Information Resources and Services in Government Medical College Libraries of U P A Study

Abstract

Information means the communication of newlineknowledge about an event or giving condition or newlinethe spread of knowledge derived from observation, newlineStudy experience or instruction. Information may newlinebe stored in different way such as language, newlinegraphs printed document, magnetic takes, C.D., newlineMicrofilms etc. Today information is considered newlinethe basic resources and every bit of information newlineis an essential as minerals and other natural newlineresources. newlineInformation is of vital importance for the newlinedecision maker to achieve short, immediate and newlinelong term goals, and it has been an essential newlinebasis for progress of civilization and society. newlineIt is now widely recognized as being a vital newlinefactor in the economic and social development of newlinethe people. In fact it has been called a newline13 newlinecommodity of one of the few thing that does not newlinediminish in value in proportion is needed for and newlinehas effect on all aspect of natural like, newlineCultural, social, scientific technological and newlineeducational etc. newline Information is the key resource in our newlinesociety information is amorphous concept, less newlinesusceptible to a precise definition. Yet newlineeveryone has to deal with it in many ways through newlineone s life. Indeed, information has been newlinedescribed as the fifth need of man ranking offer newlineair, water, food and shelter. In-fact, newlineinformation collection, transfer and use are all newlinepervasive and universal activities in all works newlineof life. newlineKnowledge in general and information in newlineparticular become more meaningful when they are newlinetransferred and communicated. From primitive days newlineof civilization to the present day information newlinehas always been an important and vital component newline14 newlineof growth and development of society. In other newlinewords, traditionally, information has been stored newlinein peoples. Mind and it has been updated and newlinemodified through social contact, learning and newlinecommunication. newlineAs society has grown and become more complex, newlinelarger quantities of information has been newlinepublished and disseminated causing an information newlineexplosion. The number of people requiring access newlineto this information has grown dramatically newlinethrou