Library & Information Services
KILA Library & Information Division is the centre for collection, organization and dissemination of information, data and knowledge on decentralisation and local governance. It aims to provide right information, to the right users, at the right time, through an array of direct or indirect information services. The precise objective of the library is to acquire all relevant data, information and documents pertaining to the academic activities of the Institute. KILA Library holds books, reports, journals and other documents in print or digital form. It creates and distributes a few cd-rom publications and offer phone-in-service on local governance. The division is engaged in promoting digital archiving technologies in sectors closely related to local governance and has evolved a methodology and manual for digital archiving with free software Winisis, Genisis & Greenstone.
The Library & Information Division brought out many documents and manuals for promoting the use of information technologies to support and to bring about local governance in Kerala, as part of its library extension services.
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