Information Technology For Library Management And Automation

Description

While the question of the existence physical libraries being relevant still grows with each day, the need for e-libraries grows more and more pertinent. The simple solution is to combine the two thereby having a synergy effect rather than one replacing the other. Planning for library automation has been defined as planning for ‘integrated systems’ that computerise an array of traditional library functions using a common database. While this is still generally true, rapid technological change is forcing a re-examination of what it means to ‘automate the library.’ As physical, spatial and temporal barriers to acquiring information are crumbling, libraries must plan for a broader and more comprehensive approach to providing automated services. Tasks such as issuing/return of books are simple however in other spheres such as preventing the circulation of material from e-books that are still under copyright can be much harder. Libraries should adopt the new sophisticated information technology tools to provide accurate and instant information to cope up with the demands of new knowledge, the tremendous increase in the collection of documents, problems of storage, dissemination and retrieval of information.
The present book is designed to equip the academics and library professionals with basic knowledge about library automation.