Encyclopaedic Survey of Library and Information Science : Principles and Practices (5 Vols-Set)

Contents Vol. I. Libraries and Reference Services Preface. 1. Libraries and reference services. 2. Digital age and electronic serials. 3. Special types of materials selection and acquisition. 4. Reference services and instruction. 5. Search strategies for information. 6. Electronic reference services. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Index. Vol. II. Managing Libraries in Digital Era Preface. 1. Recent advances in library management. 2. Essentials of library budgeting. 3. Practical selection process. 4. Library management and preservation. 5. Makers of information materials. 6. Major functions and guidelines. 7. Managing procurement. 8. Organization of the library. 9. Model rules for libraries. Glossary. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. III. Computers in Libraries Preface. 1. Introduction to information systems. 2. Library information retrieval system. 3. Libraries and online information retrieval. 4. Managing the information system. 5. Libraries resource sharing and networking. 6. Libraries in India networking and usage. 7. Library house keeping operations and automation. 8. Impacts of desktop publishing in information centres and libraries. 9. Library and hardware and software. Glossary. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. IV. Recent Advances in Library Classification and Acquisition Preface. I. Library classification 1. Library classification an introduction. 2. Library classification theory and the internet. 3. Library classification schemes and user oriented class associations. 4. Library classification schemes and internet resources. 5. Nippon Decimal Classification (NDC). 6. Automatic book classification. 7. Classification practices in India. II. Library acquisitions 8. Acquisition under contract copyright in library. 9. Managing and acquisition windfall. 10. Evaluation. 11. Acquisition practice in India. 12. Policies on book election and acquisition. Glossary. Select bibliography. Index. Vol. V. Library Cataloguing Principles and Practices Preface. 1. Cataloguing principles and practices. 2. Major functions of catalogue. 3. Centralized cataloguing and processing. 4. Cataloguing codes an introduction. 5. Business approach in cataloguing. 6. Policies on collection development. 7. Cataloguing knowledge access management. 8. Trends in cataloguing of audiovisual materials. 9. Cataloguing of electronic serials. Glossary. Select bibliography. Index. Libraries have always been amongst the most important providers of information in higher education. They have acted as storehouses of written or printed material and it has been their job to collect it preserve it and make it accessible. These traditional media and the role of libraries in making them available will continue. The present work in five volumes contains judiciously selected readings derived from various authoritative sources which are all secondary e.g. monographs abstracts reviews books journals and magazine x raying library and information science in pros and cons. The readings are highly useful and informative. 1374 pp.