Current Awareness Service in Library Science
The various types of new documentation and information services are being provided by the library and information center. which is helping in research and development, industrial productivity management, marketing business, etc.
The growth
of many types of publications in the world is increasing day by day, these
publications are being published in different forms.
To provide information service to the growing publications, the Library and Information Center provides a special type of service, these services are called Current Identification Service (CAS) and Selected Broadcast Service (SDI).
CAS (Current Awareness Service)
In the CAS
service, the reader is contacted with the latest information. This service is
important for the reader who wants to know the latest development only in his
specific subject.
According to
Ranganathan - "CAS tries to provide the reader with the latest information
about his specific subject and related topics in an expeditious manner."
According to
Strauss - "The process of selecting information related to the journal,
magazine, report, booklet, etc. is a mixture of topical information
service."
According to
Satyanarayana and Rayadaja - "It is a service that provides all the
information affecting the progress of the researcher's work at the right time
and convenience.
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Characteristics & Features of CAS (Current awareness service)
CAS has the following features:
1. This
service is usually in the form of a publication and tries to draw the attention
of the user towards timely or new information.
2. This
service does not provide any specific answer but gives complete information
about new developments.
3. This
service is not related to anyone subject but is related to the broad topic.
With which the researcher can get information about his subjects of interest as
well as other subjects.
4. This
service strives to provide as soon as possible.
5. This
service can also be in the form of a Bibliography.
Methods of CAS (Current awareness service)
The following are the methods of providing CAS (Current awareness service):
i. Providing
information to the reader through interpreting.
ii. To
convey information by a particular messenger.
iii. Sending
information to those researchers who are unable to come to the library for any
reason.
iv. To
distribute magazines among the members sequentially.
V. To
provide information on new course materials by publishing timely recognition
bulletins.
vi.
Providing information by publishing bibliographies.
vii.
Providing information by creating indexes and abstracts.
viii.
Providing information via computer.
Type of CAS (Current Awareness Service)
1. Contents
of journal service - This type of service is published by the library
publishing center of the library, publishing the tables of the contents of the
journals and providing timely recognition service to the users.
2. Current
awareness list - This type of service is classified subject-wise by classifying
articles published in journals by Mump Documentation Center and publishing
bibliographic lists. With the help of these lists, a timely identification
service is provided.
The example
of the Chemical Titles of the Abstract Service and Current Chemical Papers of
the Chemical Society of the British Chemical Society of Britain is an example
of this.
3. Research
in progress bulletins - In this type of service, a bulletin is issued from time
to time about the progress of research in the same field. This service is
provided in collaboration with research institutes. The US Department of
Agriculture is providing this service.
4. Newspaper
clipping service - Newspaper is the center and source of the latest information
and knowledge. Different types of news are published in a newspaper.
Clippings of
this information is pasted on the entire paper and categorized subject wise,
which are then provided to the user at fixed intervals. Thus, newspaper
clipping is an important service of CAS.
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