Dear All, Emerging Technologies for Knowledge Resource Management by Dr.M. Paul Pandian and Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Publisher: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd Place: Oxford Pages: 212p Price: US$69.95 This book mainly covers the aspects mentioned in the UGC Model Curriculum and the latest developments in the emerging technologies for knowledge resource management. There is a detailed account of the factors, which are contributing to an enabled environment for optimum utilization of information resources. The book also deals with the concept of bringing people and information resources together and unified portals as technology to access and sharing of heterogeneous resources. A detailed review off the existing portal models for sharing the resources with some identified gaps in meeting the objectives is also provided. In addition the book provides a framework for the cost effective unified portal model to share the electronic information resources available with the participating libraries in a distributed digital environment. Books can be ordered from: Mr. Ravindra Saxena Sara Books Pvt Ltd 4832/24, Ansari Road, Dariyaganj, New Delhi 110 002. Tel: +91-11-23266107, +91-11-65676781 Fax: +91-11-23266102 email: sarabooks@eth.net ravindrasaxena@sarabooksindia.com About the Authors: Dr.M.Paul Pandian Dr. M. Paul Pandian is Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. He was earlier the Head, Library and Information Resource Centre at the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India and Scientist at INFLIBNET, UGC, India Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa Dr. C.R. Karisiddappa is President, Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS), Director, Academic Staff Collegeand Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad, India. He was Convenor-UGC Subject Panel, Covenor-UGC Curriculum Development Committee. He was awarded IATLIS Motiwale National Best Teacher in Library and Information Science --- Thanks, Pandian Dr.M.Paul Pandian Institute of Mathematical Sciences CIT Campus, Taramani Chennai 600 113 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.