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Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Embedded Librarianship: a new era of librarianship

Embedded Librarianship: a new era of librarianship

In this era of Internet, everyone thinks that every information is available on internet and librarians and libraries are of no use. Librarians role have changed now from gatekeeper of information , allowing access to library's resources to the guide who involves in, and helps in the learning process by providing you the various resources of information pertaining to your subjects either available in libraries or online, how to extract information from them. This changed role of librarian has given the term "Embedded Librarianship" i.e. the librarian's role embedded in the teaching and learning process, researches and can't be ignored. It requires more involvement of librarians in the teaching process, any research project or any business project than that of reference services provided by the traditional librarianship like Current Awareness Service (CAS) and Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) which were limited to the collection of required material and providing it in desired format.

Embedded Librarian work as academic advisors give advice on academic courses and programs or work as consultant - on call expert who can apply their expertise on demand to meet the information need of any person.

Jezmynne Dene (2011) defined the embedded librarian as "an integral part to the whole,’ based on the geological definition of an embedded element" i.e. the embedded librarian is the integral part of any student group studying particular subject, any research project, any business project, who more consistently and on personal basis helps their users in their study/ research project, their work is not limited within the libraries, they work in labs, classrooms, offices, giving services online from their homes.

To change today's and future professionals in this field, it is necessary that library professionals should develop the skills required to be an embedded librarian like:

· Effective online information and databases searching.

· Ability to identify, locate and retrieve information from information sources.

· Knowledge of creating and managing digital repositories.

· Knowledge of research data management and research ethics.

· Awareness of intellectual property rights issues.

· Knowledge of self archiving, academic publishing strategies.

· Well interpersonal communication skills.

· Strong internet and networking knowledge.

· Skills of project management, event management and content management.

· Knowledge of open access journals and sources of information.

Reference:

· http://books.infotoday.com/books/Embedded-Librarian/Chapter-1.pdf)

To know more:

· https://www.lib.umd.edu/binaries/content/assets/public/architecturelibrary/embedded-librarian.pdf

· http://books.infotoday.com/books/Embedded-Librarian/Chapter-1.pdf)

Relais Discovery to Delivery (D2D) a good option for automating Inter Library Loan, Document Delivery and Consortial Resource Sharing Services in libraries.

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Relais Discovery to Delivery (D2D) a good option for automating Inter Library Loan, Document Delivery and Consortial Resource Sharing Services in libraries.

Inter library Loan service

Document Delivery service

Resource Sharing Service

Discovery to Delivery (Relais D2D) offered by Relais International’s product suite a leading Interlibrary loan solution provider based in Ottawa, Canada, working with libraries for more than 20 years. It provides the facility of consortial resource sharing, managing inter library loan and document delivery services in libraries without minimal or no staff intervention. The hosted service allows library users to create and monitor their own ILL requests through the service webpages and through Relais windows staff client library staff can process ILL requests. Many libraries in USA, Canada and Australia are using Relais services. OCLC has also acquired Relais international for all above services to its member libraries.

Some features

It lets our users to search and request the needed resource available in various other institutions’ libraries which are members of consortium through a fully featured discovery interface without the intervention of library staff.

Library staff is now free from paper work involved in handling ILL and document delivery services.

It can handle high and low volumes of requests, streamline the process and provide better and faster service to users.

Integrates all the tasks like searching, request management, scanning the documents and delivery.

As it is based on modular open approach, so it provides libraries the option of combining the D2D system with other systems and softwares of libraries to maximize the use of their services.

It provides solutions for both big and small types of libraries.

Interfaces and interoperates with library’s integrated library management systems as well as with other resource sharing systems.

Relais’ Z39.50 automated search client can be configured to check your own local catalog, regional, national, international catalogs as well as subscribed databases and Google Books also from single portal.

Relais D2D interoperates seamlessly with following library management systems:

· Evergreen

· Ex Libris Aleph

· Ex Libris Alma

· Ex Libris Voyager

· Innovative Millenium

· Koha

· Kuali OLE

· SirsiDynix Symphony

· SirsiDynix Unicorn

· SirsiDynix Horizon

· TLC

· WorldShare Management Services

To know more: http://www.relais-intl.com/
https://www.oclc.org/en/d2d/features.html

Thursday, November 30, 2017

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Moving from MARC 21 format to BIBFRAME model

BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework) , an initiative taken by The LOC (Library of Congress) in 2012 to make bibliographic description to suit the changing needs of current world libraries. It is essential to move forward in this direction so that our libraries can cope up with changing technologies and changing information seeking behavior of users.

BIBFRAME is foundation for future bibliographic description and exchange of bibliographic data which is currently being provided by MARC21. Its scope is broader than MARC21 in terms of description and exchange of bibliographic data for wider information community and keeping in mind the changing technologies and to serve the very specific needs of libraries. It is based on Linked data techniques.

Linkeddata.org defines "Linked Data is about using the Web to connect related data that wasn't previously linked." Wikipedia defines Linked Data as "a term used to describe a recommended best practice for exposing, sharing, and connecting pieces of data, information, and knowledge on the Semantic Web using URIs and RDF."

To know more: https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/

Thursday, November 16, 2017

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Marrakesh Treaty: A Boon to the Print Disabled Community

One of the significant steps taken by the Government of India to Facilitate Access to Published Works by persons with Print Disabilities. India is the first country to ratify the Treaty.

The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (MVT) aims to create a set of mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and otherwise print disabled (VIPs).

Canada became the 20th nation to accede to the Marrakesh Treaty, and the treaty entered into force on 30 September 2016.

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