Open Access ResourcesOpen Access Resources

Dr. R. BalasubramaniDr. R. Balasubramani

Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor

Department of Library and Information ScienceDepartment of Library and Information Science

http://drbalasubramani.webs.comhttp://drbalasubramani.webs.com

lisbala@gmail.comlisbala@gmail.com

IntroductionIntroduction21stCentury –Rapid changes in Education

Teaching and Learning moving online

More advantages of e-resources

Electronic resources available in Web enabled medium

Internet usage statisticsInternet usage statistics

Size of internetSize of internet• Eric Schmidt, the CEO of Google estimated the data in internet

around 5 million terabytes.

• 155 million websites on the Internet.

• 75 million servers worldwide

• Google has indexed roughly 200 terabytes of that, or .004% of the total size.

• About 500 million use the Internet at least once a week.

Information & communication TechnologyInformation & communication Technology

• The ease of communication along with the Internet, has brought a paradigm shift in information usage from the need to know basis – information available when and where you need it.

• Digital publishing technologies and global networking have given rise to the development of higher education.

• “Ten years ago we saw the convergence of the human-readable Web with increased connectivity. Now we are seeing communicating applications and more pervasive, broadband connectivity. The world is flatter because computing and communications is more pervasive of our working and learning lives: we create, share and use digital content and services”.

ICT in Higher EducationICT in Higher Education– Strategic Force – E-Content Generation and Management – Virtual University, Virtual Classroom, Virtual Laboratories,

Virtual – Libraries and Virtual Learning concept – Wireless networking – Students and teachers have web space – E-learning, Online discussion – Higher level computing facility – Every student/teacher has access to updated knowledge – Information Consumption is high

Open Source Software (OSS)?Open Source Software (OSS)?• Software available FREE with source code 

under GPL  license  to use, change,  improve  and redistribute it modified  or unmodified. 

• Open source software can be used freely without having to pay license fees to its developers.

• SourceForge.org, which provides ready access to over 60,000 open source software projects.

OSS INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES OSS INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES • Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation

(California public benefit corporation) formed to educate about and advocate for the benefits of open source and to build bridges among different constituencies in the open-source community.

• Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a nonprofit with worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users.

• ROSI – Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative, was formed by a community of people, acting at their best to develop and sustain a healthy Free Software.

• The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) created the International Open Source Network (IOSN) with the goal of helping developing countries in the Asia-Pacific Region achieve rapid and sustained economic and social development by using free and open source software.

OSS NATIONAL INITIATIVES OSS NATIONAL INITIATIVES • Anna University, Chennai formed a National Level

Resource Centre for Open Source Software (NRCFOSS)• C- DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing),

Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay• Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) at CES, IISc,

Bangalore• Centre for Advance Training in Free and Open Source

Software (CATFOSS), Ernakulum.• NIC Kerala • OSS Labs, Bangalore• Oksociety community Groups.

OAIOAI

E-learning - Digital Library – Virtual LibraryE-learning - Digital Library – Virtual Library

• What?• Why?• How?

Web-technologiesWeb-technologiesExisting Technologies   Emerging Technologies

DoubleClick --> Google AdSenseOfoto --> Flickr

Akamai --> BitTorrentmp3.com --> Napster

Britannica Online --> Wikipedia

personal websites --> blogging

evite --> upcoming.org and EVDB

domain name speculation --> search engine optimization

page views --> cost per clickscreen scraping --> web services

publishing --> participation

content management systems --> wikis

directories (taxonomy) --> tagging ("folksonomy")

stickiness --> syndication

Web- application for teaching and Web- application for teaching and learninglearning

BLOGBLOG

WikiWiki

Rich site summaryRich site summary• RSS is a structured XML-based

metadata schema used to distribute news items through a web medium.

• RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content .

• RSS is a content delivery channel that allows you to easily deliver Internet content to your target audiences.

PodcastsPodcasts

Create•Record episode

•Edit episode

Distribute•Publish episode to web server•Reference episode in feed

Access• Subscribe using

podcatcher• Download episode• Playback episode

VodcastVodcast

Learn English via Ipod

WebinarWebinar

dimdim is the world´s first free web meeting service based on the open source platform. allows anybody to share their desktop, show slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam.

teacher tube - YouTubeteacher tube - YouTube

Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking

FlickrFlickr

Instant Messaging Instant Messaging (IM)(IM)

facebookfacebook

Mobile technologiesMobile technologies• Potential of mobile devices

in learning, research, etc.• GPS combined with web

services for weather, traffic ETC.

• mobile-based email

Web

2.0

Skype / VoIPSkype / VoIP

VoIP is coming, so now’s the time to gain experiences. What are the implications of ‘free’ always-on telephony (i.e. it's not just about software) - you could be broadcasting this talk now!

VoIP is coming, so now’s the time to gain experiences. What are the implications of ‘free’ always-on telephony (i.e. it's not just about software) - you could be broadcasting this talk now!

• Skype is a good example of Internet telephony:

Integrated voice, IM, Web (and now video)

Can be high quality Free / cheap calls Conference calls Accessibility benefits Proprietary Network issues

Cloud computingCloud computing

Open Source software for teaching Open Source software for teaching and learningand learning

Learning Management SystemLearning Management System

Content managements SystemContent managements System

Institutional Repositories Institutional Repositories

E-learning initiatives E-learning initiatives

E-learning - SakshatE-learning - Sakshat

UGC- CECUGC- CEC

eGyanKosh

World Lecture HallWorld Lecture Hall

NPTELNPTEL

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