FACULTY OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENTMARA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

DIPLOMA OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT(IM110)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN INFORMATION AGENCIES(IMD257 / IMD204)

ASSIGNMENT 2:INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT

Prepared By:MUHAMMAD NOORAMIN BIN MOHD HASSAN

(2010657136)

PREPARED FORNOR ERLISSA ABD AZIZ

17 February 2013

1) EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN:

a) Traditional library

b) Hybrid library

c) Digital Library

d) Virtual Library

Traditional LibraryTraditionally, a library operates in a building with services provided manually.

A traditional library is characterized by the following:

emphasis on storage and preservation of physical items, particularly

books and periodicals

cataloging at a high level rather than one of detail, e.g., author and subject

indexes as opposed to full text

browsing based on physical proximity of related materials, e.g., books on

sociology are near one another on the shelves

passivity; information is physically assembled in one place; users must

travel to the library to learn what is there and make use of it

Hybrid LibraryA term invented by librarians to describe a library which contained a mixture of

traditional print resources and electronic resources.

The concept of Hybrid Library is important because it stresses that in the real

world both traditional and digital resources can and must be managed together.

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Digital LibraryLibrary consisting of digital materials and services that are stored, processed and

transferred via digital devices and network.

Digital libraries can include reference material or resources accessible through

the World Wide Web.

emphasis on access to digitized materials wherever they may be located,

with digitization eliminating the need to own or store a physical item

cataloging down to individual words or glyphs

browsing based on hyperlinks, keyword, or any defined measure of

relatedness; materials on the same subject do not need to be near one

another in any physical sense

broadcast technology; users need not visit a digital library except

electronically; for them the library exists at any place they can access it,

e.g., home, school, office, or in a car

Virtual LibrariesA collection of materials from a variety of separate libraries that are organized in

virtual space using computers and computer network.

A system by which users access information that resides solely in electronic

format on computer networks, without the existance of library building which

provide the information.

A library which exists solely in electronic form or on paper.

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2) HOW THIS FOUR LIBRARIES MANAGING INFORMATION USING THE IT

Any type of library is using information technologies in managing their resources

and collection. There are few IT tools, standard and technique used.

OPACAn Online Public Access Catalog (often abbreviated as OPAC or simply Library

Catalog) is an online database of materials held by a library or group of libraries.

Users search a library catalog principally to locate books and other material

physically located at a library.

OPAC is usually shared and interconnected using information technology.

DATA ENTRY ASSISTANCE BASED ON ISBNMany applications can reduce a major portion of manual data entry by populating

data fields based upon the entered ISBN using MARC standards technology via

the Internet.

BARCODE SCANNING AND PRINTINGWith most software, users can eliminate some manual entry by using a barcode

scanner. But some software is designed, or can be extended with an additional

module, to integrate scanner functionality. While most software vendors provide

some type of scanner integration, not all will print labels with barcodes.

INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEMAn integrated library system (ILS), also known as a library management system

is an enterprise resource planning system for a library, used to track items

owned, orders made, bills paid, and patrons who have borrowed.

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An ILS usually comprises a relational database, software to interact with that

database, and two graphical user interfaces (one for patrons, one for staff). Most

ILSes separate software functions into discrete programs called modules, each

of them integrated with a unified interface.

Examples of modules might include:

acquisitions (ordering, receiving, and invoicing materials)

cataloging (classifying and indexing materials)

circulation (lending materials to patrons and receiving them back)

serials (tracking magazine and newspaper holdings)

the OPAC (public interface for users)

Each patron and item has a unique ID in the database that allows the ILS to track

its activity.

Larger libraries use an ILS to order and acquire, receive and invoice, catalog,

circulate, track and shelve materials. Smaller libraries, such as those in private

homes or non-profit organizations (like churches or synagogues, for instance),

often forgo the expense and maintenance required to run an ILS, and instead

use a library computer system.

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