Electronic Information Management (EIM) in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Era: An Overview

Abstract

Rapid development in the field of Information Communication Technology (ICT) and speedy access of Internet elevates a universal question in the front of Information scientist and library professionals that how to manage a huge explosion of Electronic Information or Electronic Information Resources. In this “Google” era, users want information swiftly and we library professional cannot be fulfilled their desired information until we don’t follow the Electronic Information Management System. Since, Internet has been shaped information industry in another angle, today millions of electronic information uploaded daily on Internet, so it is prerequisite for every library and information centre that they have to manage electronic information. Subsequently, If any library user or research scholar wants to find a particular information from the “ocean of information” (in the present scenario we can say Internet is the Ocean of electronic information) so that user needs assistance of a library professional to find its desired information if library personnel manage electronic information according to their users requirements. Therefore, this paper aims to describe all over term of “Electronic Information Management” and to show the value of new technology for managing electronic information. Besides, this paper purposes to explore the significance of ICT towards managing the electronic information or electronic resources.