DIGITAL REFERENCE SERVICE AWARENESS AMONG EASLIS STUDENTS RONALD MUSAASIZI 09/U/1341 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT AS THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A DEGREE OF BACHELOR IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE‚ MAKERERE UNIVERSITY‚ KAMPALA 2012 DECLARATION I‚ Ronald Musaasizi‚ hereby declare that the contents of this dissertation have not been submitted anywhere for academic purposes. …………………………………….. Date…………………………
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systems. They are essential tools in almost every field of research and applied technology‚ from constructing models of the universe to producing tomorrow’s weather reports‚ and their use has opened up new areas of conjecture. Database services and computer networks make a great variety of information sources available. The same advanced techniques also make invasions of privacy and of restricted information sources possible‚ but computer crime has become one of the many risks that society must face
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Wireless Networks Competitive Alert News on Alcatel-Lucent competitors Headline: Sprint Nextel and Ericsson reach $5 billion network services agreement July 27th‚ 2009 Details On July 9th‚ Sprint and Ericsson announced a plan for Ericsson to take over Sprint’s fixed and mobile network operations. This deal represents the largest Managed Services contract in North America so far‚ both in terms of contract value and the scale of operations to be managed. This wireless and wireline network Managed
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communication industry. Celcom is the first mobile company in Malaysia and in the region to offer Easy GPRS to its customers. Easy GPRS is an automatic and seamless activation of GPRS settings with just one simple SMS. Another first is the SIMcard Rescue‚ a service that enables customers to back up their contacts in the SIMcard without worrying about losing their valuable contacts during cases of phone/SIMcard damage‚ handset lost‚ etc. Currently‚ this company serves around 8.8 million customers around the
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Network security Security has moved to the forefront of network management and implementation. The overall security challenge is to find a balance between two important requirements: the need to open networks to support evolving business opportunities‚ and the need to protect private‚ personal‚ and strategic business information. The application of an effective security policy is the most important step that an organization can take to protect its network. It provides guidelines about the activities
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Terminology[edit] An integrated circuit is defined as:[2] A circuit in which all or some of the circuit elements are inseparably associated and electrically interconnected so that it is considered to be indivisible for the purposes of construction and commerce. Circuits meeting this definition can be constructed using many different technologies – see for example thin-film transistor‚ thick film technology‚ or hybrid integrated circuit. However‚ in general usage integrated circuit has since come
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Performance Evaluation of Ad-hoc Routing Protocols for Rural Public Safety Chad Bohannan‚ Li Zhang‚ Jian Tang‚ Richard S. Wolff‚ Shen Wan‚ Neeraj Gurdasani and Doug Galarus Abstract—In this paper‚ we explore the feasibility of using Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANETs) for rural public safety. First‚ we discuss a QoS enhancement to a standard routing protocol‚ Dynamic Source Routing (DSR). By incorporating a new routing metric and the available bandwidth and delay estimation algorithms with DSR‚ we design
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Analyzing and Interpreting Data Ballard Integrated Managed Services (BIMS) conducted an internal survey for 440 employees‚ excluding top management‚ asking 10 questions on morale and four questions on demographics. BIMS upper management noticed a change in staff morale and an increase in the staff turnover rate‚ which initiated the survey. Barbara Tucker‚ General Manager‚ wants to discover what is making employees want to leave and has enlisted the help of Debbie Horner. Debbie Horner‚ human
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satellite or a telephone company television service provider – will be affected by the transition. At least 19.6 million households receive over-the-air signals exclusively in their homes‚ and 14.9 million households have secondary over-the-air television sets in their bedrooms or kitchens. Overall‚ nearly 70 million television sets are at risk of losing their signals on February 17‚ 2009‚ if consumers do not make the transition to DTV. Analog vs Digital Analog TV – AM vestigial sideband 6 MHz
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Introduction: Defining the Digital Native and Digital Immigrant Though the terms themselves are fraught with colonialist and imperialist connotations‚ they will nonetheless serve as an entry point into a discussion defined by a radical shift in society brought about by the ever-pervasive and widespread use of digital technology and the societal and psychological implications of this digital technology. In 2001‚ Marc Prensky‚ an internationally acclaimed thought leader‚ speaker‚ writer‚ consultant
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