CLOUD COMPUTING

CLOUD REFERS TO A NETWORK OR INTERNET OR WE CAN SAY THAT SOMETHING WHICH IS PRESENT AT REMOTE LOCATION WHILE COMPUTING IS MANIPULATING , ACCESSING AND DELIVERING COMPUTING RESOURCES OVER THE INTERNET.

IN SIMPLEST TERM CLOUD COMPUTING, STORING AND ACCESSING DATA AND PROGRAMMES OVER THE INTERNET INSTEAD OF YOUR'S COMPUTER HARD DISC.

FOR FURTHER READING:http://in.pcmag.com/networking-communications-software/38970/feature/what-is-cloud-computing

LIBRARY AS A RESOURCE CENTRE

FEW YEARS BACK LIBRARY IS CONSIDERED AS STACK OF BOOKS AND LIBRARIAN AS THE CUSTODIAN OF BOOKS BUT NOW WITH THE ADVENT OF COMPUTERS AND INTERNET THE DEFINITION OF LIBRARIES HAS CHANGED, THEY BECOME RESOURCE CENTRE ."IT IS A REPOSITORY AND SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND IDEAS , A PLACE FOR LEARNING AND ENQUIRY  AND FOR THE GENERATION OF THOUGHT AND THE CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE.
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 TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF ITS USERS LIBRARY HAS TO PERFORM DIFFERENT KIND OF DUTIES AT ITS LEVEL:

1. TO UPDATE ITS USERS WITH DAY TO DAY INFORMATION BY PROVIDING THEM CURRENT CONTENT & ARTICLE ALERT SERVICE

2.TO EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS

3.TO CULTIVATE SOCIAL SENSE

4. TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD READING WHICH IS ACCORDING TO THEIR INTEREST.

5.ACCESSIBILITY OF INFORMATION IN ANY FORM IN ANYWHERE. 

READING HABBIT

READING HABBIT IS AN ASPECT OF INDIVIDUAL WHICH HELP THEM TO THINK AND DEVELOP NEW IDEAS

      WHY DO WE READ:

• TO ENHANCE OUR KNOWLEDGE
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• TO EXPERIENCE NEW THINGS
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• TO CULTIVATE SOCIAL SENSE
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• TO UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT MATTER

REFERENCE:  https://kvlblogs.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/reading-habits.ppt

WHAT ARE THE REFERENCE SOURCES?

LIBRARY SHOULD MAINTAIN GOOD COLLECTION OF REFERENCE SOURCES FOR THE USERS, EXAMPLES OF REFERENCE SOURCE ARE AS FOLLOWING:

1.DICTIONARIES

2.ENCYCLOPEDIAS

3. DIRECTORIES

4.ATLAS

5.THESAURUS

6.ALMANACS

7.WHO'S WHO

8.HANDBOOK