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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. The 7th Edition of the Colon Classification brings in many more changes than ever contained in any previous revision of this world famous classification system manifold increase in the number of basic subjects recognition of the three varieties of the category matter use of at least five new notational symbols and introduction of many new basic concepts have all ushered in many complexities in the system. The book in hand aims to explain the number building techniques the grammar of the CC 7. Chosen titles are simple. Aim is to cater to the needs of the students and teachers. Though the new edition could be best under stood in light of the CC 6 yet this cookbook on CC 7 presumes not much knowledge of its previous edition. Thus this expository book on CC 7 could be used by the beginners with equal loss and profit. Hope this book contributes its modest share to perpetuate the working knowledge of Indias pride the Colon Classification. 236 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. This book is a continuation of practical cataloguing aspects using CCC covering the specific aspects relating subject heading corporate bodies uniform titles motion pictures serial publications pseudonyms and editorial works. 318 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Contents: Introduction. 1. Professional library manpower development : a survey/T. Mohana Kumar. 2. Reading habit among women : a study/S.S. Jagnayak. 3. Space planning of special libraries : a case study of prominent libraries/K. Minimol. 4. Industrial and technological information centre for small scale sector/V. Sivaraman. 5. Growth of knowledge in humanities: a bibliometric study/P. Anu Soman. 6. Research on Dravidian linguistics: a bibliometric study/K. Balachandran. 7. Journal of knowledge organization: a bibliometric study and content analysis/Bindu Kamalan. 8. Library and information science resources: a webometric study/ Bindu P. Nair. 9. Botanical research : a scientometric study of the doctoral dissertations/Lal Kumar. 10. Research productivity analysis using econlit database/K.K. Khatri. 11. Publications of Kerala Sahitya Academy : a bibliometric analysis/T.K. Priya. 12. Scientific productivity of scientists/P.K. Preman. 13. Multimedia: a bibliometric study/V.S. Saiga. 14. Research in economics: a bibliometric study/Sheeja Williams. 15. Comparative evaluation of performance of Libsoft and Alice for Windows/A. Sandhya. 16. Application of Information Technology (IT) in the local governance and decentralised planning/Honey Chirayath. 17. Literary awards in Malayalam: a survey and analysis/M. Indulekha. Bibliography. Index. "A compendium of selected research studies conducted in various Library Schools in Indian Universities. The subjects such as professional development, reading habits of women, space planning in libraries, 216 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Reprint. Contents Preface. Speeches at the inaugural function Welcome address by A Neelameghan. Inaugural address by K. Guru Dutt. Lectures by Pauline Atherton Introduction. 1. Books are for use how to see to it. 2. Every reader his book how to know the reader in search of his book. 3. Every book its reader how every book be found by its reader. 4. Save the time of the reader a plea for united action. 5. A library is a growing organism. Genesis of the five laws of library science. End matter Bibliographical references. Index by Maya Bhattacharyya. Professor Pauline Atherton who came to be known to Indian librarians through her scholarly review of Dr. Ranganathan's classified catalogue code in the American periodical library resources and technical services interprets in this book Ranganathan's five laws of library science in a comprehensive and a scientific way. She also deals with such important topics as library education library use system evaluation and improvements in the principles and practices of cataloguing and classification based on assistance from computers and empirical research. The book also discusses the application of the five laws in library and information work and reviews critically the prevailing cataloguing practices. It also provides the information on the emergence of the five laws. 158 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Reprint. Contents 1. Evolution of classification. 2. Library classification an artificial language. 3. Library Classification and social forces. 4. Library classification as a transformation and its limitations. 5. Library classification and its symbiosis with library catalogue. 6. Capacity of library classification. 7. Increasing of dimensions and optional facets. 8. Organisation for research in library classification. Index. 133 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. Librarianship in India. 2. The interface. 3. Facilitation. 4. Reference service. 5. Extension service. 6. Acquisition of resources. 7. Classification. 8. Cataloguing. 