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The goose quill put an end to talk. It abolished mystery. It was the basic metaphor with which the cycle of civilisation began, the step from the dark into the light of mind. The hand that hardened the clay tablets by baking like bricks created the library. Libraries have undergone a major change in modern times. They have been experiencing technological revolution that goes welt beyond anything that has existed since the invention of printing. Not surprisingly, ...
Libraries deal with the knowledge and the mission of the libraries is the knowledge management. Knowledge can be divided in two categories, tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge. Tacit knowledge is the ‘know-how’ acquired by persons. It is usually intuitive and generally demonstrated in how an individual makes accomplishment in his work, even though this knowledge is not recorded anywhere. But one of the goals of the knowledge management is to make tacit ...
From the preface: "Libraries or as we say library services are equated with information services. Information like entertainment, is something someone else can provide us. It really is a service. If we expect to be entertained, we also like to be informed. But we cannot be knowledged. Each of us must acquire knowledge for ourself. Knowledge comes from within. It comes from the free mind foraging in the rich pastures of the whole-every where-past. The ...
Books, millions of books, are falling apart. A great deal has been written about information explosion and its impact on libraries. Nevertheless, all libraries face difficult challenge of having to choose from the voluminous publishing output both today’s and yesterday’s—which materials to purchase and preserve. The maintenance and care of the physical collection naturally extend the selection criteria to new works to decision on older works in the ...
The book is designed primarily to provide the advanced students in library and information sciencek and the practicing reference librarians with an overview both of the concepts and process behind today’s reference services. Technology has altered all aspects of our lives. It has succeeded in transforming the ways reference librarians interact with users, the ways they collect information and the ways they package information. As the basic link between users ...