期刊名称：DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
电子版ISSN：0976-4658
出版年度：1999
卷号：19
期号：1
DOI：10.14429/djlit.19.1.3457
语种：English
出版社：DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence, India
摘要：Community information (CI) is an umbrella concept. It can be described as 'survival information’; hence the scope of CI will be proportionate to the numerous ways and means of survival of the members of the community. There is a need for controlling and institutionalisation of CI services. 'Information Supermarkets' in the context (3f CI which could be called as 'CI Supermarkets' (CISMs). This would ensure the availability of CI at 'one stop' information supermarkets to suit the information seeking behaviour of the modern customers. The paper discusses the need for information supermarkets in general and the ClSM in particular, describing the nature and scope of CI. It briefly presents the important features of CISMs. The author opines that, with the emergence of Internet and Intranets, the concept of CISM will be a reality in near future.http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dbit.19.1.3457
关键词：Information supermarkets; Community information service; Community information
