Book lovers, writers and library professionals are apprehensive because of doomsters forecasts like death knell of libraries, epilogue of library profession and expiration of paper society. History of last five thousand years exhibit there was always acceptance to new formats and configuration in the libraries by the readers, scholars and library professionals. In the present age of incessant Tsunami of information, the libraries and professionals are moving with ...
Essentials of Information Literacy and E-Information Literacy for Information Seekers
The book ‘Essentials of Information Literacy and E-Information Literacy for Information Seekers’ integrates the essentials of information handling skills/techniques of information literacy and e-information literacy in the present digital era by highlighting on aspects like measuring tools of information literacy skills, practices/methods tailored by library and information centers in enhancing information literacy/e-information literacy skills, ...
The theme of the book “Re-Envisaging Knowledge Resource Centers: Roles and Responsibilities” is chosen because of its importance and relevance to the present global scenario. Libraries are at a turning point. As technology rapidly transforms the way we access information, and resources are increasingly available online and in digital formats, the established role of the library as a physical space housing racks of books is looking increasingly out of ...
Research Methods For Library Science Professionals
This book is significant in many ways because it describes various important aspects of research methods such as sampling, various methods and techniques of data collection, processing and analysis of data, statistical analysis and interpretation of data, hypothesis and testing the hypothesis, interpretation of data and writing research report, computer application: its role in research, etc. In this book “Research Method for Library Science ...
The Roses and The Thorns in The Career of an Information Scientist: A Managerial Insight
This text is a collection of experiences, thoughts and reflections drawn from the working life of the author in the domain of library and information service, and teaching management science in different capacities over a period of three decades. If sweet experiences are like roses, the bad experiences are thorns. The treatise covers the topics: developing positive work culture; recruitment and performance review; projects, operations and accountability; ...
The book “Automation of Integrated Library Operations: A How to do Manual” deals with all the current aspects of automation and the issue that need to be addressed while implementing automation in their respective libraries. The library automated systems those support in house operations, users as well as management information needs through conventional operations such as acquisition, cataloguing serials, circulations modules are dealt in detail ...
This book is presented with a motive developing a complete solution for enabling librarians and information professionals to convert print of documents in digital form. If we analyze the recent trend in information profession, we shall find a growing need of creating digital versions of manuscripts, rare books, theses and dissertations etc. available in print form in various libraries and information centres. Most of the professionals are involving themselves in ...
Cataloguing in The New Era: Gazing Through the Bodleian Catalogues to RDA
Library cataloguing is at a crossroads due to the introduction of the newly developed cataloguing code RDA. Conversion of library catalogues from AACR2 to RDA has become a huge burden for library and information centers. This book brings together almost all the descriptive cataloguing codes of modern era to evaluate RDA, and it suggests alternate ways of implementation the new cataloguing standard if required. A thorough and comparative study of AACR2 and RDA has ...
Library is a collection of various types of materials in different forms and formats containing and generating lots of data, library is a system that consists of inter-dependent and interrelated sub-systems that generate huge amounts of data and share the common data within the system and across the systems.The back end relational database management systems (RDBMS) are effective in organizing the data in standard formats avoiding data redundancy and thereby ...
Digital library is a special library with a focused collection of digital objects that can include: text, visual material, audio material, video material, stored as electronic media formats, along with means for organizing, storing, and retrieving the files and media contained in the library collection. Digital libraries can vary immensely in size and scope, and can be maintained by individuals, organizations, or affiliated with established physical library ...
Essentials of Library Management and Administration
This book is grounded in the theoretical and practical aspects of leadership and management in library science education, library practice, and library administration. It will help new learners to get acquainted with the basic knowledge of leadership and management, which can be applied in the practical aspects of library education and management. Concepts are explained in a simple and comprehensive manner to develop a foundation for new library professionals. ...
Information Landscapes: A Scenario: Dr. PSG Kumar Festchrift
The present work “Information Landscapes: A Scenario” is a festschrift volume in honour of Dr. PSG Kumar on his 71st Birthday. A festschrift volume committee has been formed with Dr. K B Kale University Librarian as Chairman and Dr. ShaliniLihitkar, Asst. Professor, DLIS, RTM Nagpur University as convener; and several of his students, friends and admirers as members. Dr. PSG Kumar - a savant of librarianship; a scintillating star on the library ...
Managing Library in Electronic Era: Principles and Practice
Libraries have been repositories of knowledge since ancient times. Nowadays libraries and information services are getting transformed by the increasing availability of electronic information. The management of information resources in libraries is of greater importance in the digital world. Libraries are entrusted with the task of being the providers of information and should posses updated skills to make available the organized access to worth while information ...
Modern Library Services: Shifting from Print to Virtual
Libraries are constantly facing challenges due to technology acceptance and are forced to adapt to it for providing better services. To tune the libraries with the latest developments, modernizing libraries and using electronic information tools and techniques to provide services in digital form has become essential. This fact has brought about a major shift in the responsibilities of librarians and the libraries. They are not only engaged in collection ...
