Impact of Information Communication Technology (ICT) on Professional Development and Educational Needs of Library Professionals in the Universities of Kerala

The shift from print to digital information has a high impact on all components of the academic library system in India especially the users, services and the staff. Though information is considered as an important resource, the use of ICT tools to collect and disseminate information has been in a slow pace in majority of the University libraries This may be due to various factors like insufficient funds, inadequate staff trained in handling computers and software packages, administrative concerns etc. In Kerala, automation has been initiated in almost all University libraries using library automation software and is under different stages of completion. There are not much studies conducted about the effects of information communication technologies on the professional activities of library professionals in the universities in Kerala. It is important to evaluate whether progress in ICT has had any impact on the library profession in these highest educational institutions. The aim of the study is to assess whether the developments in information communication technologies have any influence on the library professionals’ professional development, and the need for further education and training in the profession and evaluate their skills in handling developments in ICT. The total population of the study is 252 including the permanently employed professional library staff in central libraries and departmental libraries in the main campuses of the universities under study. This is almost a census study of the defined population of users. The questionnaire method was adopted for collection of data for this study, supplemented by interviews of Librarians to gather additional information. Library Professionals have a positive approach towards ICT applications and services in Libraries, but majority do not have the opportunities to develop their skills and competencies in their work environment. To develop competitive personnel in a technologically advanced world, high priority must be given to develop competence in ICT applications, library management and soft skills in library professionals, by the University administrators and Library associations. Library science schools and teaching departments across the country have to take significant steps to revise library science curriculum, and incorporate significant changes to achieve the demands and challenges of library science profession.

How do multilateral institutions influence individual perceptions of international affairs? Evidence from Europe and Asia

To date there has been no systematic study of the relationship between individuals’ opinions of different institutions and their perceptions of world affairs. This article tries to fill this gap by using a large cross-country data set comprising nine EU members and seven Asian nations and instrumental variable bivariate probit regression analysis. Controlling for a host of factors, the article shows that individuals’ confidence in multilateral institutions affects their perceptions of whether or not their country is being treated fairly in international affairs. This finding expands upon both theoretical work on multilateral institutions that has focused on state actors’ rationale for engaging in multilateral cooperation and empirical work that has treated confidence in multilateral institutions as a dependent variable. The article also shows that individuals’ confidence in different international organizations has undifferentiated effects on their perceptions of whether or not their country is being treated fairly in international affairs, though individuals more knowledgeable about international affairs exhibit slightly different attitudes. Finally, the article demonstrates significant differences in opinion across Europe and Asia.

The light of the Cross in the Twentieth Century : the influence of the Church on modern civilization, her treatment of the great moral and social problems of our time, by master minds, the foundations, history and progress of her great educational institutions in the United States, her great religious orders of men and women for spreading the Gospel and teaching secular and religious knowledge, the history of the organization, development and aims of the great Catholic fraternal societies of the United States and their national federation with many other important subjects, the teachings of the Church made manifest to the modern mind /

Contents: v. 3. The glorious teachings of our holy religion

The prison library handbook, prepared for the Committee on libraries in correctional institutions of the American library association and the Committee on education of the American prison association;

"Suggested simplified Dewey classification for prison libraries": p. 171-178.

Official report of the proceedings of the second International congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners' and manufacturers' associations held in the Town hall, Manchester, on June 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th, 1905 ... and in the Town hall, Liverpool, on June 8th ... of the International committee appointed by the congress>

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The third International congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners' and manufacturers' associations, held in the large hall, Künstlervereinshaus, Domsheide, Bremen, June 25th to 27th, 1906.

Official report of the proceedings.

The seventh International congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners' and manufacturers' associations, held in the Palais des academies ... Brussels, June 6th, 7th, and 8th, 1910.

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Official report of the proceedings of the first International congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners' and manufacturers' associations held at the Tonhalle, Zürich, May 23 to 27, 1904.

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The fourth International Congress of Delegated Representatives of Master Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations, held in the Musikvereinsgebäude, Vienna, May 27th to 29th, 1907.

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The fifth International congress of delegated representatives of master cotton spinners' and manufacturers' associations, held in the Salle des ingeniéurs [!] civils de France ... Paris, June 1st, 2d & 3d, 1908.

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The international directory of second-hand booksellers and bibliophile's manual : including lists of the public libraries of the world; publishers, book collectors, learned societies and institutions, theological colleges burns clubs, &c.

Earlier editions pub. under title: The directory of second-hand booksellers and list of public libraries, British and foreign. Later editions pub. under title: The international directory of booksellers and bibliophile's manual.

Second Memoir respecting the Unitarian mission in Bengal, containing a report of the proceedings of the Calcutta Unitarian Committee from its origin in 1821 to the end of 1827 : with an appendix, consisting of the rules of the Committee and of the British and American Associations in co-operation with it, extras of correspondence, lists of subscribers and donors, and a catalogue of the books in the Library.

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The Maine register and United States' almanac for the year of our Lord 1820 ... containing civil, judicial, ecclesiastical and military lists in Maine, associations and corporate institutions ... names of the post towns and post masters ... : also, the constitution as reported by the convention, catalogues of the officers of the general government ... times of the sittings of the several courts, and a variety of other interesting articles.

Shaw & Shoemaker,

Paediatric research in emergency departments international collaborative (PREDICT): First steps towards the development of an Australian and New Zealand research network

Paediatric emergency research is hampered by a number of barriers that can be overcome by a multicentre approach. In 2004, an Australia and New Zealand-based paediatric emergency research network was formed, the Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT). The founding sites include all major tertiary children’s hospital EDs in Australia and New Zealand and a major mixed ED in Australia. PREDICT aims to provide leadership and infrastructure for multicentre research at the highest standard, facilitate collaboration between institutions, health-care providers and researchers and ultimately improve patient outcome. Initial network-wide projects have been determined. The present article describes the development of the network, its structure and future goals.