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Multimedia : It's Application in Library and Information Science

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ISBN 8170003326
Year of Publication 2002
Binding HardBound
Pages
Edition
Language English

The book is first of its kind in the field of Library and Information Science, which is mainly written for us, students & teachers and working librarians of India. The chapters include communication in general in the prologue and rest of them on audio-video, microform media, electronic media, storage media hypertext, hypermedia , multimedia, networking and epilogue. These are the current trends in the field of Library and Information Science. We hope the book will be accepted with great appreciation by the readers.

PROLOGUE


1.2. media Communication


1.3. Information and Communication


1.4 Media Communication and library


1.5 Communication channel


1.6 Media


1.6.1 Definition


1.6.2 Types of Media


1.6.3 Categories of Media


1.6.4 Types of Media Combinations


1.7 multiplication of media


1.8. Materials and equipment selection:


1.8.1 Objectives


1.8.2  Visual, Still, Non Mediated Media


1.8.3 Visual, Still, Mediated Media


1.8.4 Cisual, Motion, Mediated Media


1.8.5 Audio, Non-Mediated Media


1.8.6 Audio, Mediated Media


1.8.7 Audio, Still, Visual, Mediated Media


1.8.8 Visuals Motion, Audio, Mediated, Media


1.8.9. Consumable Media


1.8.10. Manipulative Media


1.9. major categories of media


1.9.1 Art Prints


1.9.2 Books


1.9.3  Community Resources


1.9.4 Computer Software


1.9.5 Filmstrips


1.9.6 Kits


1.9.7 Maps and Charts


1.9.8 Motion Pictures


1.9.9 Pamplets


1.9.10. Periodicals


1.9.11. Catalogues


1.9.12. Pictures


1.9.13. Programmed Instruction


1.9.14. Real Things and Models


1.9.15. Recording


1.9.16. Simultations and Games


1.9.17. Slides; Photographic


1.9.18. Transparencies: Overhead


2   AUDIO-VIDEO AND MICROFORM MEDIA


2.1 Audio-visual material


2.2 Categories of audio-visuals


2.2.1 Video


2.2.2 Video and Libraries


2.3. Audio-visuals: Physical formats


2.3.1 Films


1.3.2 Filmstrips


2.3.3 Cine Films


2.3.4 Magnetic Tapes


2.3.5 Sound Tapes


2.3.6 Video Tape


2.3.7 Plastic


2.4. Usage of Various  Forms of va materials


2.5. Components of Audio Visual Aids


2.6 Mobil Audio/Visual Media


2.7 Audio/Visual computer instruction systems


2.7.1 The audio/visual computer aided tutor system


2.7.2  The Computer Audio/Video Instruction  System


2.7.3 The  Interactive Video Information system


2.7.4  Computer Guided Learning System


2.7.5 Logo Learning System


2.8. Microform


2.8.1 Microform


2.8.2 Microform Formatting and Selecting


2.8.3 Storage, Indexing and Retrival of Microforms


2.8.4 Setting up a  Microfiling Unit


2.8.5 Categories of Micro Publications


2.8.6 Microform Production Standards


2.8.7 Microfilm Applications


2.8.8 Advantages


2.8.9 Disadvantages


3 ELECTRONIC MEDIA


3.1 Information Technology as Relevant to Libraries


3.2.1 Word Processor


3.2.2 Reprography


3.2.3 Micrography


3.2.4 Computer


3.2.5 Online Bibliographic Database


3.2.6  Videotext and Teletext


3.2.7 Teletext


3.2.8 Electronic mail and Massage System (EMMS)


3.2.9 Telefacsimile


