Management Information System (or Systems) Within an Organization.
684 ICAL 2009 – POSTER PAPERS
Abstract
Management Information Systems are tools designed to improve management decisions. A changing user population, technology enhancement transformation of scholarly communication system, digital libraries, new approaches to management, renewed commitment to planning and assessment, financial constraints, declining budget, information gluts, constant change in IT ,web services, reader’s expectations for 24 x 7 services, time shortage etc are compelling MIS to be mandatory in libraries. The present Study offers measures to library effectiveness & automation, offers tools for better reader services through integrated & collaborative working of neighboring libraries, and projects Management
Information System as the tool for realizing expectations from libraries of modern world.
As per guidelines of National Knowledge Commission
Report 2009 , UGC and NAAC recommendations, creation of Knowledge Grid and resource sharing among university libraries of Chhattisgarh has been suggested.
Present status of MIS in 8 University Libraries of
Chhattisgarh has been studied and model has been proposed for MIS and resource sharing among them.
Impact of IT on libraries, exponential growth of information, applications of MIS in libraries, and its significance and performance measurement has been elaborated. A Software has been designed that enables
MIS through integrated database.
Keywords: MIS, performance measurements, resource sharing, University Libraries, knowledge grid.
Introduction
Libraries are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without libraries, the development of civilization would have been impossible; they are the engines of change.
National Knowledge Commission Report (2006-2009) has very clearly mentioned that Academic libraries play a pivotal role in dissemination of knowledge and are an
Abstract
Management Information Systems are tools designed to improve management decisions. A changing user population, technology enhancement transformation of scholarly communication system, digital libraries, new approaches to management, renewed commitment to planning and assessment, financial constraints, declining budget, information gluts, constant change in IT ,web services, reader’s expectations for 24 x 7 services, time shortage etc are compelling MIS to be mandatory in libraries. The present Study offers measures to library effectiveness & automation, offers tools for better reader services through integrated & collaborative working of neighboring libraries, and projects Management
Information System as the tool for realizing expectations from libraries of modern world.
As per guidelines of National Knowledge Commission
Report 2009 , UGC and NAAC recommendations, creation of Knowledge Grid and resource sharing among university libraries of Chhattisgarh has been suggested.
Present status of MIS in 8 University Libraries of
Chhattisgarh has been studied and model has been proposed for MIS and resource sharing among them.
Impact of IT on libraries, exponential growth of information, applications of MIS in libraries, and its significance and performance measurement has been elaborated. A Software has been designed that enables
MIS through integrated database.
Keywords: MIS, performance measurements, resource sharing, University Libraries, knowledge grid.
Introduction
Libraries are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill. Without libraries, the development of civilization would have been impossible; they are the engines of change.
National Knowledge Commission Report (2006-2009) has very clearly mentioned that Academic libraries play a pivotal role in dissemination of knowledge and are an
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