International Journal of Information Science and Computing

  • Year: 2017
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

Eco Friendly Information Services for Better Societies: Trends and Possibilities

1Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India

2Vice Chancellor, Raiganj University, Raiganj, West Bengal, India

3Professor, Department of Computer Engineering, SRM University, Kattankulathar, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Information is one of the valuable assets these days for several reasons. Information is needed in almost all the organizations and institutions regardless of type. Initially Information Service was mainly provided by the information foundation such as information centre, documentation centre, data centre, libraries, information kiosk with short range services and long range services. Though, later on the need of information create a separate information zone in other organization and hence, in general information foundation and organizational information unit computing is a major tool and thus the question of eco-friendly computing services are evolved; and later on and most recently Green Information Services. This paper talks about Green and Eco-friendly Information Services and need of such services including strategy and policy to offer such services.

Keywords

Green computing, green technology, eco-friendly services, carbon emission, green house gas, CFC, global warming, information services, information services, e-waste, eco-documentation