Problems And Prospect Of ICT Implementation And Digitization Among The Major College Libraries Of Dhemaji District, Assam: A Case Study
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/ejac.v11i3.1098Keywords:
College Library, Dhemaji, Digitization, ICT (Implementation Communication Technology)Abstract
The current paper discussed about the various issues and challenges of ICT Implementation and Digitization of colleges libraries of Dhemaji district, Assam. The study aims at evaluate the implementation of ICT in the functioning of college libraries under study. It also tries to study about the feasibility of networking among the surveyed libraries. It also tries to identify the problems facing by the library authority in this whole process. In recent decades, many major libraries are trying to developed and provide their services to the users by the help of technology and digitization process. UGC’s autonomous centre INFLIBNET are continuously doing their best effort in supporting the automation of libraries of North East region with their software ‘SOUL’ and other helping hand. For this study five college libraries of Dhemaji district were selected randomly and data are analyzed in various heads. The paper mainly discussed about the ground problems of the college libraries in the ICT implementation and digitization.
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