9. Managerial duties. Appendices i. A few useful internet sites. ii. A brief history of the catalogue. References. Index. In this book the author points out that consequent upon the emergence of diverse types of libraries the school college university special adult public and juvenile public libraries the librarian today may be called upon to manage any of these categories of libraries. Although all these are concerned with dissemination of information the function of the librarian differs from category to category to category in accordance with the requirements of the clientele of each of these types. He is thus a multifaceted professional person. The librarian therefore is not just a manager of libraries as he had been hitherto. He is an educator facilitator appraiser mentor confidant guide and above all a social worker. Of course to carry out these tasks he ought to be an exert in library techniques like classification cataloguing and preparation of bibliography to which has to be added information science a new technique that has been introduced recently to enhance the efficacy of library service. The author discusses in detail what the librarian is expected to do in each of these capacities. This book therefore is a must not only for working librarians but also for students of library and information science. 172 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Introduction to computer. 2. Role of computer in library automation. 3. Computerized service library administrative service and information service. 4. Networking and networks. 5. Miscellaneous. This book shall find its place with anyone who is interested to know and learn more about the basics of library and information science. Not only the students but the teachers of library and information science can derive equal benefit from this series. The books are equally suited to librarianship library science students and library staff seeking to upgrade their skills. 186 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Social sciences growth and development. 3. Concept characteristics and control of grey literature. 4. Grey literature and its formats. 5. Use pattern of GL by social scientists. 6. Grey literature information system in social science a model. 7. Summary and conclusion. Bibliography. Annexure. Index. Grey Literature is defined by the Harrod's Librarians glossary as Semi published material for example reports internal documents not formally published or available commercially and consequently difficult to trace bibliographically. Access to such fugitive invisible ephemeral micro information is always difficult for research scholars scientists and faculty members. Acquisition organization and maintenance of grey documents is one of the toughest tasks for librarians in special libraries. The tracing of those micro documents needs the subject expertise on the part of librarian and his staff. Documentation work has highlighted the importance of these documents and the digital technology facilitates their availability nationally and internationally. Very little work is done on networking the Grey Literature in India. This book is the first of its kind in this area. This book contains six chapters dealing with the access to grey literature. It attempts to provide a model for the grey literature information system at the national level and also discusses the grey literature and the internet. This book is useful for research scholars teachers librarians and LIS students in helping them understand the nature and growth of grey literature in various fields and its value in libraries and information centres. The exposition of information is brilliant and the narration is lucid. It is a specialist study and deserves to be kept on the shelves of all types of libraries. 152 pp.

Contents Preface Foreword 1 Reading Habit An Introduction I Developing Reading Habits 2 What Motivates People to Read 3 Children and Reading 4 What to Read and When to Read 5 Purpose and Materials for Reading 6 Reading Techniques 7 Reading and Comprehension II Sustaining Reading Habit 8 Book Trade Education System and Reading 9 Libraries Librarians and Reading III Reading Habit in Internet Era 10 Reading Habit and ICT Bibliography IndexThis book is a sincere attempt to cover various aspects of developing and sustaining reading habit It emphasizes that reading habit is a major factor leading to success and happiness in life It motivates everyone to ready by citing the lives of those who made an indelible mark by their great contribution in different fields touching the humanity Development and Sustenance of Reading Habit is both diagnostic and remedial in its content The first part of the book is Developing Reading Habits and it is addressed to parent?s teachers librarians friends and spouses in developing an individual?s reading habits It tells what can be done at an individual?s levelHere the author observes that children up to 10-12 years of age love reading But as adolescence sets in children turn away from their love for reading The author traces the reasons for apathy of adolescent children towards reading Then he goes on to give practical tips for overcoming their indifference to readingThe author prescribes what type of material is to be read at which stage of growing up He further goes on to suggest the way in which scholastic reading and general reading has to be balanced during student life by drawing up a model schedule The book presents various purposes of reading it lists different types of reading materials and it provides different methods techniques of reading All these three aspects of reading are brought in juxtaposition and relationship among them is clearly shownThe book advocates that reading habit can be groomed by knowing the right techniques Reading newspapers textbooks poetry reference books manuals reports proposals etc require different techniques The book gives an overview of speed reading skills It presents a few techniques for developing comprehension which is the ultimate purpose of reading The second part is about Sustaining Reading Habit and it deals with education system literacy publishing bookshops and public library system etc the role played by these institutions in sustaining reading habit is explained The third part Reading Habit in Internet Era explains how Internet and TV are not enemies of reading These are viewed as different means of acquiring informationknowledge All these coexist and supplement one another Parents and teachers should watch movies TV programmes or surf the net with children This helps in developing better reading habit among children Jacket 136 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Library its growth and development and role in Modern society. 