ISBN: 9788170005353    Publisher: Ess Ess Publication Year of publishing: 2005     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 419        Language: English

Information technologies as a discipline has witnessed fundamental changes during the past two decades, allowing information seekers around the globe to have access to information which two decades ago, was inaccessible. Information technology includes the networks that connect them, electronic databases and other electromagnetic storage of data, and increasingly, with convergence of media, it includes all telecommunications not just transmission of data, but also video, voice (and audio generally). Progress in information technology continues at a super-exponential growth rate. The progress has come about through improvements of existing technologies as well as the discovery of new ways of doing things. Due to rapid technological changes that are continually taking place, it is a constant challenge in the discipline to stay abreast of the far-reaching effects of this world-wide expansion, and to be able to develop and deliver more innovative methodologies and techniques utilizing new technological innovation.
In order to provide the most comprehensive, in-depth, and recent advances related to this global phenomenon, as well as to offer a single reference source on all conceptual, methodological, technical and managerial issues, as well as the opportunities, future challenges and emerging trends related to global information technologies, the book is about Computers, Software, Programming, Library Automation and Software, Digital Libraries, Internet, Library Network metadata, Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Expert System. The diverse and comprehensive coverage of information technologies in the book will contribute to a better understanding of all topics, research, and discoveries in this developing, significant field of study. Furthermore, the chapters included in this book will be instrumental in the expansion of the body of knowledge in this enormous field, resulting in a greater understanding of the fundamentals while fuelling the research initiatives in emerging fields. The chapters in this book describe both the evolving technologies and the breakthroughs that may fuel the information age.
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