3.2.10 Hypertext and Hypermedia


3.2.11 Compact Disc Read only Memory (CD-ROM)


3.2.12. Resource Sharing and Networking


3.3 Other  Information Technologies in the India


3.3.1 Voice-Mail


3.3.2 Hybrid-mail Technology


3.3.3 Multimedia Telephone Technology


3.3.4 Cellular Mobile Telephone Technology


3.3.5 Radio Paging Technology


3.3.6 Telecommunication


3.3.7 Barcode technology


3.4 New Computers Technology


3.4.1 Multipurpose Computer 'Infiniti'


3.4.2 Parallel Processing Computer 'Pace-Plus


3.4.3 Multimedia PC: 'Presario CDS 520'


3.5 Electronic Library


3.5.1 Role of Librarians


3.5.2 Electronic Office


3.5.3 Electronic Publishing


3.6 Electronic Media


3.6.1 Electronic Media Genius


3.6.2  The characteristics of Electronic Media


3.6.3 Sources of Electronic Media


3.6.4 Electronic newspaper


3.6.5 Electronic Media Saves Space


3.6.6 Electronic Media and Retrieval Efficiency


3.6.7 Electronic Media Demures Environmental Hazards


3.7 New Media


4. STORAGE MEDIA


4.1 Magnetic Storage Media


4.1.1 Magnetic Disc


4.1.2 Magnetic Tape


4.1.3 Cartridge Tape


4.1.4 Digital Audio Tape


4.2 Optical Discs


4.2.1 Read- Only Optical  Discs


4.2.2 Write Once- Read Many Media (WORM)


4.2.3 Erasable/Rewritable Media


4.3 Optical Character Recognition (OCR)


4.3.1 Document Transport


4.3.2 Scanning


4.3.3 Recognition


4.3.4 Optical Reading/Sensing


4.3.5 Optical Printer


4.3.6 Optical Fiber


4.4 Future trends


4.4.1 FMD- ROM


5  HYPERTEXT  AND HYPERMEDIA


5.1 Hypertext content hypermedia, Multimedia


5.2 A history of Definitions of Hypertext


5.2.1 Human Mind Operates by Association Bush and Memex


5.2.2  Aug meting Human Minds -Engelbart and NLS/Augment


5.2.3 Mind as Inter twingled "Docuverse"  Nelson and Xanadu


5.2.5 Writing the mind -Bolter and Storyspace


5.2.6 Visions of Hypermedia


5.2.7 Engelabart's Mouse Discovers Virtual Reality


5.2.8 Continents of Knowledge from Fress to Intermedia


5.3 Short History of Hypertext


5.4 Definitions of Hypertext and Hypermedia


5.4.1 Hypertext and Print Media


5.5  Characteristic of HT and HM system


5.6 types of Hypertext


5.6.1 Chunk or Discrete Style HT


5.6.2  Collateral HT


5.6.3  Stretchtext


5.6.4 Grand HT


5.6.5 Specific HT


5.7 Classification of HT and HM Systems


5.7.1 Broad Classification


5.7.2 HT and HM Classification with Reference to Environment


5.7.3  Classification Based on Generations


5.8 Applications of HT and HM Systems


5.9 Advantages of HT and HM Systems


5.9.1 Ease of Tracing References


5.9.2  Ease of Creating  New references


5.9.3 Information Structuring


5.9.4 Customized Documents


5.9.5  Modularity of Information


5.9.6 Task Stacking


5.9.7 Collaboration


5.10 Drawbacks and  Limitations


5.10.1 Superficial Problems


5.10.2 Deep Problems


5.10.3 Disorientation


5.10.4 Cognitive Overhead


5.10.5 Lack of Presentation Rhetoric


5.10.6 Construction of Default paths


5.11 Storage and Distribution of HT and HM Documents


5.12. Hypertext Markup Language


5.11.1 HTML     Document    
Tags:,    , :


5.11.2 Markup Tags


5.11.3 Paragraphs:

 


5.11.4 Lists


5.11.5 Preformatted text:

 

5.11.6 Long     Quotations    : >BLOCK QUOTATIONS>

5.11.7 Line Break :

5.11.8  Address:

 

