Chapter Z

Recent Trends in IOD

Abstract

With the ushering in of digital era and emergence of Internet, there have been several new developments in the field of information organization and dissemination. It has now become possible to render e-information service (EIS) at local level through Intranet and at national and international level through Internet. There are two aspects of EISs: availability of information in electronic format and provision of service through electronic medium. EIS can also be given on the basis of information sources available in print form, but that will involve a lot of efforts and costs making the proposition unrealistic. The main steps in developing an EIS are: initiation, planning and preparation, provision of EIS, ...

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