Library and Information Studies in the Digital Age : Professor K A Isaac Commemoration Volume

Contents Preface. 1. Economics of information and knowledge/C.A. Augustine. 2. Continuing professional development of LIS teachers a strategy/K.P. Vijayakumar. 3. Role of Harijan welfare libraries among rural women/S.S. Jagnayak. 4. Academic status of librarians in the universities in Kerala an analytical study/Dineshan Koovakkai. 5. Bibliometric analysis of the journal AMBIO/B. Mini Devi. 6. Emerging technologies for hi tech libraries/M. Bavakutty and Mohammed Haneefa K. 7. User education in college libraries of Kerala in the IT era an analytical study/Ambili K.S. and Adarsh N. Gokul. 8. Library and information science literature in Malayalam/Dimple Gopi. 9. Library management software in India a comparative assessment of leading packages/K. Ravindran Asari. 10. Nitya archives digital library software using CDS/ISIS/K.H. Hussain. 11. Digitization of indigenous materials problems and solutions in the context of Kerala university/R. Raman Nair. 12. Sociology of information and rural information services/G. Devarajan. 13. Bridging the digital divide/G. Devarajan. 14. Scientific productivity of agricultural scientists a scientometric study/Sarala K.R. 15. Organisation and utilisation of media libraries/Shibu M. Das. This book is a collection of selected studies that highlight the application of information technology in the scientific management of collection organization and dissemination of information in the various types of libraries. The significant subjects include economics of information information services in various types of libraries user education library software packages scientific productivity studies sociology of information digital devide etc. A useful reference book for students researchers teachers and peer groups in the field of library and information science. 280 pp.…