2. types of libraries and their functions. 3. Five laws of library science. 4. Library movement. 5. National library system of India. 6. Library legislation. 7. Resource sharing and resource sharing networks. 8. User education and user studies. 9. Library profession and Library association. 10. Activities of UGC and UNESCO. 11. Miscellaneous. Each book in this series has been written to provide in depth knowledge of the basics of Library and Information Science and is in accordance with the B.Lib.Sc Syllabus of major Indian Universities imparting the said course. To make this work more comprehensible for the students the books under this series have been written in question answer format and the language used is very simple easy and understandable. This series has been divided into six parts each of which is dedicated to one basic aspect of library and information science. It is hoped that this book shall find its place with anyone who is interested to know and learn more about the basics of library and information science. Not only the students but the teachers of library and information science can derive equal benefit from this series. The books are equally suited to librarianship library science students and library staff seeking to upgrade their skills. 190 pp.

Contents 1 The concept of research 2 Scientific method of research 3 Research problem 4 Hypotheses 5 Areas of research in library and information science 6 Data collection and sampling 7 Research methods and tools 8 Report writing and evaluation of research report 9 How to write a project proposal Bibliography IndexThis book aims at a lucid exposition of various fundamentals concepts and techniques of research that are mostly useful to the students at their beginning stages of research The study encompasses the various components of scientific research such as research problem hypotheses areas of research data collection and sampling research methods and tools report writing and evaluation of research reports The books is intended to not only for the students of library and information science and social science disciplines but also is much useful for practitioners in various other disciplines engaged in the activities of creation of nascent knowledge 140 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Copyright historical view. 2. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. 3. Copyright Act 1957 a development profile. 4. Copyright duration and infringement. 5. Copyright office and copyright board. 6. Universal Copyright Act. 7. International Copyright Act Its importance in the field of library and information science. 8. Intellectual Property Right. 9. Importance of the Copyright Act in the field of publication of books and libraries. 10. Conclusions and suggestions. 11. Digital copyright a global perspective. 12. Bibliography. In the growing intellectual activity around the world the copyright law has come to play an important role in the world of modern communication. In digital arena management of copyright is a new issue. Several actions have been taken by different countries to manage the copyright but no uniform standard has been set till now. Therefore a uniform formula for proper management of the copyright in digital environment has to be set up. This book enlightens the importance of the role of Librarians and Information Professionals in protecting the rights of a copyright holder. The Librarians should keep themselves aware of the latest changes in copyright and DMCA Law and to oversee their proper implementation while purchasing the documents for their libraries. There are controversial areas of internet sites where this law is neglected. Internet and websites are violating the DMCA because there is no unique legislation copyright in this digital environment. The history of copyright shows the developments of technology. Copyright develops as the means by which work i.e. materials deserving copyright protection reach the public. The volume divided in nine sections discusses all these issues in depth. The book will be useful to librarians scientists educationist and the persons working in revenue law judiciary and police departments and even for a common man and users however its success remains in the fact that how effectively the copyright is protected in our day today life by a common man. 160 pp.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Review of literature 3 Research design 4 Results and discussions 5 Findings and conclusion BibliographyThis book illustrates the standing of women in the ICT sector across the globe If adopts the mapping technique to landscape the position of women both in the developed and developing nations and also the barriers they have encountered within the industries 132 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Reprint. Contents 1. Conspectus. 