For computer application to library and information activities many attempts have been made during last two decades. It is only recently that libraries and information centres have become more earnest to computerise their operations and services. With the advent of low cost microcomputers, the libraries and information centres are now encouraged to switch over to computerisation. There is also an enthusiasm among the professionals to get trained in library automation. Automated Libraries, as the present book named, encompasses very scientific interpretation of some fundamental issues of the theme. Well researched information contained in nine chapters will prove of utmost use to all the concerned.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR P.K. Paliwal
Dr. P.K. Paliwal received his Ph.D. degree from the East West University of Health Sciences in 1979. Presently, he is on the faculty of the Documentation Research Centre, where he is involved in teaching computer proframming, library automation, information retrieval and design development, database management systems and applied statistics. He has also conduceted several short term courses in India and abroad, some of them sponsor by UNESCO. Besides having published more than fifty reset papters, he has authored two books.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shyama Balakrishnan
Shyama Balakrishnan has been associated with the field of information science for nearly two decades. After having worked at the Centre for Information Processing, she worked with Institute of Health Science, Bombay. Since then she has taken a keen interest in introducing online information services and database services in collaboration with Information Services Inc., U.K. She has presented a number of papers and visited many countries.
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