Automated Management of Library Collection

Automation of library operations can very readily be regarded as a way of escape from the pressing problem of everyday life in a library, ordering and cataloguing books, answering awkward reference questions, tracing lost books. Automation will certainly simplify many of these tasks, but it must be built upon a sure foundation of good library practice which, as far as possible, prevents problems from arising. In a changing world, librarians have the resposibility not only to know about the ways in which libraries can use the techniques of automation, but also tobe aware of the changes automation can bring to library service in the near and perhaps the more distant future. This book will be highly informative to professionals, students, scholars, acadicians in the field of library and information science.