scholarly journals Implementation Cloud Enabled SaaS Services in Library Automation: A Study of Government Initiatives in India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda ◽  
Rupak Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
New Delhi ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Management Framework ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Network Cluster ◽  
Library Resources

Cloud computing is one of the exciting developments among technocrats and animated librarians over the world as a technology solution as well as a resource sharing venture. The study discusses the root causes of the issues associated with the conventional library management framework and provides the advantages, issues & challenges of using cloud-enabled technology when introducing library automation. Cloud services eliminate duplication of data creation & efforts, library resources utilise more because of better accessibility & visibility, scalable enough for integration with existing systems, less maintenance (cloud-enabled SAAS model), provision of on-cloud security & authentication and central database & backup-restore system offered disaster recovery challenge. As the present study concentrates on government initiatives, the NIC National Cloud/GI Cloud, Meghraj and famous cloud-enabled Government supported proprietary software (ILMS), run using a multi-tenet SaaS model of Meghraj is the selected area for the research. The stats show that, among the 46 library clusters, JNV Libraries Network Cluster No. 1 & JNV Libraries Network Cluster No. 2 are the top two clusters with contains 300 & 287 libraries, respectively. e-Granthalaya gives the provision of Web-Based OPAC, Mobile Based OPAC & Android Mobile App for implementation & use of e-Granthalaya in any library. To date, 5364 official implementations have been completed, including 5163 in various states in India including Maharastra as a top State (797 implementations) and New Delhi as a top District (456 implementations).

scholarly journals PELATIHAN LSM PERPUSTAKAAN BJ SCHOOL BERBASIS WEB PADA YAYASAN BAITUL JIHAD BEKASI

DEVOSI ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Seta Samsian ◽  
Setyo Supratno ◽  
Andi Hasad ◽  
Sri Marini ◽  
Rika Sylviana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management System ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Automation System ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Library Management System ◽  
Training Activities ◽  
Online Book

The progress of the library automation system (Library Management System) in the library has now been carried out, especially during a pandemic that requires maintaining distance and face-to-face contact. Starting from that thought, the UNISMA community service team is interested in holding library NGO (Library Management System) training activities Web-based BJ School. This BJ Scholl library website serves to present various information on books, journals and magazines, history and school vision and mission, member data, online book lending and book return data. Apart from the web, it also displays a link feature with several online libraries from several agencies. The training was carried out offline for 1 day and continued with online discussions. The training begins with the introduction of several topics about the website, followed by downloading and installation. Prior to the training, 100% of the participants had never created a website, either with wordpress or with other applications. And after the training, 60% of the participants have been able to apply website creation for their library. Some of the participants were constrained by a slow network and computer damage, so they were late in following the material given. All participants stated that this training was very useful.

scholarly journals Locate your soundscape: interacting with the acoustic environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Orio ◽  
Berardina De Carolis ◽  
Francesco Liotard
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Initial Experiment ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Acoustic Environment ◽  
Entire Country ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Main Components ◽  
The City

AbstractAlthough overshadowed by visual information, sound plays a central role in how people perceive an environment. The effect of a landscape is enriched by its soundscape, that is, the stratification of all the acoustic sources that, often unconsciously, are heard. This paper presents a framework for archiving, browsing, and accessing soundscapes, either remotely or on-site. The framework is based on two main components: a web-based interface to upload and search the recordings of an acoustic environment, enriched by in- formation about geolocation, timing, and context of the recording; and a mobile app to browse and listen to the recordings, using an interactive map or GPS information. To populate the archive, we launched two crowdsourcing initiatives. An initial experiment examined the city of Padua’s soundscape through the participation of a group of undergraduate students. A broader experiment, which was proposed to all people in Italy, aimed at tracking how the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown was dramatically changing the soundscape of the entire country.

scholarly journals Libraries, Language, and Change: Defining the Information Present

1998 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-218
Author(s):  
Harold Billings
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Distance Information ◽  
Educational Processes ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Library Resources

Changes in the information world are resulting in new concepts of resource sharing, new practices in the management of library resources, and an expanding role for libraries in the educational process. However, such concepts have not necessarily been identified, named, and defined in the language of contemporary librarianship. Although librarians and their associates in the information and educational processes need to be made aware of these subtle, but powerful, new issues, discussions cannot easily proceed until there is a shared understanding of them in the language of review and debate. This paper introduces three themes that encompass these issues: distance information, managed information, and transformational budgeting.

