Fundamentals of Library Science

Library  Science deals  with maintenance and arrangements of books. Although Library Science is a new discipline, the conception of reduplication on the basis of printing techniques goes back to Indus Valley Civilization. Many an ancient Indian classic are now available on \'Bhojapatra\', which could not be possible, without an effort of maintenance.

Modern practices of maintaining books have become complex. Evolution of printing press made it possible to produce more and more books. A librarian has to deal with a number of jobs procurement of books, categorisation and cataloguing, etc. He has to maintain a file of reference, periodical section and record of new arrivals. The art of cataloguing relates to both catalogues and bibliographies. It is the art of describing and listing material in such a way as to make it as easy as possible to discover the nature and extent of what is available and if appropriate, where this material may be located or obtained from. With the advent of computer and development of information technology, the task of a librarian has become easier. Even books are now kept in digital form. Huge shelves and big buildings prove to be useless. Through an internet, a huge library is now available on computer screen.