Librarianship in 21st Century
$80.00
Author: | Edited by H.N. Prasad, Aditya Tripathi, Rajani Mishra and Manoj Kumar Verma |
ISBN 13: | 9788170007982 |
Year: | 2016 |
Subject: | Library and Information Science |
About the Book
The librarianship which involves a number of interrelated functions and activities aims at serving the user population with knowledge and information. The multiple facets of librarianship are greatly influenced by the application of ICT. Acquisition, organization, storage and retrieval techniques have been modified and improved in the light of new technologies. LIS professionals are expected to be well versed with the ICT tools. ICT can help libraries to develop collaborative and participative environment that is necessary to develop user centric library services. The web technology has given libraries the opportunity to offer improved customer driven service to the users. 21st century is witnessing fast technological changes due to which virtual library is soon going to become a reality. Advancement in IT has made online connectivity easier and faster, helping the libraries to share the knowledge resources in real time.