scholarly journals Learning about water resource sharing through game play

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 4079-4091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tracy Ewen ◽  
Jan Seibert
Keyword(s):  
Water Resource ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Water Resource Management ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Decision Outcomes ◽  
Masters Students ◽  
Resource Decision

Abstract. Games are an optimal way to teach about water resource sharing, as they allow real-world scenarios to be enacted. Both students and professionals learning about water resource management can benefit from playing games, through the process of understanding both the complexity of sharing of resources between different groups and decision outcomes. Here we address how games can be used to teach about water resource sharing, through both playing and developing water games. An evaluation of using the web-based game Irrigania in the classroom setting, supported by feedback from several educators who have used Irrigania to teach about the sustainable use of water resources, and decision making, at university and high school levels, finds Irrigania to be an effective and easy tool to incorporate into a curriculum. The development of two water games in a course for masters students in geography is also presented as a way to teach and communicate about water resource sharing. Through game development, students learned soft skills, including critical thinking, problem solving, team work, and time management, and overall the process was found to be an effective way to learn about water resource decision outcomes. This paper concludes with a discussion of learning outcomes from both playing and developing water games.

scholarly journals A Web-based blood donation and Medical Monitoring System Integrating Cloud services and Mobile Application

2020 ◽  
Vol 1447 ◽  
pp. 012001
Author(s):  
Moh. Nabil ◽  
R. Ihab ◽  
H. El Masry ◽  
S. Said ◽  
S. Youssef
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring System ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Medical Monitoring ◽  
Web Based

A cloud-based approach to library management solution for college libraries

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jitendra Nath Shaw ◽  
Tanmay De Sarkar
Keyword(s):  
Shared Environment ◽  
Infrastructure As A Service ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Delivery Model ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Skilled Manpower ◽  
College Libraries ◽  
Point To Point ◽  
The Cost

Purpose The study aims to focus on the present automation status of the college libraries with an objective to offer enhanced Web-based library service on an affordable virtualization on cloud computing model. Design/methodology/approach With Infrastructure as a Service (Infrastructure as a Service) delivery model, this study demonstrates how libraries of colleges/smaller institutes could be connected to cloud Library Management System infrastructure through internet or dedicated point-to-point WAN connectivity. The Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model depicts how college libraries could form library consortium at its own private cloud environment with installation of the required LMS application, database, middleware and other prerequisites. Findings A cloud-based consortium approach for the college libraries will reduce the cost of purchasing hardware equipment and setting up of infrastructural facilities; relieve libraries of involving additional IT skilled manpower; foster collaborative approach with shared environment and minimise duplication in resource subscription. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the present study is the first of its kind in the light of shifting of infrastructure, software and hardware requirements of smaller libraries for cooperative sharing in both IaaS and SaaS cloud platform. The study delineates step by step how college libraries could effectively leverage the cooperative cloud architecture for enhanced library services to reach wider user community.

scholarly journals Database Management Systems and Use of Digital Resources in Some Selected Public University Libraries of Bangladesh: An Overview

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md Fazlul Quader Chowdhury
Keyword(s):  
Operations Management ◽  
Database Management ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Public University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Library Administration ◽  
Library Automation ◽  
Library Resources

This paper Discuses present status of database management practices and use of digital resources of five selected Public University Libraries of Bangladesh. Survey has been carried out on the names of used software, number of databases for the dissemination of library resources with total number of records, subscription of online journals with other digital and electronic resources, number of current/bound journals, computers, CDs and audiovisual materials etc. The objectives, methodology for collection, presentation and analysis of collected data for this study and highlights the meaning, need, main considerations, components and domain of library automation in the context of surveyed libraries also have been described. The development of digital technology combined with the evolution of Internet has prompted significant changes in library services and operations within the last few years. The study tries to focus on the availability of hardware and software in the respective library, examine types and forms of library collections, various house keeping operations, management, services, and library administration etc. It has also put forward some suggestions for the future development of the surveyed libraries. Bangladesh Journal of Library and Information Science Vol.2(1) July 2012 pp.67-78DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjlis.v2i1.12923

scholarly journals A Novel Narrative E-Writing Intervention for Parents of Children With Chronic Life-Threatening Illnesses: Protocol for a Pilot, Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Hau Yan Ho ◽  
Oindrila Dutta ◽  
Geraldine Tan-Ho ◽  
Toh Hsiang Benny Tan ◽  
Casuarine Xinyi Low ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Mobile App ◽  
Pediatric Palliative Care ◽  
Writing Intervention ◽  
Open Label ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Life Threatening

