The Callenge and Effect of Communication Technology in Academic | ||
| iraqi journal for information | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 1, December 2012, Pages 21-45 | ||
| Author | ||
| Ammar Abdul-Lateef | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The study is concerned with the subject of information technology and its applications in the library and information centers. Its main problem is about weakness and an deficiency in adopting modern technologies in academic libraries, particularly the modern communication technologies which has an increasing impact or effects on librarians and their abilities to deal with these technologies and on the efficiency of technical and information services of libraries and their impacts on the user's conveniences. The study tries to give an answers to several questions such as the degree of challenge that libraries face in the digital era and the role of information and library science departments in facing the problem of information technology. The study also is aiming at giving a conceptual idea about the types of modern information and communication technologies which entered the academic libraries and changed the role of librarians into a more effective one in enhancing these technologies and use those in meeting the users needs. The study also discusses several subjects such as the concept of information technology and its effect on libraries and librarians. Finally the study discusses the role of information and library science departments in facing the so mentioned challenges. The study is divided into three sections which cover both graduate and undergraduate studies in addition to the role of librarians. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| information technology; Communication; Academic Library; Information Department | ||
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