Taking Well to Thirsty: Library Toolbar-Changing of the Users Environment into New Environment

摘要

A Well known phrase in Hindi whichudelucidate that the ‘Thirsty needs to go to well,udwell will not come to thirsty’. Toolbar has nowudchanged the scenario in respect that it taking welludto the thirsty. This paradigm shift is due toudadvancement in information and computerudtechnology. The thirsts for the information areudincreasing day-by-day. Information wells areuddeepens rapidly, library resources are increasingudin collection as well as characters and flowingudalong with the technology. Library andudInformation Centers adopting variousudmethodology for collection building, from printudmedia to digital collection, from individualudsubscription to consortia based collaboration inudorder to saving budget, library automation forudresource management, Web 2.0 technology forudinformation literacy and user education and otherudtools and technology such as audio visualudmethods, forum, emails, list-serves, and manyudmore lists are added up during the time for ‘saveudthe time of reader’, what S R Rangnathan’sudphilosophy reveal. Library services are fading outudof sight for most user groups and how these usersudand their expectations have changed, without usudrealizing. It contains a strong plea for a focusudshift for librarians, a focus into the environmentsudwhere the users are, instead of expecting them toudcome to us, or our resources. Exploration of alludrelevant user environments for your organization,udthe use of new web-based technologies with Webud2.0 elements and certainly a more structuraludtechnical re-design of library information systemsudis required to deliver library services andudresources at the place of need. A simple shorttermudsolution like a Quick-Search LibraryudToolbar is explained here as a tool for takingudlibrary to user. This paper will discuss theudTechnology, Methodology and Usability and1udmultitasking nature of Library Toolbars forudenhanced search methodology. This will alsouddiscuss how toolbar can be helpful in gettingudlatest information about the happenings aroundudthe globe, latest availability of resources in theudlibrary, email check with single click and how theudlibrary toolbar has been adopted at authorsudinstitution for better user education andudinformation communication. The paper concludesudwith the remarks for research on more tools likeudlibrary toolbar for enhancing library activity foruduser unreached.