Excellence in Academic Libraries : Vision for Future

Contents: Preface. 1. Social networking in library services/Amrit Kaur. 2. Knowledge management: a concept/Ashok B. Nagare. 3. Cloud computing: use in libraries and information network/Santosh Kumar Kori. 4. Development of college libraries in Madhya Pradesh/M. Ram and P.N. Raj. 5. Intellectual property rights and librarian/Bhoopali G. Bhalerao. 6. Application of cloud computing in libraries: a study and conceptual framework/Gulshan Kumar Pahwa and Kaushal Chauhan. 7. Overview of radio frequency identification RFID technology in Indian libraries/Dipendra Singh Sajwan. 8. Digital librarytodays need/Raghvendra Tripathi. 9. Marketing of library and information services through web 2.0 tools/Ashokkumar A. Suthar. 10. Social networking sites: magic to libraries/Kusum Lata Malik. 11. Cloud computing: basic concepts/B. Mini Devi. 12. Cloud computing in libraries under legal umbrella: an Indian scenario/Trilok Chand Joshi. 13. Education college library in the quest of excellence: a case study/Prithvi Singh Bamnia and Sube Singh. 14. New Gen Lib: open source software from India/Pawan Sharma and Rajesh Diwakar. 15. Third revolution in ICT: cloud computing/Chandresh A. Shah. Libraries are the backbone of any organization. In academic environment the library is called Heart of the Organization. The success of an academic organization mainly depends on the services and information provided by its library. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the conference based on the theme Excellence in Academic Libraries: vision for future which is very vibrant because users now a days are showing very matured approach and the queries cannot be answered without excellence. Libraries are passing through a phase of transformation from traditional libraries to high tech information centers and library staff is supposed to be well versed with all latest information communication technology tools and must have the capability to know the user requirements. (jacket).…