and presented more than fifty research papers at conferences, seminars, and reputed peer reviewed journals at national and international level. She has three books published by publishers based abroad. She is an Editorial Board member and reviewer of about 15 reputed peer reviewed international journals in library science and computer science. Ramdas Lihitkar (Ph.D.) is presently working as Librarian in Government Institute of Science, Nagpur. He has been in LIS Profession Since 2001 and is a recipient of a gold medal from Barkatullah University, Bhopal. He has experience of teaching and guiding for UGC NET/SET, P.O. and other competitive examinations. He has published several papers in seminars, conferences, and journals at national and international level and has more than eighty five papers to his credit. He has presented papers at international Conferences in Malaysia and Thailand. He has organized three workshops, one international conference and he has also edited five national conference proceedings and compiled various course materials for the benefit of LIS professionals as well as for the students. He is a subject expert member and Government nominee of RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur and joined the office of the Director, Higher Education Nagpur.  He is a recognized research supervisor in LIS of RTM, Nagpur University, Nagpur and under his supervision five students have submitted and one has been awarded Ph. D . He is a life member of professional associations viz. DLA, ILA, IASLIC, DLISAA, SALIS, CGLA, and VLA.