2. Address to the Iaslic members. 3. Indian tradition of conspectus. 4. Documentalist research worker and business man. 5. Technical terminology. 6. Havoc by an undefined technical term document. 7. What of documentation. 8. Stages in the evolution of documentation service. 9. Why of documentation social necessity. 10. Why of documentation growth of technological research. 11. Research as churn and documentation as a steadying tool. 12. Quarrel about the agency for documentation. 13. Documentation service summum bonum of all library work. 14. Documentation service hub of all library work. 15. Indian techniques of documentation. 16. How of documentation documentalist reader relation. 17. Analogues from traditions. 18. Salary scale for librarians. 19. Status vs salary. 20. Library staff of government of India. 21. Report of the pay commission and aftermath. 22. False pretences development. 23. Library staff of non governmental libraries. 24. International organisation for documentation. 25. National organisation for documentation. 26. Beginning of documentation service in India. 27. Beginnings of documentation work in India. 28. Present day organisation for documentation in India. 29. Documentation research and training centre. 30. Indian standards institution documentation section. 31. Service library in India. 32. Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre. 33. Indian National Social Science Documentation Centre. 34. Indian association of special libraries and information centres. Index. 310 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Concept and principles of management and administration. 2. Collection development. 3. Library finance budgeting and accounts. 4. Organizational structure library personnel their classification qualification job analysis staff manual and human resource development. 5. Library building planning furniture and equipments. 6. Library Authority and Library Committee role and functions. 7. Annual reports library rules library statistics and library publicity. Each book in this series has been written to provide in depth knowledge of the basics of Library and Information Science and is in accordance with the B.Lib.Sc Syllabus of major Indian Universities imparting the said course. To make this work more comprehensible for the students the books under this series have been written in question answer format and the language used is very simple easy and understandable. This series has been divided into six parts each of which is dedicated to one basic aspect of library and information science. It is hoped that this book shall find its place with anyone who is interested to know and learn more about the basics of library and information science. Not only the students but the teachers of library and information science can derive equal benefit from this series. The books are equally suited to librarianship library science students and library staff seeking to upgrade their skills. 231 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Universal Decimal Classification Scheme is being increasingly used in special and other types of libraries for book classification and information retrieval purposes. Its theory and methodology is taught at the Masters degree level in Library Schools in India. But it is being used by practicing Librarians Documentalists and information scientists even without possessing a formal masters degree in l and is. This book is therefore intended to help all those engaged in classifying and processing information with the help of the UDC. 208 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. Foreword. About Sarada Ranganthan endowment for library science. 1. Information support for the legal profession the role and value of precedent. 2. Information support for the legal profession an historical perspective. Appendix 1. 3. The continuum of legal research. Appendix 2 Academic writings that influenced decisions. Index. Information support for the legal profession is the text of the 14th Dr. S.R. Ranganathan Memorial lectures delivered by Justice Gopal Sri Ram Judge Court of Appeal Malaysia Kuala Lumpur from 23rd to 25th August 2006 in Bangalore. Information support is of great importance in every professional field and work. It is inter alia important to the legal profession. The law is enduring. It serves the society and serves the exigencies of change of times and social needs. The principles of basic law are eternal and universal. But concepts change from time to time according to the needs of the society and the demand of public interest. A person in the legal profession has to keep abreast with development of law. Information plays a key role in this regard. The law changes and develops not merely by legislation but by the disciplined interpretative of judges. While judges follow the principles of binding precedents they shape the law to the needs of the situation by appropriately interpreting such precedents. In this process they make law to meet the ends of justice so that law and justice are congruous. In the first lecture Justice Gopal Sri Ram demonstrates the role and value of precedent. He traces the history of information support for the legal profession in the second lecture. In the third lecture the various sources of information used also by the legal profession are discussed. The primary source of information are the text books. Although hard copies of law reports are still the preferred source of case law research online electronic data bases are becoming popular. Websites are available for information in legal matters. Legal information institutes are established for the dissemination of information. Examples of academic writings that influenced decisions are given. 