This book provides an introduction to library administration and management. An overview of library science is given highlighting the archival and informatics aspects. Major elements and steps in library administration and management are discussed. Focus lies on preservation and digital information infrastructure. Select library and information scientists are described as case studies. Main functions involved in library administration and management are presented.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Purushotham Tiwari
Purushotham Tiwari, a well-known library and information scientist, is working as a professor of library and information science since 2000. His teaching areas cover information science; library automation, electronic information management and copyright issues. His research interests are based around knowledge management, citation studies, electronic information, digital library issues and the development of electronic publishing and electronic libraries. He has been a member in the editorial board of many scholarly publications. He also serves as a consultant to commercial organisations, database producers, academic institutions, libraries and government departments on market research, national information policies, business development, copyright, licences, data protection and database design.
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