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PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(VI)/16-21 /4
AUTHOR : Wasim Akram
TITLE: WEB-ENABLED CIS’S: AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR TODAY’S PUBLIC LIBRARIES
ABSTRACT: :Web technologies have directly influenced the public libraries, by which the public libraries has no longer become an exclusive source of information whether it is decreased door counts or increased use of virtual resources. With the increasing use of the Internet an increasing number of people went to web to seek their everyday life information through this channel. Due to that single reason, the user of public libraries are decreasing day by day. If no efforts are effectuated, public libraries will obviously loose their position as leading community information providers in the near future. The concept discussed in this paper is the creation of a web-enabled CIS for the dissimination of community information through public library. It also presents in short the theoretical aspect of CIS. The paper gives an introduction to the basics in web-enabled CIS , on which this author has provided an analytical overview of the existing literature within the last few years. In this article ,a model for development of web-based CIS were provided , which focus on the users’ need for use of information to solve ‘daily life’ problems and for participation in democratic processes in the society.
KEYWORDS::Public libraries, Community information services, Web-based CIS, Library Services, Information poverty