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ICT in Libraries:A Sri Lankan Perspective


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Nowadays libraries need to play a major role in satisfying informational, instructional and personal needs of their clientele. During the last half-century, computers and telecommunications began to converge to produce so called Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A drastic change can be seen in library systems throughout the world due to ICT. This paper is supported with the results of a research study on "The extent and feasibility of utilizing ICT in academic and special libraries in Sri Lanka". In priority order the barriers in the application of ICT in libraries are identified as technological, managerial, infrastructure, human, and political and social. Points are suggested to overcome these barriers.

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Information and Communication Technology, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Libraries, Library Automation.
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Nayana Wijayasundara
University of Colombo, P.O.Box 1698, Colombo 03
Sri Lanka


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Nayana Wijayasundara
University of Colombo, P.O.Box 1698, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka

Abstract


Nowadays libraries need to play a major role in satisfying informational, instructional and personal needs of their clientele. During the last half-century, computers and telecommunications began to converge to produce so called Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A drastic change can be seen in library systems throughout the world due to ICT. This paper is supported with the results of a research study on "The extent and feasibility of utilizing ICT in academic and special libraries in Sri Lanka". In priority order the barriers in the application of ICT in libraries are identified as technological, managerial, infrastructure, human, and political and social. Points are suggested to overcome these barriers.

Keywords


Information and Communication Technology, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Libraries, Library Automation.

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