Encyclopaedia of Library and Information Management, Vol. I-VIII

Contents: Vol. I. Librarians Manual: Preface. 1. Librarianship: a profession at a crossroad. 2. Collection development policies. 3. Selection process in practice. 4. Acquisitions. 5. Deselection. 6. Development of effective school library services. 7. Information management and collection development. 8. Developing information services. 9. Librarianship and culture: the contextual reality. 10. Librarianship and technology. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. II. Digital Library Development: Preface. 1. What is a digital library? 2. Relationship knowledge. 3. General concepts of digital libraries and information retrieval. 4. Building infrastructures for digital libraries. 5. Principles for digital library development. 6. Integrating harvesting into digital library content. 7. Providing social interaction in the digital library. 8. The people in digital libraries: multifaceted approaches to assessing needs and impacts. 9. Knowledge organisation systems: an overview. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. III. Cataloguing Services: Preface. 1. Cataloguing technologies. 2. Online catalogues. 3. Model of collections and their catalogues. 4. User catalogues. 5. Analytical cataloguing. 6. Usage data for online catalogues. 7. Groundwork for OPAC design. 8. Rules for the compilation of the catalogue. 9. Examining a library Dilemma. 10. The WLN cataloguing services. Index.

Vol. IV. Some Perspectives of Integrated Library Systems: Preface. 1. The evolution of system and enabling technology. 2. Library Information Systems and Information Technology. 3. Planning for library systems. 4. Designing the system. 5. Evaluating proposals and selecting a system. 6. System selection and implementation. 7. Managing library information systems. 8. Presenting the system. 9. Usability of systems. 10. Putting your system into place. 11. Strategies for implementation. 12. Design of integrated library systems. 13. Planning for the future. Bibliography. Index.

Vo. V. Serial Management in the Twenty-First Century: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Electronic serials. 3. Collection management of serials. 4. Collection management functions. 5. Serial subscription information. 6. Serials processing in libraries. 7. Compilation of union catalogue of serials. 8. Barcoding your collection. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. VI. The Future of Libraries: Preface. 1. Information technology. 2. The technologically Agile Library. 3. Multimedia library and online catalogues. 4. Audiovisual materials. 5. The emerging virtual library. 6. Networking and the future of libraries. 7. Digital libraries. Index.

Vol. VII. Library Management and Planning: Preface. 1. Librarianship and the philosophy of information. 2. Planning for development. 3. The Agile organisation for libraries. 4. Managing change. 5. Managing the catalogue department. 6. Managing classification. 7. Adapting new technologies to connect people with information. 8. Users: their impact on planning the Agile library. 9. How to meet the challenges of tomorrow. 10. Protecting the collection. Bibliography. Index.

Vol. VIII. Elements of Library Classification: Preface. 1. Classification guidelines. 2. Position classification standard for librarian series, GS-1410. 3. The need for classification. 4. The variety of classification: systems and structures. 5. The classification scheme: internal structure. 6. Classification scheme application. 7. A library of components for classification problem solving. 8. Dewey decimal classifications and online cataloguing. 9. The LCC classification. 10. Universal decimal classification I: General properties and basic number building. 11. Universal decimal classification 2: auxiliary tables. 12. Colon classification system. Index.

"The present era is very significant and crucial due to unprecedented expansion of Universe of Knowledge at all levels and advancements in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabling to access to information worldwide and in turn this has become a real challenge for library professionals.

Keeping in view of emerging challenges in Library and Information Science, the present publication is being brought out to meet the diverse needs of LIS professionals on latest trends, developments and innovations taking place in digital environment.

The aim of multi-volume Encyclopaedia of Library Science in New Millennium is to encapsulate up-to-date information on the topics covered on different aspects of LIS education and library services rendered by the library to the community in present scenario." (jacket)