Redefining Academic Libraries in the Knowledge Society: Festschrift Volume in Honour of M Ayub

Dr. M. Bavakutty, a very senior library professional in India, was formerly the University Librarian, Professor and Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University fo Calicut and the Dean, Faculty of Humanities. He is the author of six books and more than one hundred professional research papers published in professional journals and presented in international and national seminars/conferences. He organized six national seminars/conferences, including the 42nd All India Library Conference of Indian Library Association in 1996 and several training programmes at University of Calicut. He was Library Consultant for a Japanese project on Hills Area Development.