Libraries are effected by changes taking place in the society. The change is reflected in their services, practices and techniques of information management. The last two decades witnessed adoption of a record number of new terms for library and information related activities as influenced by the application of computers and advent of internet. The Glossary has been compiled for students of library and information science, working librarians and information professionals with the intension to provide them traditional as well as latest terms which should be useful for them at every stage of their career from students’ life to management positions.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Amjad Ali
Amjad Ali (Ph.D. in Library and Information Science) started his career from Doordarshan (India Television) in 1982. He was appointed founding Librarian of the prestigious Mass Communication Research Centre at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi in 1983, where he served as In-charge, Library Resource and Documentation Unit for over a decade. He was also appointed Academic Counselor with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for Bachelor of Library and Information Science course. In 1993, he joined Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh as Deputy Librarian, where he still continues. In the meanwhile, he has been on a foreign assignment as Information Specialist with King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Amjad Ali has to his credit, four books and over 30 research papers on application of IT in academic libraries, which have been published in leading journals of Library and Information Science. Presently, he is a Council Member of the Indian Library Association and also the Chairman of its Sectional Committee on Oriental Libraries.
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