E_Learning: Future trends and challenges to academic libraries (original) (raw)
2012, International Journal of Information Technology & Computer Science ( IJITCS ) Vol 2. ISSN (Online ) : 2091 - 1610 | Pages : 59 - 67
The revolutions in publishing industry made massive changes and had transition from print to e-publishing due to use of ICT. The trends in publishing made the development of e-publications and the print format converted into e-books, e-journals, e-reports, databases etc. This change in format is accepted by the contributors, editors, producers, publishers and libraries also due to its specialized characteristics and economy at many levels. E-publication made drastic changes in the collection development, management and practices of the libraries. The users are more prone towards the use of technology specifically ICT in contribution of knowledge. The academic environment is also changing from formal education to distance learning and online learning mode because of ICT. E-learning is more popular day by day. The academic institute's educational system is changing and in such cases libraries have to change their practices to suit the need of e-learning. This paper highlights the impact of elearning over the academic libraries and the challenges faced by the libraries. E-publishing, e-learning go hand in hand and there is a need to find how libraries could support to this change. This paper is a review of e-learning need, demands of users for e-learning, support from the libraries in terms of services based on web etc.
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