Applications of Modern Tools and Technology in Library Services

Contents: 1. Radio frequency identification: a useful technology for libraries/Manmeet Kour and Yogesh P. Surwade. 2. Mobile technology and its application in library services/Subhodip Das. 3. Role of cloud computing in academic library services/Shaini Gopinath A. 4. Cloud computing: new dimensions to library services/Darshana P. Wade. 5. Application of social networking sites for library services/Sidlingappa M. Huded and Aditya Ranjan. 6. Blog: powerful tool for promoting library services/Rahul B. Khandare, Shashank S. Sonwane and B.G. Mukhyadal. 7. Altmetrics: rethinking the way we measure/M. Muthu, A.V. Selvavinayagam and K. Nithyanandam. 8. Knowledge management and its three pillars/Dipak Krushnarao Balekar. 9. Re-engineering of academic library services in digital age/Brundaban Nahak. 10. Focus on quality assurance in library management and services/Jitendra Nath Pathak. 11. Role of different types of e-resources in academic libraries: an overview/Mehrab Ahmad Khan. 12. An outlook on digital preservation: systems and strategies/Kavitha J.R. and B. Mini Devi. 13. Digital libraries: a cultural understanding/Nabila Saikh and Ali Akbar Petiwala. 14. ICT Application and web-based administrations in library and information science/V. Senthur Velmurugan. 15. Contemporary knowledge management in academic libraries: strategies and its implementation/Sanchayita Dey. 16. Library automation software used in Indian libraries: a special references to commercial library automation software/Md. Zubair Ahmad and Gorantla Siva Prasad. 17.  A comparative study of open source software and proprietary software in libraries/Amit Kumar Rahi. 18. Digital libraries, digital repositories, digital copyright: overview, challenges and solutions in technology era/Wasim Rahaman. 19 Marketing of library and information service in digital environment: a challenge to LIS workforce/Shabir Ahmad and Khan Khaisar Muneebulla. 20. Collection development and library services in public libraries: a case study of Tripura/Manoj Kumar Sinha and Saumen Datta. 21 INFLIBNET: A boon to libraries/Shaveta. 22. An overview of digital libraries software: with special reference to open sources software/Surendra Kumar Pal and R.K. Mahapatra. 23. Mobile technology in libraries/Nisha Kumari. 24. Modern tools and technology in preparation and use of cataloguing in special libraries of IIE, IIBM, NIPCCD, NIRD (NERC), AIRTSC in Guwahati/Dersin Daimari. 25. Use of QR code in library/Lambodara Parabhoi, Nivedita Bhattacharjya and Rupashree Dhar. 26. Modern web-based services in libraries/Sandeep S. Pradhan. 27. Social networking as recruitment possibility: cutting edge advertising for library professionals/Susmita Das and Sumita Das. 28 Transformation of libraries as 2.0: a changing landscape/Ritu Nagpal. 29. Role of online journals and library consortia on research: with special reference to N-LIST Programme of INFLIBNET/Tapan Barui and Suparna Naskar Barui. 30. Concept of copyright law in libraries/Shrinivas M. Athalye and Madhukar Shewale. 31. Re-engineering of J.C. College of law in digital environment: a case study/R. Perumal. 32 Cloud computing and its applications in library services/Indra Dubey. 33. World wide web with emerging technologies: web 2.0, web 3.0, web 4.0 and its applications/Amit Kumar Verma and Karan Kumar. 34. Competency and challenges of 21st century library professionals/K.T. Jayalatha. 35. Application of ICT in College Libraries in Siliguri subdivision: an evaluative study/Tumpa Saha. 36. Changing perspective on India’s higher education and its implication for development of libraries/Mukesh Kumar Jha and Chandralekha Singh. 37. RFID technology in library and information centres: the need of the hour in modern information paradigms/Basanta Kumar Das and Sanjay Kumar Karn.

Libraries are playing a prominent role in academic and social life of every human being from ancient days. Library services are major tools for conducting research in research institutions, universities and technical Institutions in India. To provide better service to our researchers, we need to implement various new tools and technologies in libraries which is penetrating in every day of life though the ICT Application. Of course application of Modern Tools & Technologies in libraries will accelerate the impact of library services towards our library users. Still there is a great opportunity in higher education libraries to adapt these technologies to manage their print and online resources and intellectual or scholarly assets of an organization and provide better services to its user community. 

This book is intended for library professionals, knowledge managers, students and other communities planning to implement these modern tools & technology aspects in libraries. As all library professionals know that managing of resources and providing the effective services is great challenge in present days. But there are various tools and technology for managing the print and online resources in library like Automation Software - Koha, Evergreen SOUL LibSys; Digitization Software - DSpace GSDL ABCD; Content Management Systems - Drupal Joomla; E-books Management -Calibri; Online Journals -CORAL, RFID; Web-Scale Discovery Services - EBSCO, VuFind, etc., which will enhance the impact of library towards its users and making comforts for working professional. 

The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in the field of Library and Information Science. It will also aid as guide to professionals working that includes Librarians, Executives/Officers in Libraries, Information Scientist Knowledge Managers, Consultants, IT Specialists, Trainers, Students, Research Scholars and other library communities caters who are planning to adopt and implement these new tools and technologies in libraries.