Browsing by Author "Kunkur, Giridhar"

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    Are Print Books Taking Back Seats? Connecting Print Books with Readers in the Digital World
    (Soference 2013, TCS, 2013-10-19) Kunkur, Giridhar
    Article analyses the actual need of the print books over e-books through survey method. Paper proves the importance of the print books over e-books. Analytical statistics signifies the focus of the author in this digital world. This paper is useful for academicians, librarians to develop their educational resources.
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    Best Practices in LIS: learning points during the deliberations at WeSchool
    (WeSchool, 2013-08-03) Savanur, S K; Kunkur, Giridhar; Karnik, Sushma; Venkadesan, S
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    Developing A Cost Effective E-Library: my experience of working from home
    (Ess Ess Publications, 2012) Kunkur, Giridhar
    Technology offers many advantages then disadvantages. It has made our life easy, simple, comfortable and even luxurious. It has helped us a lot to connect with people and that is the reason we say - we are living in a global village. If situation demands we need not necessarily work from office or a physical library environment all the time to deliver services. In this case study I am trying to explain how I managed to work effectively from home using simple technology available free of cost and as a team member, in developing E-library for a hospital in Bengaluru. No matter where we work and what technology we use, the challenge before us as librarians is the same - Teach /help people how to find reliable, accurate, pinpointed and relevant information when they need.
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    Portal is Vital: making libraries relevant and responsive to changing user requirements
    (Management Libraries Network, 2012-10) Kunkur, Giridhar; Pendse, Pradeep
    It is evident that in this era of digital information environment, library users are becomeing highly tech-savvey and love to access the "most needed" information almost instantly without wasting too much of their time. It is a general experience across most of academic institutions where Wi-Fi is very Common, that there is a distinct shift in the Priorities of Gen-Y who are now connected with the world via Smartphone, pc - tablet, i-pad, laptop and the like. The ease of access to information on the Internet with these swanky gadgets, the footfalls in the libraries are gradually dipping. It is necessary for librarians to reach out and connect with the users rather than depending on them to come to the library. For this, the libraries need to become more relevent, appropriate and quick to respond to their needs. Well designed library portals certainly play a vital role in making librariaes move from their passive state to an activwe state and help in transforming them as vibrant places in terms of meeting information needs and developing loyal community of users.