CDROM technology and its role in the teaching curricula of libraries and information science: with reference to the experience of the Central Library of the University of Mosul
Abstract
The CD is one of the information containers from which information is retrieved by a CD player that uses laser beams to read the data. The data is also stored on the disk by means of a laser beam. This disk has taken the place of automatic search and direct search in paper publications, saving effort, time and money. Because the databases of information stored on compact disks, most of them contain software and search strategies similar to the programs of direct automatic search strategies. On this basis, this technology is considered an essential addition in the field of information, and it may also add a good qualitative leap in the field of teaching science in libraries and information and in the field of establishing specialization, as the information bases stored on compact disks provided great opportunities for implementing research strategies and uncovering the sources of that technology. It will have an active role in the future practice of library and information students after their graduation.However, the introduction of any new educational method, especially if it is in the role of development and research, will bring with it many problems and obstacles. This modest study will shed light on those problems and obstacles that will accompany the education process in the library and information departments, accompanied by the hoarded disks, by reviewing the experience of the Central Library, University of Mosul, with students of the Libraries Department at the Technical Institute in Mosul.The study will review the areas of using the disk hoarded in the library and information education curricula that may help in determining the possibilities of using the information databases stored on the hoarded disks in information services and the various activities of technical libraries.