Journal of Information and Knowledge (Formerly SRELS Journal of Information Management)

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Information Management and Services at Research Universities in Dubai


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1 Virtual Learning Resource Centre, Gulbarga University Library, Gulbarga– 585 106, India
2 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
     

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The study seeks to explore the developments of Research Universities in Dubai using structured questionnaire with an objective to study how information is effectively managed and the extent of information services extended to the users in the libraries of Dubai with respect to their technological infrastructure, status of automation, networking and information services. The results reveal that, the universities are of recent origin with strong ICT infrastructure and most of the libraries are automated. eSRM – a library software is quite popularly used by one fourth of the libraries in Dubai.

Keywords

Information Management, Information Services, Universities - Dubai.
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About The Authors

Suresh Jange
Virtual Learning Resource Centre, Gulbarga University Library, Gulbarga– 585 106
India

M. G. Ghouse Pasha
Dubai
United Arab Emirates


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  • Information Management and Services at Research Universities in Dubai

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Authors

Suresh Jange
Virtual Learning Resource Centre, Gulbarga University Library, Gulbarga– 585 106, India
M. G. Ghouse Pasha
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Abstract


The study seeks to explore the developments of Research Universities in Dubai using structured questionnaire with an objective to study how information is effectively managed and the extent of information services extended to the users in the libraries of Dubai with respect to their technological infrastructure, status of automation, networking and information services. The results reveal that, the universities are of recent origin with strong ICT infrastructure and most of the libraries are automated. eSRM – a library software is quite popularly used by one fourth of the libraries in Dubai.

Keywords


Information Management, Information Services, Universities - Dubai.

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