Informatics: A Dynamic Discipline with Impact on all Spheres of Human Activity

Authors

  • Mukundan Ramaina

Abstract

The article on ‘informatics’ in Wikipedia gives only a list of subjects that form part of informatics and has no details as of now. The present article attempts to define informatics, survey the subject areas that informatics as a subject encompasses, the role and position of the subjects that integrates into the discipline of informatics, and the emerging fields of specialization under informatics. It is intended to provide an outline of the areas that the journal - Informatics Studies - can cover as well as to give an idea to those who deal with knowledge and information management about the rapidly expanding borderlines of this emerging discipline which remains so close to their profession.

Author Biography

  • Mukundan Ramaina

    Ramina Mukundan:  has Masters in Library and Information science, and Postgraduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking. Has served at Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin Refineries School, Cambridge English School in Kuwait and Gulf University of Science and Technology. Has worked with ILS like KOHA, DSpace, Horizon, Follette System, Alice for windows and Libsys,  Has developed  web blogs and resources for children, and effectively incorporated Web 2.0 in library websites.

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Published

2018-01-19

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2016): Informatics Studies

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