Digital object identifier (DOI) becomes an ISO standard

A new International Standard that provides a system for assigning a unique international identification code to objects for use on digital networks is expected to bring benefits for publishers, information managers, multi-media distributors, archive and cultural heritage communities, and the internet technology industry.   Published by ISO (International Organization for Standardization), ISO 26324:2012, Information and documentation -- Digital object identifier system, is an efficient means of identifying an entity over the Internet...

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LIS UGC NET Questions and Answers June 2012

1. Roget Thesaurus is Classified manner 2. TCP/IP is a Internet Protocol 3. In AACR2 Part A section 12 deals with Serials Publication. 4. In Key word Indexing Author keyword Index is WADEX 5. Odd one in ANSI, BIS, BSI, ESPN 6. Internet acting as a-. 7. BIOS is a booting software 8. Scale and projections are seen in Geographical Sources 9. Segmentation associated with Information marketing 10. Stop word list used in Automated keyword Indexing 11. Relation between two subject is Phase relation 12. Redundancy in information is Unwanted...

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Why Library Catalogues are not as user-friendly as Search Engines?

Traditional library card catalogues are data-centered ‘handicrafts’ with lots of rigid rules controlling their access and descriptions and hence naturally very much under-used. Since the legacy is continued in modern Online Public Access Catalogues(OPACs) as early OPACs functioned like digital version of card catalogs, end-users also continued to admire library card catalogs and OPACs as ‘handicrafts’ than understand and use them extensively....

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