116 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. Introduction. 2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005. 3. Profile of study area Uttar Pradesh. 4. NREGS performance in Uttar Pradesh Macro level analysis. 5. NREGS Performance at village level survey analysis and interpretation of beneficiaries responses. 6. Major findings and suggestions. Annexures. Selected bibliography. Index. Though the Indian economy has achieved a substantial growth rate of 9 percent the problem of unemployment and poverty in the rural areas of the country continues to be a cause of serious concern. During the last three decades the rich have become richer and the poor miserably poorer. Even the marginal farmers have become landless labourers. Due to ineffective delivery system and mismanagement of several employment programmes initiated by the Central Government the poor have not been benefited from them. To provide means of livelihood and reduce the quantum of poverty especially in rural areas the ruling United progressive Alliance (UPA) Government at the Centre enacted a law to enable the poor people in the rural areas to get 100 days employment with legal guarantee. This pro active measure became a law when the National Rural Employment Guarantee Bill was unanimously passed by the Parliament on August 23 2005 and notified in September 2005. The book presents the findings of a pilot study on implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) conducted in four districts Sitapur Raebareli Unnao and Barabanki eight blocks sixteen villages interviewing 400 beneficiaries (25 per village) on the worksite. Major findings reveal that the beneficiaries while expressing satisfaction on the new initiatives taken by the Government demanded increase in wage rates work site facilities as enshrined in the Act and increase in the number of working days in a financial year. The study also reveals that there is wide appreciation of the NREGA in the rural areas with significant representation of beneficiaries from scheduled castes and Other Backward Classes. There is need for vigorous identification of job opportunity well in advance and strict monitoring of the implementation process. Creating greater awareness about the scheme through various local media facilities available in the rural areas vigorous efforts to involve women workers in warranted. Though the sample size of the study is small it reveals interesting findings. It would be necessary to explore all the aspects of implementation process and plug various loopholes. 144 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Book publishing in India. 3. Legal deposit in India. 4. Bibliographical control in India. 5. Working of the Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 (PRB Act 1867) in the States of India. 6. Receipt of Books Under Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954. 7. Receipt of Books from the Southern States at the National Library Under DB Act 1954. 8. Conclusions and suggestions. Index. This book Legal Deposit and Bibliographical Control in India presents briefly the concept of legal deposit and bibliographical control and traces book publishing in India and number of books published annually and emergence of the legal deposit and bibliographical control of Indian Publications. It also deals with the working of Press and Registration of Books Act 1867 in the States of India with special reference to Southern States. The receipt of books at the National Library and the three designated depository libraries at New Delhi Mumbai and Chennai and with focus on Southern States of India under the provisions of Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act 1954 and the coverage of such publications by Indian National Bibliography was also presented succinctly. For the first time an in depth study has been made on the state of legal deposit and bibliographical control in India by collecting relevant data. The various tables provided in the book will throw more light on the present scenario of annual book production in various languages of India and the coverage of subject fields. The present publication will serve as one of the basic sources of information on the subject and go a long way in meeting the information requirements of those interested in legal deposit and bibliographical control in India. 140 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Second reprint. Contents 1. Introduction. 2. Ramanujan a puzzle. 3. Super activity period 1 1907 to 1911. 4. Economic sufficiency. 5. University setting. 6. Ramanujan's life abroad. 7. Super activity period 2 1914 to 1918. 8. Precipitation of honours. 9. Ramanujan's health fails. 10. Memorial. 11. Ramanujan's notebooks. 12. Reminiscences of friends. 13. Ramanujan the man. 14. Ramanujan the mathematician. 15. Works by and on Ramanujan. 16. Up to date bibliography. 