E-learning through information communication technologies (ICTs)

Information and Communication Technology (ICT), often used interchangeably with Information Technology (IT), encompasses methods and techniques for automated information handling and retrieval, including computers, telecommunications, and office systems. It not only encompasses business data, conversations, still images, video, and multimedia. IT sector will probably continue to expand into other professions and fundamentally affect the operations of library and information services. The application of ICT to library operations has made feasibility for electronic cataloguing and online reference services, along with other library operations, such as digital information, online access and file transfer, networking and sharing of information resources.