National Conference of Agricultural Librarians and Users Community-2018

The theme of the National Conference of Agricultural Librarians & Users Community (NCALUC-2018) is carefully preferred as “Re-Engineering of Agricultural Libraries and Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities” because of its importance and relevance to the present global scenario. The editors had to reject some papers which did not fit into the theme and/or ‘not up-to-the-mark’ based on the comments of the peer reviewers, which is inevitable. The papers received from the width and breadth of the country are grouped under the following themes:
 
1. Re-engineering Agricultural Libraries
2. Emerging Library Technologies
3. Open Access Resources in Agriculture
4. Measuring Research Output
5. User Studies in LIS
 
We earnestly hope that this National Conference will create awareness and interest among LIS professionals and policy makers about emerging technologies in agricultural libraries and enable them to upgrade their libraries keeping pace with the technological advancements.
 
We record our sincere thanks to Dr. Rameshwar Singh, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor, Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna, Bihar, who readily agreed to host the National Conference and spared his precious time to write the Foreword for this volume in a short notice.
 
The Editors emphasise that the views expressed in the papers are that of the respective authors only. AALDI and Bihar Animal Sciences University, Patna (Bihar) or the Editors are in no way responsible for the thought content of the articles.
 
Finally, the Editors are thankful to all those who have contributed, supported and encouraged directly or indirectly to make this national event a great success. We hope this volume would be useful to the students, researchers, practicing information professionals, agricultural library staff, policy makers and faculty in Library and Information Science. (jacket)