Recent Trends in Libary Science

Contents: Preface. 1. Five laws of Library Science and modern digital library concepts. 2. Metadata: data about data in digital library environment. 3. Citation techniques of Internet information: a study. 4. E-Learning and its prospects. 5. Career in library and information science. 6. Conservation of library materials. 6. Conservation of library materials. 7. Establishing of consortium among the academic libraries. 8. Copy rights and digital rights. 9. Research methodology. 10. Data and scaling techniques. 11. Multimedia communication growth. 12. Preservation education and awareness for library users. 13. Impact of the efficacy of human resource. 14. User needs in the modern library a study. 15. Relationship marketing in the information service sector. 16. Challenges for librarianship. Index.

"The digitalization and digital library have evoked a wide range of responses among the people who have interest in digital information. In the past fifteen years, the development occurred in digital information world, have a significant impact on digital resources. The information world has already switched from the conventional print to the digital resources. The degree of the digital impact in the information world depends on our geographical location.

This book with sixteen chapters focuses on recent developments in the library information science." (jacket)