It is significant to note that the shift from traditional libraries to the digital is not merely a technological evolution, but requires a change in the paradigm by which people access and interact with information. This book is a veritable mine of information. Certainly, this will serve the purpose of academics as well as professionals in the field.
Documentation is an important activity in the field of library and information science. Information technology has extended new vista for. As has become evident, all the libraries of the future will be digital, having the following salient features--contain all recorded knowledge online; distributed, maintained globally; accessible by: any person, in any language, any time, anywhere on earth, via the Internet; and act as the information resource for the 21 ...
Library automation is the use of automatic and semi-automatic data processing machines to perform such traditional library activities as acquisitions, cataloguing, and circulation, etc. With the development of sophisticated tools and techniques, now library automation has become easy and more accessible. Definitely, the information contained herein will prove equally useful and informative to academics as well as professionals in the field concerned.
As is suggestive from the name of the title, the present volume gives an elaborate and scientific treatment to many vital issues pertaining to modern strategies being adopted in the area of library and information science. A veritable mine of information, this will serve as a reliable reference tool to students, researchers, faculty and professionals in the field of library and information science.