Lecture delivered by

• Describe the internet and its applications
• Use Internet effectively for information search and collection
• Apply social networking sites for effective information search and delivery.
• Evaluate virtual resources for re-designing and developing new contents

Course Content: (Main topics, Sub topics)

Internet, Internet connection concepts, mode of Internet connections, history of Internet, impact of Internet technology for libraries, Internet portals, Web 2.0 ; usage of social networking,  OPAC 2.0 concept, Introduction to semantic Web, understand the library users in techno-savvy environment, role of librarian in Web 2.0 environment; Webliography; E-resource and evaluation. Libraries and cloud computing.

Teaching /Learning Activities: 

Lectures/ Tutorials/ Presentations/ Practical sessions/ Creative activities

Assessment Strategy:

Continuous Assessment

50%

Final Assessment

50%

Details:

Quizzes 10%, Assignment 20%, Attendance

Individual Assignment

Class Test 10%

Quiz

Theory

60%

Practical

NA

Other
 (specify)

NA

60

Recommended Reading:

• Comer, D. E. (2009), Computer Networks and Internets, Prentice Hall, New Jersey
• Goldner,Matt (2010), Winds of Change: Libraries and Cloud Computing, OCLC,New York.
• Muller, J. F. (2003), A Librarians Guide to the Internet: Searching and
• Evaluating Information, Chndos Publishing, Oxford.
• James, K. L. (2010), The Internet: a User’s Guide 2^nd ed. PHI Learning, New Delhi.
• Schneider, G. P. and Evans, J. (2010), New Perspectives on the Internet 8^th ed. Cengage Learning, Boston.
• Vickery, G. and Wunch-Vincent S. (2007), Participative Web and User Created Content: Web 2.0, Wikies and Social Networking, OECD, Paris.