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IMD252
Digital Resource Center
Course Outcome
Course Contents
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COURSE OUTCOME
Course Outcome

At the end of this chapter, student should be able to:-

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Determine the goals and objectives of

management of digital information in
information agencies

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Know the roles and functions of digital

resource center.

Know the skills need to be have for working

in digital environments.

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Management of a digital
information in information
agencies
Course Outcome

Goals and objectives

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Roles and functions

Personnel
Information sources

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OBJECTIVES OF DRC
Course Outcome

To provide library resources available in full-text online.

Example : electronic journals, full text databases,
digitized collection, e-book.
Can be access anywhere and anytime.

To have effective and convenient document delivery

services.
Can access the resources that are not available in fulltext online.

Point of need assistance

Virtual references, online tutorials, email or telephone
communication with instructive resources

Support the creation and use of new more dynamic,

integrated formats for representing data, information and
knowledge.

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Can support new forms of group collaboration.

Creation and use of information.

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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF

DRC
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Digital Resource Center serving a

scattered student population can
provide sophisticated distance learning
programs.
The widespread access of the internet
into the homes of students ensures the
success of these scheme and enables
the libraries to provide course materials
and other documents electronically.
(over wide area, particularly rural
areas.)

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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF

DRC
Course Outcome
Course Content

Various of models have been applied for

learning experience.

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OPEN RESOURCE MODEL

Web is accessed to retrieve information from
diverse sources which may, or may not, be
educationally-based.

LEARNING MATERIALS MODEL

Web contains specific resources for students
such as background reading recommended by
teachers.

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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF

DRC
Course Outcome
Course Content

Various of models have been applied for

learning experience.

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TEACHING MATERIALS MODEL

Contains information provided by teachers and related to a
particular course of study and may contain brief summaries of
lecture and be a replacement for paper-based handouts.

DIRECT LEARING MODEL

Containing the complete set of learning materials
for course.

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ROLES AND FUNCTIONS OF

DRC
Course Outcome
Course Content

Various of models have been applied for

learning experience.

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COMPUTER ASSISTED LEARNING MODEL

Involving computer-based training for self-study
by students.

COMMUNICATION MODEL
Student discuss and collaborate on their studies
through facilities such as video conferencing.

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PERSONNEL
Course Outcome
Course Content
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In an organization, human resources are an

organizations most valuable asset.
Library and information professional are well
placed position to make strong contribution to
the development of the global information
structure by ensuring what already exist in
print format to information superhighway.
The global information and communications
network that includes the Internet and other
networks and switching systems such as
telephone networks, cable television networks,
and satellite communication networks.

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PERSONNEL
Course Outcome
Course Content

In order to work in electronic information

environment, information professional should
develop their skills in this areas:-

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o Collection development
o Organizing principles and
techniques
o Research and retrieval
o User studies
o End user training
o Standard participation

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PERSONNEL
Course Outcome
Course Content
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DRC requires staff to support digitizing and

making available a substantial body of material
from the traditional resources center
incomparable collections.
Curatorial Staff
- Preparing and processing materials to be digitized.
- Performs on-site digitization of materials that include rare
and fragile items.

Core Staff
- Prepare and describe the collections, verify the status of
copyright and seek permission for use of the materials, digitized
the materials and verify that they adhere to the international
standards of quality.
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PERSONNEL
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Infrastructure Staff
- Information system experts build and maintained the
automated system that store and provide access to the
digital collection.

Educational Service Staff

- Focuses on educational outreach for the use of school
collections by the education user community.
- Research user needs, talk to the education communities,
evaluate technologies for delivery of digitized materials.

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INFORMATION SOURCES
Course Outcome
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INFORMATION SOURCES
Course Outcome
Course Content

Unique

They should be identifiable as the same resource

in whatever format or medium they are instated.

Coherent

They must present as logically coherent quantity

of information.

Significant

They must include viable and useful information

content.

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Control

Access

The objects are prepared and organized

according to some standards and are preserved
in some way.
They must be accessible by the libraries systems.

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