18. Bio data. Index. This is the moving story of the life of Ramanujan the great Indian mathematical genius who appeared suddenly as a meteor in 1887 rushed through a short span of thirty two years consumed himself and disappeared with equal suddenness. At the age of thirteen he had mastered Loney's Trigonometry and even calculated the length of the equator of the earth. Son of a clerk in a cloth merchant's shop in Kumbakonam before he was 23 had filled a whole notebook with hundreds of mathematical theorems and results in spite of poverty unemployment and absence of anyone who could understand his work. Many of the theorems were new to the mathematical world and some have not yet been proved. The book unfolds in quick succession the chief events of his life beginning with his search in 1911 for a clerical post always carrying his notebook under his arm to his sailing to England in 1914 and his return home in 1919. In Cambridge he was soon acknowledged to be the most remarkable mathematician of our times and was elected a fellow of the Trinity College of Cambridge and a fellow of the royal society at the early age of thirty. The book contains the reminiscences of several surviving contemporaries of Ramanujan. It highlights his penetrating intuition and childlike simplicity. He was a seer in mathematics. Though agnostic in arguments he was ever conscious of the immanence of God. 138 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. Contents Foreword. Conspectus to the fifth edition (Reprint). I. Place and purpose of a library 1. Philosophy of librarianship. 2. Library in education. 3. Ethics of librarianship. II. Theory of library administration and management 4. Library administration function and principles. 5. Library authority and library committee. 6. Personnel administration in libraries. 7. Library financing budgeting and accounting. III. Technical services 8. Book selection and acquisition. 9. Processing work. IV. Maintenance services 10. Maintenance work. 11. Book binding and preservation of library materials. 12. Care and repair of books and building and equipment. 13. Stock verification and stack rectification. V. Readers services 14. Reference service. 15. Periodicals work. 16. Circulation work. 17. Library rules and regulations. 18. Charging and discharging methods. 19. Effective use of library reading materials. VI. General office functions records and reports 20. General office functions. 21. Library records. 22. Annual records. 23. Library statistics. 24. Library surveys. VII. Computers libraries 25. Computers and their application to the libraries. VIII. Book trade and libraries 26. Indian book and trade libraries. Bibliographical references. List of further readings. Index. Library Scientist while reviewing the book has termed is as The Professional Bible for Indian Librarians Since then the book has been growing both in size and contents. The first edition had 514 pages and 23 chapters whereas the currents edition runs into 840 plus pages and 26 chapters. Considered to be bible for library classification by students and teachers of library and information science in Indian subcontinent this book certainly presents the most comprehensive coverage of the subject. The book carries a foreword by Late Dr. S.R. Ranganathan whose view for this book was The present book gives a comprehensive account of the organization and administration of a library. 840 pp.

HARDCOVER. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: fair. Reprint. 267pp b/w illustrations octavo cloth. bookstore stamp very good in poor dustwrapper.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Over the last many centuries human beings innovated different methods of transferring information to distant places with ever improving quality and efficiency. They brought information revolution which transformed the entire world into a global village. It took place in varied periods of history and the most notable of them was set off by invention of the printing press in the fifteenth century. Information Revolution has now taken a new form of electronic interdependence an era when electronic media replace the culture producing new social organizations. The electronic technologies of telephone radio television computers and internet and their interpretation by renowned scholars in social context have caused information explosion. Traditional understandings of space and time have been collapsed by the current speed of electronic transmissions. This book provides information on the lives of the ten great thinkers writers scientists and engineers of all times who pioneered information revolution. It encompasses their biographical accounts innovations and individual contribution to the society. 237 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Agricultural and farm information services in Kerala/R. Raman Nair. 2. Application of information technology in tribal medicine/S. Asha. 3. Design and development of user education programmes in agricultural universities/K.S. Ambili. 4. Information requirements of career seekers and information resources and services in libraries/Dinesan Koovakai. 5. Scientometric analysis of the research productivity of university teachers/A. Gopikuttan. 6. Organisation administration and utilisation of DRDO libraries/M. Santha Kumari. 7. Organisation administration and utilisation of university libraries in Kerala/M.C.K. Veeran. 8. IT applications in Church libraries in Kerala/Merciamma Mathew. 