| A Survey of Collection and Services of Medical | | | | 9) To study the problems and challenges faced by |
| College Libraries in Uttar Pradesh: Prospects, Problems | | | | librarians in the process of digitization and networking |
| and Proposal for their Modernization | | | | in the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. |
| Introduction | | | | 10) To make suggestions for improvement in the |
| Libraries are the soul of any research or academic | | | | process of digitization and networking in the libraries |
| institution. They form the most vital forum of | | | | of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. |
| education, especially in the field of technical education. | | | | 11) To discover the limitations in the process of |
| Due to the rapid pace of development taking place in | | | | digitization and networking in the libraries of Allopathic |
| various fields of science and technology (S and T) it | | | | Medical Colleges in U.P. |
| become imperative for the libraries to remain | | | | Scope |
| up-to-date with the latest advances in technology so | | | | This study will be based on the survey of the libraries |
| that the dissemination of information becomes | | | | of the Allopathic Medical Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. For |
| efficient, quick, feasible, economic, accessible and | | | | this purpose the libraries of only those Allopathic |
| useful. | | | | Medical Colleges are included which have been |
| The utility of a library depends largely on its collection. | | | | approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI) to run |
| Therefore, it is very important that utmost care | | | | MBBS course of study and entitled to award the |
| should be taken to select and maintain a good and | | | | degree of MBBS and other degrees related to |
| strong collection of documents such as books, | | | | Allopathic Medicine and Surgery. The names of such |
| periodicals, hand books, reference books, dictionaries, | | | | Allopathic Medical Colleges selected for the proposed |
| directories, encyclopedias and various other related | | | | study are given below: - |
| information. Building and developing a library collection | | | | |
| able to meet the needs of users, such as scientists, | | | | 1. S.N. Medical College, Agra. |
| students, research scholars and others adequately is | | | | 2. G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur. |
| a major task of a good library. The quality of | | | | 3. Institute of Medical sciences, B.H.U, Varanasi. |
| services provided and the satisfaction of the users | | | | 4. Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad. |
| depend a great deal upon the kinds of collections | | | | 5. Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh. |
| made available. A comprehensive, balanced and | | | | 6. L.L.R.M. Medical College, Meerut. |
| up-to-date collection is to have documents of | | | | 7. Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi. |
| different types in various physical forms to satisfy | | | | 8. B.R.D. Medical College, Gorakhpur. |
| the informational needs of the users. | | | | 9. Santosh Medical College, Ghaziabad. |
| The basic aim of a library is to provide efficient | | | | 10. Sardar Patel Institute of Dental and Medical |
| services to its users. Therefore, user satisfaction | | | | Sciences, Lucknow. |
| should be the main goal of a good librarian. This goal | | | | 11. Era Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow. |
| can not be achieved unless and until the library | | | | 12. Subharati Medical College, Meerut |
| management has got a clear idea about the user | | | | HYPOTHESES |
| needs and demands. The library should be | | | | A hypothesis may be considered as a tentative |
| well-equipped besides having a good and strong | | | | generalization of the problem under investigation. It is |
| collection of documents. Variety of services should | | | | meant to provide the researcher with an opportunity |
| be offered to cater to the needs of its users. Latest | | | | (prior to the actual data collection) to predict the |
| and up-to-date technology should be adopted in | | | | results of the study. A hypothesis is an expectation |
| order to provide better services. | | | | about events or a shrewd guess or a prediction of |
| In the modern era of information explosion which has | | | | the results of the study. |
| led to the evolution of multidisciplinary domains in the | | | | As hypotheses are predictions, therefore, these are |
| different fields of S and T the user demand and | | | | formulated before the collection of data. No |
| expectations have grown tremendously. In order to | | | | hypothesis should be formulated once the data are |
| meet this challenge the library should be well equipped | | | | known. |
| with the modern tools of information storage and its | | | | The following hypotheses have been formulated for |
| retrieval so that the right information is made | | | | the proposed study: - |
| available to the right user at the right place and at | | | | 1) The libraries of the Allopathic Medical Colleges in |
| the right time. | | | | Uttar Pradesh are having a rich collection of |
| With the advent of computers and Internet a | | | | documents. |
| transformation is taking place in the information | | | | 2) The Allopathic Medical Colleges' Libraries are |
| infrastructure leading to the development of digital or | | | | providing a variety of services to their users. |
| electronic libraries. The latest advances in the field of | | | | 3) The libraries of the Allopathic Medical Colleges in |
| information technology, telecommunications, | | | | Uttar Pradesh are facing certain problems. |
| software, networking, multimedia and scanning | | | | 4) There is an urgent need for the modernization of |
| technology have produced a revolutionary change in | | | | the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in Uttar |
| the field of library and information technology. | | | | Pradesh according to the latest techniques such as |
| Networking technologies have resulted in the creation | | | | digitization and networking of libraries. |
| of virtual or on-line libraries which are immensely | | | | Methodology |
| popular with the users and proving to be a boon for | | | | It is planned to adopt the following method for the |
