Institutional library reforms are needed to improve ayurveda education, practice and research: Inferences from a case study
| Autor: | Sanjeev Rastogi, Sonam Varma, Sharmishtha Verma, Krishna Gopal Sharma |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Information storage 0211 other engineering and technologies Globe 02 engineering and technology Medical library Educational reforms 03 medical and health sciences Seekers 0302 clinical medicine Political science 021105 building & construction Drug Discovery medicine Miscellaneous systems and treatments Social communication SCONUL survey business.industry RZ409.7-999 Information technology Public relations 030205 complementary & alternative medicine medicine.anatomical_structure Complementary and alternative medicine Discussion Kernel business Ayurveda |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 3, Pp 570-574 (2021) Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine |
| ISSN: | 0975-9476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jaim.2020.10.009 |
| Popis: | Libraries have always been the integral components of the academic institutions world over. Earlier known for housing the spectrum of books permitting their ready access to knowledge seekers, libraries of current age are no more confined spaces with limited functions. With the advancing information technology, the conventional definition of a library is changing to accommodate newer roles and challenges. Twenty-first century academic libraries are extending beyond the walls of their individual institutions and are evolving as open access information spaces, dealing with intelligent sharing through social communication and networking technologies. Despite such massive changes in the information storage and retrieval patterns across the globe, libraries at Ayurveda institutions in India seem by and large unbothered and unaffected. Poor educational and research standards in Ayurveda seem to have direct links with libraries contributing minimally to academic exchange and progress. An SCONUL survey conducted for the first time in any ayurvedic library setting in the country came as an eye opener stating clearly that Ayurveda institutional libraries require a major reform first to bring them at par with other academic libraries and subsequently to evolve them as the nucleus of knowledge fostering. These setups direly need a hand of help to become eligible for contributing what they are really meant to. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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