Databases , Emerging ICT for Libraries, ICT and Libraries
- 1. FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARYSCIENCE AND EMERGING DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES BY : PARDEEP RATTAN Librarian Government College, Phase- VI, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Pb.) [email protected] 1
- 2. PRESENTATION AGENDA 1. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 2. INTRODUCTION 3. DATA,INFORMATION,DBMS 4. RANGANATHAN’S FIVE LAWS IN DIGITAL ERA 5. EMERGINGING DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES 5.1 INTERNET DATABASES 5.2 WEB DATABASES 5.3 DIGITAL LIBRARIES 5.4 MULTI-MEDIA DATABASES 5.5 MOBILE DATABASES 5.6 GEOGRAPHICAL AND SPATIAL DATABASES 6. EXAMPLES OF DATABASES & SEARCH ENGINES 2
- 3. 1. OBJECTIVE TO STUDY THE RELEVANCE OF FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE IN MODERN DIGITAL ERA TO INTRODUCE LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS WITH SOME OF THE DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES EFFICIENTLY USED IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTRES 3
- 4. 2. INTRODUCTION INROADS BY COMPUTER AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF ICT INFORMATION SOCIETY, INFORMATION NEEDS : VARIED & ON THE RISE LIBRARIES FROM STATIC TO LIVE ENTITIES, DOORSTEP OF THE USER, 24x7 FUNCTIONAL WITHOUT BARRIERS OF BRICKS/WALLS and TIME QUICK, EFFICINET, PERTINENT POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF ICT and DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES 4
- 5. 3. DATA, INFORMATION, DATABASE & DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(DBMS) • DATA : RAW FACTS WHICH CAN BE PROCESSED INTO ACCURATE & RELEVANT INFORMATION • INFORMATION : DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED OR OPERATED ON BY COMPUTATION especially by a device like computer • DATABASE : A COLLECTION OF DATA OR FILES SERVING AS A DATA RESOURCE FOR COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM • DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM : A COLLECTION OF INTERRELATED DATA AND A SET OF PROGRAM TO ACCESS THE DATABASE Data and information are closely related in the sense that information is processed, organised or summarised data. 5
- 6. 4.FIVE LAWS AND DIGITAL ERA • 1. Online resources are available when • Law 1) Books are and where needed, for use • 2. Effective use of E resources prove • Law 2) Every that wherever the reader his/her relevant material is book available in the network that can be • Law 3) Every accessed. book its reader • 3. WWW, • Law 4) Saves Networking, the time of the Sharing and library reader Consortia , • Law 5) A library • 4. Multidimensional key word searching is a growing options, organism • 5. No boundary and barrier of time/anytime anywhere 6
- 7. 5.EMERGING DATABASE TECHNOLOGIES • WHY ? • EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION • FILTERATION • EXTRACTION BY ACTING AS A REPOSITORY OF INFORMATION WITHIN ORGANISATION’S INFORMATION SYSTEM • COLLECTION,PROCESSING,STORING,ANALYSIS : DISSEMINATION 7
- 8. 5.1 INTERNET DATABASES • INTERNET IS AN SELF REGULATED NETWORK OF COMPUTER NETWORKS CONNECTING MILLIONS OF INFORMATION CENTRES, BUSINESSES, INDIVIDUALS, GOVT. AGENCIES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS ALL OVER THE GLOBE. • RESULTED IN THE EMERGENCE OF WWW WHICH ALLOWED THE USER TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO DATABASES • VAST WEB OF ELECTRONIC NETWORKS : INFORMATION SUPERHIGHWAY 8
