Data, information and knowledge frequently overlap, mainly differing in abstraction. Data is least abstract, information next least, and knowledge most. Data becomes information by interpretation; e.g., the height of MD. Faruk is generally considered...
Digital Library: Advantages and Challenges
The idea of easy, finger-tip access to information-what we conceptualize as digital libraries today-began with Vannenar Bush's Memex machine (Bush, 1945) and has continued to evolve with each advance in information technology. With the arrival of computers,...
Catalogue and Cataloguing
Cataloguing is the process of listing something for inclusion in a catalogue. In library and information science, the process encompasses the production of bibliographic descriptions of books as well as other types of discovery tools for documents....
Five Laws of Library Science
In the context of library science Dr. S. R. Ranganathan conceived the five laws of library science in 1924. The statement embodying these laws were formulated i.e. the laws took the final form in 1928 and a detailed account of these laws and their...