| the society as a whole due to the instant access of | | | | completion of the proposed study: - |
| information anytime and anywhere in the world. Thus | | | | 1) Literature Search: - It shall be done by consulting |
| the barriers of time and space have been shattered | | | | the vast literature existing on the subject of |
| and the vast world has been reduced into a "global | | | | digitization and networking. For this purpose different |
| village" where anyone can have immediate access to | | | | books by noted authors as well as journals and |
| the information of his/her choice by using the | | | | seminar papers will be studied thoroughly. |
| techniques of computer software, networking and | | | | 2) Questionnaire: - In order to conduct the proposed |
| scanning technologies. | | | | study the most important tool for the collection of |
| A digital library may be defined as an electronic | | | | data is the questionnaire. Therefore, a comprehensive |
| version of a traditional library where all the | | | | questionnaire shall be designed to collect all the |
| information is stored and preserved in digital form. In | | | | important and relevant data. This questionnaire shall |
| a digital library the data accessed includes non-text | | | | be sent to the librarians of the concerned libraries. |
| information such as photographs, drawings, | | | | After obtaining the filled questionnaire the data shall |
| illustrations, works of art; streams of numeric data | | | | be analyzed and interpreted according to the |
| (satellite information, cosmological data); digitized | | | | objectives of the proposed study. |
| sound and moving visual images and 3 D | | | | 3) Library Survey: - It is planned to conduct library |
| representations (holograms) besides traditional text | | | | survey for a systematic collection of data concerning |
| based information. | | | | libraries, their activities, operations, staff, use and |
| There are many Allopathic Medical Colleges in Uttar | | | | users, at a given time or over a given period. |
| Pradesh where digitization and networking of libraries | | | | 4) Interview of Librarians: - In order to collect the |
| can give a big boost not only to the enhancement of | | | | accurate data and obtain the views and opinion of |
| the quality and standard of services available in the | | | | the librarians of the concerned libraries it is also |
| hospitals but also help to a great extent in the | | | | proposed to conduct personal interviews of the |
| promotion of medical studies and research. But the | | | | concerned librarians. |
| implementation of this process of digitization and | | | | UTILITY OF THE STUDY |
| networking of libraries depends a great deal upon the | | | | The following may be the utilities of the proposed |
| role and attitude of the librarians towards this | | | | study: - |
| comprehensive process for its success. | | | | 1) It may be helpful in finding out the problems and |
| Review of literature | | | | difficulties faced by the librarians of the libraries of |
| Many sources of information both published and | | | | Allopathic Medical Colleges in Uttar Pradesh. |
| unpublished have been consulted to develop a clear | | | | 2) It may be helpful to the concerned authorities in |
| concept of the proposed study. It has been | | | | the effective implementation of the digitization and |
| observed that the digitization and networking process | | | | networking process. |
| in the field of library and information science has | | | | 3) It may be helpful in finding out the prospects of |
| helped to a great extent in the effective and instant | | | | the adoption digitization and networking process of |
| dissemination of right information at right cost at right | | | | the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in Uttar |
| time to the right user. | | | | Pradesh. |
| OBJECTIVES | | | | 4) It may help in finding out the solution to some of |
| The objectives of the proposed study are as follows: | | | | those problems, which are retarding the progress of |
| - | | | | the digitization and networking process in the libraries. |
| 1) To assess the role and attitude of librarians in the | | | | 5) It may be helpful to the libraries of Allopathic |
| success of the digitization and networking process in | | | | Medical Colleges in resource sharing and connecting |
| the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | with each other via networking. |
| 2) To study the size and nature of collection in the | | | | CHAPTER WISE BREAKUP |
| libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | The proposed study will be divided into seven |
| 3) To examine the level of digitization in the libraries | | | | chapters, which are as follows: - |
| of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | Chapter - One Introduction |
| 4) To study the methods employed for digitization | | | | Chapter - Two Medical Council of India (MCI) and the |
| and networking in the libraries of Allopathic Medical | | | | Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P.: An overview. |
| Colleges in U.P. | | | | Chapter -Three Allopathic Medical Colleges' libraries in |
| 5) To study the existing library services and facilities | | | | U.P.: Present status and functions |
| offered by the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges | | | | Chapter- Four Digitization and Networking process in |
| in U.P. | | | | libraries and information centers: A brief background. |
| 6) To study the digitization and networking process | | | | Chapter-Five Present status of digitization and |
| in the libraries of Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | networking process in the libraries of Allopathic |
| 7) To study the effectiveness and efficiency of the | | | | Medical colleges in U.P. |
| digitization and networking process in the libraries of | | | | Chapter-Six Comparative study of the status of the |
| Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | digitization and networking process in the libraries of |
| 8) To assess the demand and popularity of the | | | | Allopathic Medical colleges in U.P. |
| digitization and networking process in the libraries of | | | | Chapter - Seven Conclusion and Suggestions. |
| Allopathic Medical Colleges in U.P. | | | | |