Agricultural Librarianship is a well-established and fast expanding are in library and information science. Keeping this in mind, an elective paper is suggested at Master of Library and Information science in the UGC Model Curriculum, 2002. This book is written with an orientation to the curriculum requirements of teachers and students, as well as professional tiding of practicing agricultural librarians. Gives an overview of origin and growth of agriculture and agricultural research in India; agricultural libraries and their types. A full account of information sources and services in agriculture with special reference to India is given. Gives a detailed account of services provided to teachers, researchers and agriculturists, special emphasis is given on information diffusion process and agencies in agriculture. National and international information systems operational in India are described in detail. A fair account of agricultural librarianship profession in India and its development is given. This book will prove useful to students of library science and practicing agricultural librarians in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P S G Kumar
Dr P S G Kumar is a prolific writer in the field of library and information science. He wrote about 70 books and 142 papers which include Indian Library Chronology (2 editions); Indian Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (23 volumes); Kumar’s Curriculum Series (16 volumes); and Library in India Series (10 volumes); etc. He has a distinguished first class career from BSc (Ag) to MLibSc. He earned doctorate from Gulbarga University. He was associated and also headed several national and international bodies like Indian Library Association (ILA); Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) for 12 years; Joint Council of Library Association in India (JOCLAI); Library Association of SAARC countries (LASAARC) (one term of two Years); Good Offices Committee (GOC); Vidarbha Academic Library Association (VALA)n for 4 years; and Council Member of IASLIC for two terms; etc. Friends, students and admirers instituted Dr P S G Kumar Oration on Library and Information Science (with RTM Nagpur University); Dr P S G Kumar Life-Time Achievement Award (with ILA); and Dr P S G Kumar Library Foundation at Nagpur which is sponsoring Mahiti Yug (Information Age), a quarterly journal in Marathi; and Information Age in English.
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