Challenges Before Library and Information Science in New Millennium

This book is a result of collection of research articles written by various well known professionals in the field of library and information science. There was a time when libraries were considered store house of knowledge. By 20 century with rigorous efforts of the library professionals, libraries have been transformed into information centres. Therefore, the storage of information and its retrieval to facilitate dissemination of knowledge to its clientele has became a challenging job. New technologies are being adopted in the field of library and information science, information gathering has become easy. Through this publication the editors have tried to update library professionals to face the challenges which lay ahead for them in the new millennium. The articles cover various technical aspects of library and information science, information technology and application of information technology. Hopefully this work will be useful to library science teachers, research scholars and library professionals.