9. Socio economic profiles and reading interest of students/G. Devarajan. Index. A compendium of nine selected research studies in the category of applied research in Library and Information Science. The subject such as agricultural and farm information services IT in tribal medicine user education in agricultural universities information requirements of career information seekers research productivity of university teachers organization administration of DRDO libraries organization and administration of university libraries IT applications in Church libraries reading and socio economic profiles are included. It is an authentic book for researchers and teachers in the field of applied research in library and information science. 340 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents 1. Library catalogue its need and purpose. 2. Forms of library catalogues. 3. Normative principles. 4. Kinds of entries. 5. Structure of names. 6. Comparative study of AACR and CCC. 7. Subject headings chain procedure and subject headings. 8. Centralized and cooperative cataloguing. 9. Filing ruler for entries. 10. Recent developments in cataloguing. Each book in this series has been written to provide in depth knowledge of the basics of library and information science and is in accordance with the B.Lib.Sc syllabus of major Indian universities imparting the said course. To make this work more comprehensible for the students the books under this series have been written in Question Answer format and the language used is very simple easy and understandable. This series has been divided into six parts each of which is dedicated to one basic aspect of library and information science. It is hoped that this book shall find its place with anyone who is interested to know and learn more about the basics of library and information science. Not only the students but the teachers of library and information science can derive equal benefit from this series. The books are equally suited to librarianship library science students and library staff seeking to upgrade their skills. 349 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Introduction. I. Library automation system 1. History need and purpose of library automation. 2. Planning implementation and evaluation. 3. Library software and hardware. II. Retrospective conversion 4. Retrospective conversion. 5. Retrospective conversion process. III. Integrated library systems 6. Acquisition system. 7. Cataloguing system. 8. Circulation system. 9. Serials control. IV. Automated information services 10. OPAC/WEB OPAC. 11. Extended services. V. Technological trends in library 12. Digitalization system. 13. Advanced Bar code technology. 14. RFID technology. Appendices. A Glossary of terms. Library automation in the 21 century is on interconnecting systems sharing information resources through innovative networking and ensuring equitable access to a broad range of information and users. These developments include the growth of the use of networks and the internet. This book is a guide for library professionals about the planning process for a library automation system of all sizes. The library needs are more sophisticated if your current library automation is not fit for latest technology environment of 21 century and your library system does not work properly you should look for new library systems. Seize this opportunity to assess your library's mission look at your current capabilities and expertise and analyse how a new library system can help you meet your service goals. 244 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. New. Contents Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Personalization attempts. 3. Evolving a personalization model using IIT libraries. 4. User interest management system. 5. Standardizing subject terms. 6. Design and implementation of a library personalization system. 7. Testing feedback improvement and maintenance. 8. Findings and suggestions. Annexes i. Content personalization in IIT libraries (questionnaire for librarian/acting librarian). ii. Tables used in SAI. iii. SAI feedback form. Bibliography. Index. Library Personalization provides the library with a viable mechanism to manipulate the information base using available technologies so that the library appears as a set of separate smaller libraries holding more effective content to individual users. It helps users to start with a generic library and by making selections and choices create a personal library with pre selected and most relevant information resources. Also the user can view the different services offered by the library through a single interface with links to different services and resources in multiple servers inside and outside the library. It has also been designed to enable faculty members and researchers busy with teaching and research work to save the considerable time spent in collecting information rather than using it. Evolution of full text information in electronic format like e books e journals and web resources along with emerging database and web technology made it feasible to connect content as per users interests. With the advent of electronic full text resources and especially the internet users need a Web like search and access at the click of a link facility for information resources stored in the library also which is fully met through personalization services. In the absence of such personal information support users be left to fend for themselves and forced to scan the information overload through library OPACs electronic databases networked electronic content etc. which may often lead to information under use severely hampering research and teaching output. 230 pp.

