Utility Ratio of Electronic Information Resource at Mekelle University Vol. II

Advances in Computing and Information Communication Technology put its ground breaching impact on electronic publishing which lead to information explosion in entire branches of knowledge at global academic arena. It also influenced on library information resource management and services for instance. Electronic Information Resources which provide fast transmission of information, remote access, multimedia contents, full text and flexibility in searching and browsing, reference linking, simultaneously used by more than one user at the same time, timely access, it occupies less place, replicated easily and made protected electronically. Electronic Information Resources fulfill all these necessary need of academic community. This is why EIR becoming more popular in academic arena. The present Vol. II is very useful for informatics students and professional, Academic Library Management as well as entire academic community to understand the value of EIR for their academic purposes. "I am very glad to give this book in the hand of academic users, and I wish them all the best for their academic pursuit."

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Prakash Dongardive hat einen MLIS-Abschluss in Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft. Außerdem hat er einen M.A.-Abschluss in Soziologie. Derzeit arbeitet er als Assistenzprofessor an der Universität Mekelle in Äthiopien. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind digitale Bibliotheken, Informationswissenschaft, neue Trends in der Informatik und fortschrittliche Informationsdienste.