- 9. INTERNET APPLICATIONS • DISCOVERY : BROWSING, INF. RETREIVAL, DOWNLOADS • COMMUNICATION : INF. TRANSFER, E MAIL, CHAT & DISCUSSION GROUPS • COLLABORATION : B/W INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, ORGANISATIONS (teleconferencing, resource sharing, screen sharing..) 9
- 10. 5.2 WEB DATABASES • WWW or W3– the WEB is Not a synonym of internet but an APPLICATION OF INTERNET • Internet acts as a transport mechanism • MOST POWERFUL COLLABORATIVE NETWORKED INFORMATION DATABASE • HANDLES ALL TYPES OF DIGITALINFORMATION : text, hypermedia, graphics, sounds • STORES,RETREIVES,FORMATS and DISPLAYS INFORMATION … contd. 10
- 11. WEB IT IS THE SYSTEM OF DATABASES INTERLINKED HYPERTEXT MULTIMEDIA DOCUMENTS MOST WIDELY USED WEB 1.0 : BASED ON FTP WEB BROWSERS AND WAS A READ ONLY WEB INTERNET EXPLORER WEB 2.0 : READ & WRITE WEB WITH USER NETSCAPE COMMUNICATION/ NAVIGATOR INTERACTION MOZILA WEB3.0 : SEMANTIC WEB, COLLABORATION OF CONTENTS. MORE LINKAGES & TAGGING WEB 4.0 : FACILITATED USE OF RICH NEDIA 11
- 12. 5.3 DIGITAL LIBRARIES • WHAT ? WHEN THE INFORMATION IS STORED ON COMPUTERS AND WHICH IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY THROUGH AND ON COMPUTERS INFORMATION IS STORED IN DIGITAL FORMATS AND RETRIEVED OVER NETWORKS ARCHIVES AND REPOSITORIES ARE ORGANISED DIGITAL LIBRARIES FOR A LONG TERM PRESERVATION …. contd. 12
- 13. DIGITAL LIBRARY • NEED : SPACE CRUNCH LIBRARY A GROWING ORGANISM DIRECT AND MULTI LEVEL ACCESS LONGEVITY LOW COST COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRONIC STORAGE CAPACITY CONGREGATION OF RICH MEDIA HIGH SPEED BROWSING NETWORKING 13
- 14. 5.4 MULTIMEDIA DATABASES IMAGES( pictures, photographs…) VIDEO CLIPS(movies,news..) AUDIO CLIPS(speeches..) TEXTUAL(books,jls.) DATA STORAGE CONTENT BASED RETRIEVAL , LOCATING A PARTICULAR VIDEO OR AUDIO, IMAGE SEARCHING(MOST PREVELANT DATABASES) APPLICATIONS : REPOSITORY APPLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS, EDUCATION & TRAINING, INTERACTIVE KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION……. 14
- 15. 5.5 MOBILE DATABASES i. WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY ii. 3G & 4G MOBILE TECHNOLOGY iii. SATTELITE PHONES FITTED WITH WITH LATEST SOFTWARES FACILITATES ACCESS FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS iv. SMS/MMS, GPRS, INTERNET v. Eg., Sybase’, SQL Anywhere, EVERYPLACE 7, IBM DB2, WINDOWS CE EDITION, Oracle 9i LIVE 15
- 16. 5.6 SPATIAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DATABASES • DATA BASED ON SPATIAL LOCATIONS • USEFUL FOR INDEXING & QUERYING DATA ON THE BASIS OF SPATIAL LOCATIONS • HELPFUL IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT PINPOINTING EXACT LOCATION • Eg., ROADMAPS, LANDUSE MAPS, TOPOGRAPHICAL MAPS • IBM Spatial Extender, Oracle Spatial are COMMONLY USED DATABASES 16
- 17. 5.7 ACADEMIC DATABASES AND DEARCH ENGINES EXAMPLES : • Academic Search Multidisciplinary Subscription based www.ebscohost.com • African journals Online Multidisciplinary Free www.ajol.info • AGRICOLA Agriculture Free agricola.nal.usda.gov • AGRIS Agriculture, Forestry Free agri.fao.org • Books In Print Books Subscription based www.booksinprint.com • Chemical Abstract Service Chemistry Subscription based www.cas.org • DOAJ Journals Free www.doaj.org • Open J- Gate Open Access Journals Free www.openj-gate.com • Scopus Multidisciplinary Subscription based www.scopus.com 17
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