BACKGROUND A novel evidence-based Narrative e-Writing Intervention (NeW-I) has been developed and tested in Singapore to advance psychosociospiritual support for parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. NeW-I is informed by an international systematic review and a Singapore-based qualitative inquiry on the lived experience of parental bereavement and supported by literature on anticipatory grief interventions for improving the holistic well-being of parent caregivers of seriously ill children. OBJECTIVE This study's aim was to provide an accessible platform, NeW-I—which is a strengths- and meaning-focused and therapist-facilitated mobile app and web-based counseling platform—that aims to enhance quality of life, spiritual well-being, hope, and perceived social support and reduce depressive symptoms, caregiver burden, and risk of complicated grief among parents of children with chronic life-threatening illnesses. METHODS The NeW-I therapist-facilitated web-based platform comprises a mobile app and a website (both of which have the same content and functionality). NeW-I has been implemented in Singapore as a pilot open-label randomized controlled trial comprising intervention and control groups. Both primary and secondary outcomes will be self-reported by participants through questionnaires. In collaboration with leading pediatric palliative care providers in Singapore, the trial aims to enroll 36 participants in each group (N=72), so that when allowing for 30% attrition at follow-up, the sample size will be adequate to detect a small effect size of 0.2 in the primary outcome measure, with 90% power and two-sided significance level of at least .05. The potential effectiveness of NeW-I and the accessibility and feasibility of implementing and delivering the intervention will be assessed. RESULTS Funding support and institutional review board approval for this study have been secured. Data collection started in January 2019 and is ongoing. CONCLUSIONS NeW-I aspires to enhance holistic pediatric palliative care services through a structured web-based counseling platform that is sensitive to the unique cultural needs of Asian family caregivers who are uncomfortable with expressing emotion even during times of loss and separation. The findings of this pilot study will inform the development of a full-scale NeW-I protocol and further research to evaluate the efficacy of NeW-I in Singapore and in other Asian communities around the world. CLINICALTRIAL ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03684382; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03684382 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT DERR1-10.2196/17561

scholarly journals Perancangan Dan Implementasi Smart Library Untuk Meningkatkan Operasional Perpustakaan (Studi Kasus SMP Negeri 2 Cisaat)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indri Andriyani ◽  
Cecep Kurnia Sastradipraja ◽  
Sudin Saepudin
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
System Development ◽  
Current System ◽  
Model System ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Prototype Model ◽  
Cycle Model ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Development Life Cycle

Perpustakaan sebagai salah satu media pembelajaran bagi para siswa dalam mencari sumber referensi belajar dan berperan penting dalam menunjang proses pendidikan. Pada SMP Negeri 2 Cisaat Sukabumi perpustakan adalah salah satu sarana bagi siswa untuk mencari referensi pelajaran. Namun pada sistem yang sedang berjalan saat ini, perpustakaan masih menggunakan sistem manual yaitu dengan pencatatan pembukuan, kelola anggota, dan notifikasi peminjaman. Proses manual tersebut dinilai kurang efisien dan memakan banyak waktu, serta dokumen yang dapat rusak atau hilang disebabkan kejadian tertentu. Oleh karena itu dibutuhkan sistem informasi yang dapat mengelola manajemen perpustakaan dengan lebih efektif dan efisien dengan menggunakan smart library berbasis web. Model prototipe adalah salah satu Model System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) yang dapat membantu proses pembangunan Smart Library berbasis web. Sehingga dapat membantu manajemen perpustakaan lebih terstruktur dan dengan proses yang cepat, efektif, dan efisien. Hasil dari kuisioner pengujian beta rata-rata menunjukan 80% menjawab setuju pada aplikasi smart library yang dibuat. Library as one of the learning media for students in finding sources of learning references and plays an important role in supporting the educational process. At SMP Negeri 2 Cisaat Sukabumi library is one of the means for students to find reference lessons. But in the current system, the library still uses a manual system, namely by recording books, managing members, and borrowing notifications. The manual process is considered inefficient and time-consuming, as well as documents that can be damaged or lost due to certain events. Therefore we need an information system that can manage library management more effectively and efficiently by using web-based Smart Library. Prototype Model is one of the System Development Live Cycle Model (SDLC) that can help the process of building a web-based Smart Library. So that it can help library management be more structured and with a fast, effective, and efficient process. The results of the beta test questionnaire on average showed 80% answered agreed on the smart library application made.

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