According to the Rangnathan, ‘Book, reader, and information’ are the basic elements of a library. Based on Ranganathan’s laws, several researchers have presented different principles and…
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Marketing of Information Products and Services Introduction: The nature of the information marketplace is under continual evolution. Two of the most powerful drivers of change in…
Collaborative Selection: The rising cost and decline in the purchasing power of individual libraries make it difficult to acquire the electronic resources and this has led…
Library marketing Most of the library and information professionals have failed knowingly or unknowingly to recognize that many of the activities performed by the Library and…
‘Academic libraries are changing faster than at any time in their history. Information technology, online databases and catalogues, and digitized archives have put the library back…
The library must have a trained and qualified librarian and the librarian should have attitudes like love for books serving the readers etc. One of the…
The art and science of managing libraries are called “Librarianship”. The essential function of librarianship is to make available “information” in its widest sense, serving leisure…
College Library The objective of a college library is to supplement the instructions imparted in the classroom. It aims to function as an independent teaching agency,…
Change is one reality with which individuals, groups and organizations must constantly cope in order to survive. The needs for progressive changes in people’s attitudes and…
Collection development is the systematic planning and rational building of library material. The term includes all activities involved in assessing the users’ needs, evaluating the present…