This course dwells about information products and services provided by libraries and information centres. The services like literature search service, abstracting services, referral service, CAS, translation service and document delivery service are discussed in detail.

The basic objective of this course is to introduce the learners with the information consolidation and repackaging process. The web products and services are also discussed in detail. The course also elaborates on collaborative content development.

After completing this course you will be able to know about different information products and services, and the process of designing these.

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Dr. Archana Shukla

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Dr. Archana Shukla is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Library and Information Science, School of Social Sciences, IGNOU, New Delhi. She is the Programme Coordinator of Certificate in Library and Information Science (CLIS) and Post-Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking (PGDLAN) programmes of IGNOU. She is also coordinating three Swayam MOOCs courses and one online programme. Her areas of interest include Information Sources and Services, Management of Library and Information Centres, Classification and Cataloguing, Information Consolidation and Repackaging and Academic Library System. She has many research papers and articles in reputed national and international journals to her credit. She has successfully guided 6 PhD candidates. She has more than Sixteen years of teaching experience and two years of administrative experience in the library, as Assistant Librarian.

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