Library and Information Technology

The impact of the new technology on every facet of information handling. The advent of digital computer has opened up new possibilities in information management, and it is likely to change the information infrastructure by merging itself with other related technologies. The increasing use of computer systems for the control of management of information has important implications for our thinking about information. And this information processing, storage, and dissemination with the aid of computer is probably called the information technology. In India computers have already invaded the library and information field, and some of the libraries in the special research organizations have introduced computer systems to automate some of their functions. These functions include book ordering and acquisition, cataloguing, serial control, circulation, generation and publication of bibliographies, indexes, and other documentation lists etc. This book has been prepared keeping in mind the need of librarians, IT professionals, students and persons associated with library.