Managing Academic Libraries : Principles and Practice
Contents: Preface. 1. Principles of academic library service. 2. Future prospects of library. 3. Role of academic librarians. 4. Linking users to information. 5. Intellectual freedom in librarianship. 6. Art and technique of supervision. 7. Library and information professionals. 8. Roles and duties of a librarian. Bibliography. Index.
The libraries are fountain-head of knowledge and form and inseparable part of education. In near future, all high-quality, accumulated knowledge of all formats would be available in digital form on the web. The progress of libraries and information centres LICs depends upon their ability to utilize information knowledge of its staff to serve the user community. The work of S.R. Ranganathan in library science has been organized on a world wide scale. His five laws of library science was accepted by all the leading libraries in the world. If there is no management in library, it will kill the time of readers and library staff. In new information age, the role of academic librarian is to build relationships with all educational factors, and also supporting and advocating them to integrate on information literacy course into curricula. (jacket)
The libraries are fountain-head of knowledge and form and inseparable part of education. In near future, all high-quality, accumulated knowledge of all formats would be available in digital form on the web. The progress of libraries and information centres LICs depends upon their ability to utilize information knowledge of its staff to serve the user community. The work of S.R. Ranganathan in library science has been organized on a world wide scale. His five laws of library science was accepted by all the leading libraries in the world. If there is no management in library, it will kill the time of readers and library staff. In new information age, the role of academic librarian is to build relationships with all educational factors, and also supporting and advocating them to integrate on information literacy course into curricula. (jacket)
