Information Management: Trends and Issues

The present volume deals with the various aspects of Information Management. The Festschrift includes 89 papers presented in twelve sections. Section I deals with general considerations of Information Management such as Education for Information Professionals, Scenario Management, Information Management in Archives and Museums, TQM, ISO Standards, Operations Research, role of Bibliometrics in Information Management. Section II deals with issues in Library Management such as Managing Change, Collection Development, Motivational Dynamics, financial Management, Cost-Effectiveness and Cost benefit Analysis and Planning. Section III discusses the various issues on Information Society like technological, socio-cultural and economic dynamics, Gateway Library, IPR, Cyber Crimes, Vandalism in Libraries, and the Status of Public Libraries and School Libraries. Section IV explores various aspects of Knowledge/Content Management with particular reference to Human Resources, Banking and Financial sectors, Consortia Approach and E-mails Records Management. Section V describes Data Mining with emphasis on Text Mining Software, Metadata aspects and Application of Data Mining in Libraries. Section VI discusses issues in Information Storage and Retrieval such as Depth Classification, Multilingual Thesauri, Newspaper Indexing, CD ROM Storage Media, Search Engines, Web-based IR Interfaces, and Rural Information System. Section VII is on Database Management Systems, Design and Development of Databases, and role of Expert System in Library and Information System. Section VIII covers issues in the Information Analysis, Consolidation and Repackaging such as Abstracting, Technical Writing and Preparation of Review Articles. Section IX discusses Information Marketing in a library environment. Section X explores the various Implications of IT on Information Management in Academic Libraries, use of IT, Internet use, user’s assessment on IT applications and problems in the digitization. Section XI covers issues on Digital, Electronic and Virtual Libraries, Selection of Materials for Digitization, and Impact of Digitization on LIS professionals. Section XII provides a brief profile of Professor Seetharama, Scientometric studies on Prof. SS, and Felicitations by his admirers, colleagues and students. It also covers a report on the Felicitation Function organized at Aurangabad.