Advancement of digital technologies paved the way for a major shifting of recording of knowledge from paper to digital medium. This resulted in the emergence of the present era of e-resources, e-learning and teaching. Modern libraries disseminate knowledge resources available in all formats like printed books and journals, CD, DVD and Blu Ray disc documents, online resources etc. The articles included in this volume are selected by peer review from the papers presented in the National Seminar on Library and Web Tools for E-Learning and Teaching organized on 25 June 2012 by the College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur in Association with the Kerala Library Association. The contributors of articles included in this volume are mostly from universities, colleges and research institutions who have sufficient knowledge on e-resources, e-learning and e-teaching. It is hoped that this book will be useful for library professionals as well as information users and teachers.
Dr. A.T. Francis, presently working as Head, Library, IT Nodal Officer and Web Administrator, College of Horticulture, Kerala Agricultural University (KAU), Thrissur, has been in the library / teaching profession for more than 25 years. Before joining in KAU, he has worked in NPOL, DRDO, Govt. of India, Cochin for six years; and JN College, Lakshadweep and Govt. Medical College, Thrissur for few months each. After obtaining MCom (Financial Management), MLISc and NET/UGC, he did his doctoral studies in the Dept. of Computer Applications, Cochin University of Science and Technology. He has also done several Diploma/Certificate level courses in Computer Applications, Network Administration, Library Automation, Digital Library Software, etc. from DRDO, Cochin; DRTC/ISI, Bangalore; NIC and VSSC/ISRO, Trivandrum; INFLIBNET/UGC, Ahmedabad; National Academy of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), Hyderabad; Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; IMM, Kozhikode etc. He taught Research Methodology, Library and Information Science, Management and ICTs for BSc (Hons) / MSc / PhD in Agriculture, Forestry, Co-operation, Banking and Management, MTech (Agrl. Engg.), MVSc, MBA, BLISc and MLISc courses. He is serving as Research Guide / Supervisor for PhD, MLISc and MBA students. He has advised/supervised several projects for the computerisation and ICT application of Libraries and Knowledge Centres. He has published more than 25 articles and ten books/ monographs. Latest books are: 1. Re-engineering and Re-defining University Libraries for ICTs. Francis. New Delhi: Ess Ess Pub., 2012, 368p. 2. Knowledge Management in Agriculture and Bioscience. Francis. New Delhi: Kalyani Pub., 2011, 178p. 3. General Informatics and Information Retrieval. Francis et al. New Delhi: SBS, 2011, 104p.
Dr. Susan Mathew K, presently working as Division Head in the University Library, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), has been in the library profession for the past 25 years. Before joining in CUSAT, she had worked in CIFNET, Govt. of India, Cochin and University of Calicut. After obtaining BSc, MLISc, NET/UGC and PGDLAN, she did her doctoral studies in the Dept. of Computer Applications, CUSAT. She has authored several research papers and has membership in library associations at the national and international level. Her areas of research interest are Professional development of academic librarians, library and information science education and application of ICT in library services.
