“Use of Web Based Information Services by Research Scholar
in Central Science Library, University of Delhi”
Introduction
‘The main purpose of academic library is to support education and research. Libraries are mainly
entrusted with a host of predetermined tasks like acquiring, organizing, preserving, retrieving
and disseminating information to the users. Right from ancient times to the present digital era,
the primary objective of library has always been to achieve this goal. There is a need to use
information accurately, precisely and systematically. Traditional methods of library and
information services have changed greatly in recent years because of the development and
application of new technology, especially the internet and web technologies. So libraries must
strive to provide the right information to right clientele at right time. The demand and
expectation of users have also changed considerably. In this changed scenario, services in
libraries are more personalized, more interactive and more collaborative web-based services
such as web OPAC, library blogs, e-resources, institutional repository etc.
. The inherent char
Web is a complement to traditional library servi cter of web offers many
advantages and improvements for library services including the ability to hyperlink to other
resources, use of a graphical interface, and access for remote users. Web based Library services
‘mean that library users can obtain services whenever they need them and are accessible twenty-
four hours per day from anywhere.
‘The proposed study is about the web based information s -s in the university libraries in
Delhi. It would explore the interaction of end users with the web based information from the
university libraries. In addition, the study aims to highlight the problems faced by the users in
accessing web-based library services, their opinion on web-based library services, and
expectations of web 2.0 environments.
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Web based library services
For this study, web based library services means, library services provided using Internet as
medium and library website as a gateway with the help of integrate library management system.
On the user perspective, web-based library services such as: Current awareness service, SDI
service, online delivery service, documentation delivery service, CD- ROM service, internet
access, indexing and abstracting databases, library portal service, federated search, alert
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