Modern Library Services: Shifting from Print to Virtual

Contents: Preface. I. Use of ICT in libraries: 1. Information architecture: a challenge for library and information Professionals in ICT age/Shabir Ahmad and Khan Khaisar Muneebulla. 2. Attitude of staff towards usage of internet services in the J.T. Mahajan College of Engineering, Faizpur: a study/Yogaraj S. Firke and Govardhan P. Aute. 3. ICT in library services with special references to e-journal and automation/Pushpendra Singh Dohare. 4. Computer literacy skill among Lis professionals in colleges affiliated to North Maharashtra University/Rahul B. Khandare, Shashank S. Sonwane and B.G. Mukhyadal. 5. Role of ICT in women empowerment: an Indian scenario/Seba Khanam and Shazia Khan. 6. ICT in library services/C. Melvin Jebaraj. 7. Evaluation of world wide web and its uses in Libraries/Rajasekhar Gopalasetti. 8. Information technology in libraries/H.A. Karibasappa. 9. Emerging technology on performance of academic librarians/Maya Carvalho e Rodrigues. 10. Reengineering of academic library services through web based library and information services/Ganesh Ramdas Sanap. 11. Re-engineering of academic library system: challenges and opportunity/Ajay Kumar Chaubey. II. Electronic resources in Libraries: 12. A statistical comparison of UGC-info net electronic resource usage in Jamia Millia Islamia/Shehbaz Husain Naqvi. 13. Usage of electronic resource management in the libraries/Jagjit Singh. 14. Use of electronic resources for teaching and research by the faculty members of Mauli College of Engineering, Shegaon: a survey/Shubhangini Y. Akotkar. 15. Electronic resources in University libraries: an overview/Vasantray A. Chauhan. 16. Management of electronic information resources in libraries: A study of electronic resources management system (ERMS)/Ravi Ranjan Kumar. 17. Open educational resources: initiatives in India/Simerjit Kaur. 18. Recorded, uploaded and provide access imparting knowledge through clabil (Central Library of Audio Books in Indian Languages) empowering visually impaired/Tumpa Saha. 19. Traditional library towards modern library/Hema Thakur. 20. Study of resources sharing its phases of development/Reshma K. Ajetrao. 21. Information needs and seeking behavior of faculties of SSBT’s College of Engineering and technology, Bambhori, Jalgaon/Sudhir S. Patil and Anil N. Chikate. 22. ICT in library services with special references to E-Journal and automation/Pushpendra Singh Dohare. III. Soft Skills and Libraries: 23. Soft skills for library and information science/N.M. Barsagade. 24. Skills for librarian in 21st century/Sandeep S. Stturwar. 25. Skills of the academic librarian in present era/Shankpale J.R. 26. Skills for library Professional/Sunil Rajaram Mangle. 27. Changing role of librarians and other LIS Professionals in ICT era/J. Narayana Moorthy. 28. Competencies for the 21st century librarians/B. Lalhlimpurii. IV. Institutional repository: 29. LIS Professionals attitude towards the use and implementation of institutional repositories in India: a survey/G.P. Suresha and K. Srinivasa. 30. Developing institutional repository using dspace/Shazia Khan and Ali Raza. 31. Online computer library center (OCLC) publication repositories/Sachin Yadavrao Vaidya. 32. Information repository open source software: cheapest way for data storage/Chandrakant Satpute. V. Intellectual property rights and copyright: 33. Role of blended librarian in copyright environment: A Sri Lankan perspective/Damayanthi Gunasekera. 34. Intellectual property rights in present scenario/Jagjit Singh. 35. Copyright policies of Indian publishers: a study/Deep Kumar Kirtania. VI. Marketing of library services: 36. Marketing library and information services: which ways and what works?/Giriraj G. Halkar. 37. Marketing of library services using ICT/Ritu Rana. VII. Application of cloud computing in libraries: 38. Applications of cloud computing in libraries/Ashok L. Pathade. 39. Cloud computing: an innovative tool for library services/U. Rekha. 40. Use of cloud computing for re-engineering of academic library/Bhavika D. Modi. VIII. E-Learning and Librarianship: 41. E-Learning and new librarianship/Noorjahan A. Shaikh. 42. E-Learning: challenges and opportunities/C. Velmurugan. IX. Knowledge management in Digital Era: 43. Knowledge management and development of libraries for making digital India/Satya Nand Pandey. 44. Knowledge management in libraries/Rajaram Vaman Kapadi. X. Emerging Technology in Libraries: 45. Use of social networking sites among the students of North Bengal University, West Bengal: a behavioral study/Himanish Roy and Sangita Sarkar. 46. Use of social media networking sites by political science student of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad/Shyamla Chandrakant Yadav. 47. Perception and habit of whatsapp application among College students/Rahul K. Tupe, Sandip B. Khandare and Prashant S. Shirsat. 48. Best library practices: implementations process, resources requirements and outcomes with reference to academics libraries/Hitesh Gopal Brijwasi. XI. Open Source Software: 49. Presence of open source softwares in library and information science domain: an overview/Santanu Das. 50. Open source digital library software’s/Gopnarayan Shilvant Ramesh and Govind D. Adhe. XII. Modern library services: 51. National digital library (NDL): a study/Jaydeep Kumar Raikwar, Barkha S. Ganvir and Vinita D. Pali. 52. Role of E-Shodh-Sindhu in present scenario/Shaveta and Tarsem Lal. 53. Web 2.0 and Web 3.0: A comparative study/Pratibha N. Atram (Singh). 54. Need of leadership development in digital era/Pravin Raosahen Mane. 55. Contemporary issues and innovations in information literacy/Sanjay B. Munavalli. XIII. Miscellaneous: 56. Continent wise analysis of Botany periodicals: a scientometrics study/Chopkar Hemraj D. and V.S. Khaparde. 

Libraries are constantly facing challenges due to technology acceptance and are forced to adapt to it for providing better services. To tune the libraries with the latest developments, modernizing libraries and using electronic information tools and techniques to provide services in digital form has become essential. This fact has brought about a major shift in the responsibilities of librarians and the libraries. They are not only engaged in collection development but are also entrusted provide advanced services and generate financial resources for their respective institutions. This change has become easier in the electronic information era as information is treated as the resource of all resources. Computers and library networks are expected to play an increasingly important role in the libraries for resource sharing and information management. Use of ICT is now treated as an essential technology for libraries.