[LIS-Forum] Areas in LIS Res

[Sukhdev Singh]

It is unfortunate that while computer professionals
are working in areas were library people should have
been working. We are still looking for the areas to
work in. Take for example, while we were beating about
the bushes of "Bibliometrics" some students created
GOOGLE using the same principle of "citations" (links
here). While we were debating on utility of
classification, some other students created "YAHOO".
And still others are building up Open Directory
Project (http://www.dmoz.org/). Classifiaction does
not mean numbers we put on the spine of the books;
dear friends, it is putting things in helpful
sequence.

Information technology is in use in every aspect of
life. Even some medical professionals left their
profession to join IT Rat Race. I know some for
example http://www.indmedica.com. But should this mean
every professional follow the same path. 

Today we have to answer, the real tough question? Do
we really have something to offer? Something Unique.
What is our USP...? If Yes, then why we are in
hibernation. If No, then why we are pretending...? Why
not to leave the stage to Computer Professionals who
otherwise are today "Plenty in Supply, Less in
Demand".

Regards
Sukhdev

--- Vijay  Raghav Tiwari <vijayrt at rediffmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear Sukhdev ji
> 
> I agree with your suggestion that research on
> Classification is required but to be honest, it is
> the need of the hour that a librarian has to be
> perfect in the modern information technology other
> wise the whole scene of librarianship will be
> spoiled. The advent of the new information
> technology the software, online information
> retrieval sources are becoming an essentials of the
> library services. A true professional will have to
> attain  the full command of the situation otherwise
> he/she will be left far behind from the present day
> profession.
> 
> Hope that you will be agreeing to the concern. It is
> good for us if we start learning more  and more in
> this techno field.
> yours truly
> VR Tiwari
> 
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 Sukhdev Singh wrote :
> >Dear Afsar,
> >
> >Thank you very much for circulation such use
> >information. If possible, please let me know the
> >reference cited (Maurice B. Line).
> >
> >Further I would like to suggest that there should
> be
> >also research in core areas of Library and
> Information
> >Science like Classification. Unfortunately these is
> a
> >trend amoung the LIS schools to make students more
> >Computer Literate at the cost of core subjects of
> LIS.
> >
> >
> >(I wish such LIS schools should stop issueing
> >certificates in LIS and start issueing MCA etc.)
> >
> >Regards
> >Sukhdev
> >
> >
> >--- afsar  bukhari <bukhari_786 at rediffmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > Dear Friends
> > >
> > > This is in response to a recent mail in lisforum
> > > regarding the areas of research in LIS
> > >
> > > LIS, since its inception has been dealing with
> > > organizing information so as to make it
> available to
> > > the users in more efficient manner.
> > >
> > > “Information seems like dirt; it’s everywhere
> you
> > > look, accumulates in piles, and is challenging
> to
> > > organize for easy retrieval.”
> > >
> > > It is this very nature of info that has always
> > > threatened LIS professionals and forced them to
> come
> > > up with innovative approaches towards its
> effective
> > > organization. With the advent of WWW, organizing
> > > info is giving tough time for all LIS
> professionals.
> > > Newer and newer approaches are being tried, but
> > > still more and more are required to be done!
> > >
> > > Maurice B. Line has identified 10 key areas
> related
> > > to Info Res in the MILLENIUM
> > >
> > > 1.	Internet & WWW (info retrieval aspects)
> > > 2.	Search engines & alogorithms
> > > 3.	Bibliographic control on the internet
> > > 4.	User interface including common user
> > > interface,natural          language interface
> etc.
> > > 5.	User needs or requirement analysis
> > > 6.	Info seeking behaviour of users and cognitive
> > > approach
> > > 7.	Digital Libraries
> > > 8.	Summarization & representation of information
> > > 9.	Visual information
> > > 10.	Intelligent Information Retrieval including
> > > intelligent agents
> > >
> > > All the best
> > >
> > >
> > > Bukhari
> > > Librarian
> > > Shantha Biotechnics Pvt Ltd
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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