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The National Knowledge Commission is a high-level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, with the objective of transforming India into a knowledge society. The ability of a nation to use and create knowledge capital determines its capacity to empower and enable its citizens by increasing human capabilities.  In the next few decades, India will have the largest set of young people in the world. Following a knowledge-oriented paradigm of development would enable India to leverage this demographic advantage. In the words of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh,  " The time has come to create a second wave of institution building and of excellence in the field of education ,  research and capability building so that we are better prepared for the 21st century ." With this broad task in mind, the National Knowledge Commission (NKC) was constituted on 13th June 2005 under the Chairmanship of Mr. Sam Pitroda with a time-frame of three years, from 2nd October 2005 to 2nd Octo...

"Library 2.0" is a term coined by Michael Casey in his personal blog   LibraryCrunch in September 2005. The concept of Library 2.0 is borrowed from that of Web 2.0 and follows some of the same underlying philosophies. When Web 2.0 applications are combined with library services, it is transformed into Library 2.0 as the application of interactive, collaborative and multimedia-based technology for library services and collection. Library 2.0 can be defined as "a model for a modernised form of library service that reflects a transition within the library world in the way services are delivered to users" (Wikipedia, 2011). In Library 2.0, library services are constantly updated and re-evaluated to serve library users best. It also attempts to harness the library user in the design and implementation of library services by encouraging feedback and participation. Tools and Techniques Tools and techniques of Library 2.0 can be categorised as: Synchronous Communi...

The Web was created in 1989 by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research) in Geneva, Switzerland. Since then, Berners-Lee has played an active role in guiding the development of web standards and in recent years has advocated his vision of Semantic web. Web 1.0 First, let's start with Web 1.0. Web 1.0 refers to the first stage of the World Wide Web evolution. When the web was created initially, it did not have features and facilities for users to interact. It began as a platform for businesses and organizations to broadcast information to the people. In Web 1.0 environment, users read what others wrote. Features of Web 1.0 sites: 1.     Includes static pages; 2.     Content is served from the server's file-system. 3.     Server Side Includes or Common Gateway Interface (CGI) were used to build pages. 4.     Frames and Tables used to position and align the elements on a pa...