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Information Consolidation and Repackaging

Author: S. Seetharama

Rs. 995

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ISBN 8170002044
Year of Publication 1997
Binding HardBound
Pages 312
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Language English
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This book grew out of the need to acquaint the students in Library and Information Science Courses and working Information Professionals to the fundamental concepts and prevailing practices necessary to understand and use techniques of information consolidation and repackaging . Second and epually as important, the book has been designed to be a basic guide and reference to those who are already involved or likelyto be involved in the generation and production of Information Consolidation Services and products like state of the art reports, techno- economic feasibility reports handbook, manual, directories, etc. The book has been structured to cover all aspects of the information consolidation/ repackaging process and provides a framework for Information Consolidation, and discusses, in detail, the pre-requisites and stages/ steps in the preperation and production. In addition, it presents Case Studies justifying the methodology discussed earlier as well as indicates the steps to be followed in the planning and management of Information Consolidation Centres/ Units. The text is based on the outcome of experience gained in the generation and production of information consolidation services and products and in teaching the Course Module on Information Transfer and Dissemination at the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore.

Preface

List of Tables

List of Figures

Chapter A Framework for Information Consolidation

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Dr. S. Seetharama is currently on the Faculty of the Documentation Research and Training Centre (DRTC), Bangalore, of the Indian Statistiacal Institute (ISI), Calcutta. After completing M. Sc in Zoology from Madras University, he joined in 1964 the course leading to the Associateship in Documentation and Information Science of DRTC. In the year 1984, he obtained the Ph. D. degree from Karnataka University, Dharwad. After working as an Information Scientist from 1964 to 1970 at the Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Science, New Delhi, he joined DRTC in 1971. Since then he is involved in teaching the subjects --Information Transfer and Dissemination, Planning and Management of Information Centres and Systems, Information Systems and Programmes and Industrial Information Systems and Services. In 1981, he worked as Gesellschaft fur Indexing and Klassifikation system mbH, Frankfurt as a Collaborator on the project "International Classification and Indexing Bibliography 1950-1982". In 1983, he participated as an expert at the Third Meeting of the UNISIST Working Group on Information Consolidation held at Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia. He is a consultant to scientific and industrial establishment and has designed and developed plans for information system and services. He is the Project Leader, National Information Transfer Centre, ISORID Programme. He has vast experience in research in the field of Library and Information Science and has several research papers and a book entitled 'Guidelines for Planning of Libraries and Information Centres' to his credit.

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