Information Resource Management In Self Financing Engineering College Libraries In Tamilnadu An Analytical Study

Abstract

Information Resource Management IRM is an approach to newlinemanagement based on the concept that information is a valuable resource that newlinemust be preserved protected controlled and planned The resource is defined newlinevery broadly as any documents in any form The scope of IRM includes newlinedata communication word processing and personal computers as well as newlinetraditional data processing Hence the IRM concept tends to emphasize the newlineorganizational effectiveness of information system resource rather than newlinetechnical sophistication on effectiveness of hardware and software which is newlinevery significant newlineInformation has become a valuable and costly asset which must be newlinetreated with the same management discipline as is currently afforded financial newlineassets human resources material assets and other resources any organization newlineutilized to achieve its aims and in so doing a major shift from preoccupation newlineand focus on the power of technologies to a focus on the power of the newlineinformation content must occur newlineInformation Resource management IRM is the collection and newlinemanagement of information from one or more sources and the distribution of newlinethat information to one or more audiences This sometimes involves those newlinewho have a stake in or a right to that information Management means the newlineorganization and control over the structure processing and delivery of newlineinformation newlineThe study of review of literature is an important aspect of any newlineacademic research The analysis of review of literature enables one to identify newlinethe past trends and the areas of research concentration in the particular branch newlineof knowledge The review of literature enabled the researcher to identify the newlinegaps in the previous study and helped to undertake the present study in a newlinesystematic manner newlineObjectives of the study 1 To analyse the various types of services newlineprovided by the selffinancing engineering college libraries in Tamilnadu 2 newlineTo study the collection development of the selffinancing engineering college newlinelibraries in Tamilnadu 3 newline newline