HRM has become an omnipresent buzzword almost in every organization, be it a profit making or non- profit. The book Human Resource Management in Libraries provides a detailed idea of the subject domain Human Resource Management or HRM with a meticulous discussion on the fundamentals of this popular management area like definition, values, objectives, functions, history, research trend, different facets, psychological backdrop, present day picture of HRM, role of the managers, challenges and so on. After drawing a thorough scenario of HRM, the picture of HRM in libraries has also been portrayed. In a nutshell, this book will not merely help the students of library and information science in realizing the condition of human resources and their management in libraries, to the students of management science also this book will uphold the true essence of HRM. Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1 Introduction 2 History of Human Resource Management 3 Philosophies and Theories of Human Resource Management 4 Trends in Human Resource Management Research 5 Psychology in Human Resource Management 6 Human Resource Management in the Digital Era 7 Human Resource Management in Library and Information Centres 8 Conclusion Bibliography About the Author Dr. Ashok Pal is working as Assistant Librarian at Institute of Development Studies Kolkata, (ICSSR recognised social science research institute) and Guest Faculty at Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University. He has did his Ph.D. in Knowledge Organization from Jadavpur University. He has obtained gold medals both in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Library and Information Science. He has also done Masters' in English with first class from University of Calcutta. He has published several articles in refereed journals. He has written three books. His first book is an anthology of poems named The Chorus of the Psyche. His second book is on Webometrics named Application of Webometrics on Modern Information Research and his third book is entitled Children in Dewey Decimal Classification which is on Knowledge Organization. His areas of interests are Knowledge Organization, Human Resource Management and Webometrics. Arindam Sarkar is working as Librarian of Indian Institute of Liver and Digestive Sciences (A Unit of Liver Foundation, WB), Sonarpur, Kolkata-700150. After doing his B.Sc. (Hons.) from University of Calcutta and MLIS (Digital Library) in 2017, securing first class first position from Jadavpur University, he is currently a research scholar at the Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University and his area of research is Knowledge Organization, though he has great interest in scientometrics, bibliometrics, and webometrics. He has published many articles in national and international journals, and conference and seminar proceedings. His first book is on Webometrics named Application of Webometrics on Modern Information Research His email ID is infoarindam83@gmail.com.