|
NISCAIR ONLINE PERIODICALS REPOSITORY (NOPR) >
NISCAIR PUBLICATIONS >
Research Journals >
Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) >
ALIS Vol.58 [2011] >
ALIS Vol.58(2) [June 2011] >
| Title: | IT skills among LIS professionals of medical libraries in India and Iran: A comparative study |
| Authors: | Farahi, Mina Tavassoli
Gandhi, R.T.D. Ramesh |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | A
questionnaire-based survey was conducted to elicit IT skills needed for LIS
professionals working in medical, dental,
and
pharmacy colleges affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences
(RGUHS) in Karnataka, India; and Ministry
of
Health and Medical Education and Islamic Azad
University (MOHME & IAU), Iran. Results
revealed that all the skills
listed
under IT basics and, internet were considered important by medical librarians
in India and Iran. However,
skills in
working
with non-popular software packages in areas such as presentation, publishing,
and email were considered as
unimportant.
Concludes that Iranian LIS professionals’ IT skills requirement was higher than
that of Indian LIS
professionals.
Iranian professionals attributed more importance to the ability to use
non-popular software packages in some
areas, such as electronic mail, publishing,
presentation, and databases than their Indian counterparts did. |
| Page(s): | 161-169 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print) |
| Source: | ALIS Vol.58(2) [June 2011]
|
|