Hardbound. Zustand: As New. Reprint. Contents Foreword to edition 1. I. Introduction Conspectus. 1. Reference service experience as a student. 2. Reference service experience as a teacher. 3. Reference service experience as an adult user of library. 4. Observation of reference service. 5. Practice of reference service. 6. Genesis of the Book. 7. Suggestions to beginners and teachers. II. Emergence of reference service 1. Reference service and the laws of library science. 2. Evolution of library. 3. Functions of a library. 4. New Library techniques. 5. Why of reference service. 6. Closer view of reference service. 7. Message of Holism. III. 1. What of initiation. 2. Why of initiation. 3. How of initiation. 4. Initiation in college library. 5. Initiation in school library. IV. General help to general reader 1. Introduction. 2. Difficult reader. 3. Difficult material. 4. Modern book. 5. Ancient work. 6. Play with title. 7. Intangible qualities. 8. Difficult reference librarian. V. Mystic picture of reference service 1. Introduction. 2. Light from the Vedas. 3. Light from Valmiki. 4. Light from the mother of Aurobindo. 5. Light from Sanskrit. VI. Ready reference service 1. What of ready reference service. 2. Why of ready reference service. 3. How of ready reference service. 4. Preparation for ready reference service. 5. Service in ready reference service. 6. Assimilation in ready reference service. VII. Find me out 1. Introduction. 2. Enquiries during one month. 3. 108 facts to find. VIII. Reference book What of reference book. 1. Emergence of reference book. 2. Scope of reference book. 3. Up to date ness. 4. Arrangement. 5. Alphabetical arrangement. 6. Classified arrangement. 7. Mixed arrangement. 8. Structure and contents of a reference book. IX. Long range reference service 1. What of long range reference service. 2. Why of long range reference service. 3. How of long range reference service. 4. Preparation. 5. Service in long range reference service. 6. Assimilation in long range reference service. 7. Structure and contents of a bibliography. X. Illustrative actualities 1. General observation. 2. Palmyra's uses enquiry. 3. Pre Columbian Hindu colonisation of America. 4. Pamban bridge enquiry. 5. Devil worship of tuluva enquiry. 6. Shadow plays enquiry. 7. Kra Canal enquiry. 8. Deferred ego less joy. Bibliography. Index. 432 pp.

figs (illustrator). Contents Preface Introduction 1 The basics 2 Search engines 3 Directories 4 Meta search services 5 Choosing search service 6 The search process and the search query 7 Search strategies 8 Search technique 9 Assessment and source criticism 10 The search services and the market 11 The invisible web 12 Databases 13 Other information sources 14 Storing and retrieving information 15 Monitoring--passive searching 16 Useful programs Appendices IndexInformation searching on the web has become part of our everyday life Efficient information searching on the web deals with different aspects which are important to become a better searcher To search for information is one of the most common occupations on the web We do it for work for studies and in our spare time We search for information about illnesses far away countries or spare parts for the car The web is an important source of information no matter if you are a journalist a student a university researcher or a teacher Everybody can become more effective when it comes to searching for information Central matters of the book are how does a search engine work How may the search services be used more efficiently What is the invisible web How can the information be managed once it is found 164 pp.

Hardcover. Zustand: New. 1st Edition. RFID, the acronym for Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that uses radio frequency wave transmission for identifying a person or object. The use of RFID by libraries over the last few years has grown drastically. Adoption of RFID technology has enabled the libraries to take the inventory of thousands of items in their collection within days instead of months. RFID has enabled the users to check-out and return library items by themselves automatically round the clock. Besides speedy checkouts, the RFID technology helps in keeping the library collections in proper order and saves the librarians from repetitive strain injuries. RFID provides better theft control, reduces non-returns and chances of mis-shelving of a library's assets.This book examines what RFID technology is and how it works in the library scenario. The book reviews the development of RFID technology and its effects on library operations over the last couple of decades. An assessment of current implementation of the technology in libraries and the lessons learnt provide suggestions to overcome the issues faced at practical level in any library. The book also looks at the future technologies developing and how they might be applied in libraries. Presented from a library perspective this title will assist the library and information community in understanding RFID technology. The libraries planning to implement this technology can benefit from the authors' rich and practical knowledge of the subject. (Jacket).