5.11.9 Comments:

5.12 Some Tips creation of the html document

6.   MULTIMEDIA

6.1 Meaning and Definitions

6.2 Multimedia revolution

6.3 Historical Developments

6.4 A multimedia revolution

6.5 Digital Days

6.5.1 Analog into Digital

6.5.2 CD-Rom Delivers

6.5.3 Multimedia CDs:

6.5.4 Hardware (C. P. U. )

6.5.5 Software

6.5.6 Multimedia Packages

6.6 Components of Multimedia

6.6.1 Text

6.6.2 Graphic Images

6.6.3  Animations

6.6.4 Sound

6.6.5 Interactive links

6.7 Features of  multimedia

6.7.1 Multimedia

6.7.2 Interactivity

6.7.3 Self-paced learning

6.7.4  Ease of use

6.7.5 Audio

6.7.6 Video

6.7.7 Virtual Reality (VR)

6.8 Use of multimedia

6.8.1 Multimedia V/s Hypermedia

6.9 Infusion it libraries services

6.10 Applications of Multimedia

6.11 Multimedia applications in libraries

6.12. American and european libraries

6.13. Indian Scenario

6.13.1 Application and Research on Multimedia Development on India

6.14 Limitations of Multimedia

6.15 Types of Multimedia Systems

6.15.1 Multimedia Library Information kiosks/walk through programmes

6.15.2 Instruction/Training

6.15.3  Self Learning Tools

6.15.4 Digital/Electronic Libraries

6.15.5 Multimedia databases

6.15.6 Multimedia Information Retrieval System

6.15.7 Multimedia Catalogues

6.15.8 Multimedia Information Resources

6.15.9 Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

6.15.10 Electronic Publishing

6.15.11 Multimedia Archival System

6.15.12 Multimedia use in Museum Libraries

6.15.13 Call Number Directories

6.16 Multimedia Publishing

6.16.1 System Requirements

6.16.2 Using the multimedia  library to store media files

6.16.3 Multimedia Layer model to user

6.16.4 Standards of Multimedia

6.16.5 Multimedia Workstation

6.17. Software for Everyone

6.17.1 Multimedia in Business

6.17.2 Multimedia at Homes

6.17.3 Multimedia in  Schools/Colleges

6.17.4 Multimedia in Public Places

6.17.5 Multimedia in Sports

6.17.6 Multimedia for Entertainment

6.17.7 Multimedia in Library

6.17.8 Multimedia at work

6.18. One-subject Encyclopedias

6.19 Information center

6.20 Leisure Pursuits

6.21 Interactive Museums

6.22 The world of multimedia

6.22.1 Browse the world

6.22.2 Multimedia Atlases

6.23 The multimedia magazine

6.23.1 Newsweek Interactive

6.24 Multimedia Education

6.24.1 Careers and Vocational Training

6.24.2 Multimedia Research

6.24.3 Curriculum Design

6.25 Multimedia Educational Technology in Imparting Lis Education

2.26 Multimedia Presentation

2.26.1 Power Point

2.26.2 Harvard Graphics

6.26.3 Hypermedia Programs

6.26.4 Authoring systems

6.26.5 Steps in Creating multimedia presentation

6.26.6 Preparing the presentation

7 MULTIMEDIA NETWORKING

7.1 Networked Multimedia  Applications

7.1.2 An example

7.2 User Requirements for Multimedia

7.2.1 Human---Computer Interface

7.2.2 Access, Delivery, Scheduling and Recording

7.2.3 Interactivity

7.2.4 Educational Requirements

7.2.5 Cost

7.3 Issues for Users

7.3.1 Characteristics of Multimedia

7.3.2   Compression

7.3.3 Storage

7.3.4 Bandwidth

7.3.5 Quality of Service

7.3.6 Platform Support

7.3.7 Inter-Operability

7.4 Compression Standards

7.4.1 JPEG  Compression

7.4.2 MPEG Compression

7.4.3.  I T U-T H. 261 Compression

7.4.4 A V I, CDI and Quicktime

7.5. Transmission Media

7.5.1 Copper Conductors

7.5.2 Coaxial Cable

7.5.3 Optical Fibre

7.5.4 Radio Systems

7.6. Service Providers

7.6.1 Public Telecommunication Operators (PTO)

7.6.2. Cable TV Providers

 7.7 Lan network technologies

7.7.1 Ethernet at 10 Mbps

7.7.2 Fast Ethernet

7.7.3 FDDI

7.7.4 ISO -Ethernet

7.7.5 proprietary Lans

7.7.6 Local ATM

7.8 Wan Network Services

8.8.1 Frame Relay

7.8.2 SMDS

7.8.3  The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN)

7.8.4  ATM

7.9 Multimedia an Internet Protocols

7.9.1 Existing Internet Protocols

7.9.2  New Internet Protocols

7.9.3 Internet Protocols and ATM

7.9.4 ITU-T Standards

7.10 Multimedia Programming Interfaces

7.10.1 Design Issues

7.10.2 Multimedia Communication Models

7.10.3 First Implementations

7.11 Networked Multimedia Applications Design

7.11.1 Real Time Multimedia Applications

7.11.2 Non-Real Time Multimedia Applications

7.11.3 Networking costs

7.11.4 Design of Networked Multimedia Application

7.11.5 Design Guidelines

7.12. Future Trends

7.12.1 Broadband Network Services

7.12.2 Future Teleservices

7.12.3 BERKOM

7.12.4 Summary

8 EPILOGUE

APPENDICES

 

 


Prasanna Kumar,  H. E. (b. 1976) did his B. A. and  secured first
class at MLISc from Mangalore university in 2001. He has also completed his
PGDCA with 'A' Grade from Sacred Heart College, Madanthyar. Now, he is with
sreenivas College of Hotel Management, Mangalore as Librarian. 


Dr. Mahesh V. Mudhol (b. 1954) did his his graduation in Science and secured
first rank with Gold Medal in B. Lib. Sc. from Karnatak University, Dharwad in
1975. further he received his Master's in LIS from the same University in 1976.
Recently he completed his Doctorate in LIS from Sambalpur University (Orissa)
(2001). He has served as Librarian and Documentalist in National Organisations (ISECNIO)
at Bangalore and Goa. The author has about twenty five professional articles and
four books to his credit. Currently he is working as Senior Lecturer in LIS at
Mangalore University, Mangalore, Karnatak.