Issues and Initiatives of Librarianship

With the rise of modern technology, the logistics of the workplace changed forever, new rules were needed to govern behaviour, and to develop procedures for librarians on the front lines of the information age. To meet the challenges of the digital age, librarians have to concentrate on the client expectations, electronics and print information, new skill development and standard hardware. Moreover, they should be more conscious about paradigm shifts from paper to electronic, national to global, and monopolistic to more competitive. This book endeavours to give an overview of the most profound dilemmas faced by libraries and librarians of the digital age. The significance and purpose of librarianship are clearly narrated. Practising librarians, students and teachers of library science will find this work of utmost use.