Library and Information Science

Creative Librarianship : Restructuring User Experience

By: Dr. S. Dhanavandan.

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ISBN: 9789391734138
Year: 2023
Binding: Hardbound
Language: English
Total pages: 328
Ebook: Coming soon

About the Book

This edited volume provides perceptions on various creative ideas and applications in academic libraries. This volume is hub of the opinion of researchers, librarians, information professionals, publishers and library users in India. This volume provides an outstanding overview of creative librarianship especially in academic libraries. Librarianship describes profession which concerned with acquiring and organizing collections of books and related materials in libraries and servicing readers. Creativity within the libraries can happen at the individual, the group, users, or stakeholder's level. Individuals with a creative bent can be a fountain of ideas if encouraged by those around them because of experiences. The users creativity can be an exciting experience will helps to restructuring the concepts of information sources and services. The user opinion and their judgements are always helps to improve and construct their ideas. The user's recommendations and creativity could be accomplished to the top library administrators to embrace and encourage the users. These creative ideas and their suggestions always help to construct the creative librarianship in academic libraries. In these circumstances the editors were collected 36 papers from Library and Information Science Professionals from the National level and titled on Creative Librarianship: Restructuring User Experience. Contents are edited suitably in order to appreciate the professionals. This edited volume consists of 36 papers from Library and Information Science Professionals under four themes such as, i) Open Educational Resources, ii) Social Networking Tools, iii) Management of Resources and Service and iv) User Experience and Studies in Libraries.

Creative Librarianship : Restructuring User Experience by Dr. S. Dhanavandan..

328 pages · English · Published 2023

Subjects: Library and Information Science

About Author

Dr. S. Dhanavandan, is working as Deputy Librarian at Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur-610005. Tamil Nadu. He serves twenty three years in the LIS profession. He has guided Six Ph.D scholars and Doctoral Committee member in various Universities in Tamil Nadu. He has published more than 145 articles in National and International Journals and more than 175 papers presented and published in National and International Conferences. And he authored more than 40 books in Library and Information Science and 60 Chapters published in edited books. He has attended more than 50 Seminars/Workshops and training programmes. And he adjudicated many Ph.D theses of various universities in Tamil Nadu. He served as Chairperson and resource person in many workshop and conferences and also he organized more than 17 workshop and conferences.

Content

THEME 1: OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES.

�Civil Engineering Open Access Books in DOAB: A Study. �Open Source Software for Plagiarism Detection Tools: An Overview. �Open Educational Resources Initiatives in India: A Study. �State Universities of Tamil Nadu and their Contribution towards the Shodhganga – Open Access Repository: A Case Study of Shodhganga. �KRISHIKOSH: An Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research and Education System. �Open Educational Resources: An Overview. �Usage and Adoption of Open Access Among Students: A Study at Madurai Kamaraj University. �A Study on Use and Perception of Open Educational Resources among the Students of Government Homeopathy Medical College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. �Perception on Open Access Resources Among the Library users in Higher Educational Institutions in Cuddalore District.

THEME 2: SOCIAL NETWORKING TOOLS.

�Online Teaching Among the Students in Affiliated Colleges of MS University: A Study. �Law College Libraries a Special Reference to the Government Law College (GLC) Library, Tiruchirappalli: A Study. �Sharing of Electronic Resource through E-Journal Consortia: An Overview. �Social Networking Technologies Skills Among University Libraries Professionals. �Impact of Social Networks on Academic Libraries in the Age of Technology. �Social Media and Libraries: Information Support of Users View’s Influence of Knowledge. �Impact of Social Media in Libraries: A Study. �An Overview about Remote Access Platform in Libraries and Information Centres. �Application of Social Media for Next Generation Libraries.

THEME 3: MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES AND SERVICES.

�Student’s Opinion about Library System and Services. �Public Libraries Contribution in the Fostering of Digital Literacy. �Women Empowerment through Public Libraries: An Overview. �Electronic Resource Management: Issues and Challenges. �Improving Public Library Services for the Development of Rural Women for Virudhunagar District. �Effective Knowledge Management in Digital Libraries. �Plagiarism Tools in Academic Environment: An Overview. �Revamping the Concept of Street Libraries in India and Empowering the Public. �Consequence of pandemic COVID-19 in the Academic Libraries Services Evolution – A Knowledge Study.

THEME 4: USER EXPERIENCE AND STUDIES IN LIBRARIES.

�A Case Study on Users’ Satisfaction with Library Information Resources and Services in St.John’s College Library, Tirunelveli. �Reading Habits of Public Library Users: A Survey. �User’s Perceptions on Library Services of Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh. �A Study on PG Students and Faculty Satisfaction Level of Infrastructure Service Assessment of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Library. �Information Literacy Competency Among PG Students of CUTN: A Study. �Awareness and Usage of E-Recourses by the Faculty Members working in Teacher Education Colleges affiliated to Tamil Nadu Teacher Education University. �Role of Public Libraries in Developing Literary Skills Among the Youth: A Case Study of ‘Vasagasalai’ in District Central Library, Tiruvarur. �Information Seeking Behavior of Students of Madurai Kamaraj University: A Study. �An Evaluative Study on Satisfaction Level of Digital Library Users in Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.