IMPACT OF WEB TECHNOLOGIES ON LIBRARY AND DOCUMENTATION CENTRES

Information is an indispensable entity for human development as air is essential for the survival of all living organisms on earth, including human beings. The pace of change brought about by new web technologies has a key effect on the way people live, work, and play worldwide. The increasing role played by web technology in the development of library services is an active reaction to the challenges posed by communication. This paper attempts to discuss the fast development of Web Technology and its application in the library and documentation centres. Today libraries are equipped to accomplish the newly web technology based services. Web technology enabled services fulfill the information needs of the users at the right time in the right place to the right person. The emerging technology such as, Instant Messaging, Podcast, Vodcast, blog, RSS and their application has been discussed in this paper.