Next Generation Libraries Issues and Challenges : Proceeding of National Conference on Next Generation Libraries: Issues and Challenges

Contents: 1. Emerging shape of next generation libraries/Manoj K. Joshi. 2. Study of user’s feedback on library resources and services with special reference to library of Annasaheb Vartak Arts, Commerce, Science College, Vasai Road, Dist, Palghar (MS)/Ajay M. Kamble. 3. User satisfaction in ICT enabled library/Akash Kumar Singh, Syed Anees Ahamad and Kumkum Singh. 4. Use of information and communication technology in aided arts, commerce and science colleges of Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj, Nashik/Amol Pravin Mehendale. 5. Application of mobile technology in libraries/Anjana Dharwal. 6. Leaders in digital age and transformation of libraries/Arundhati Kaushik, Hema Haldua and Chanda Arya. 7. RFID for library management/Ashish Kumar Sharma. 8. Designing a content management system using Joomla software for digital library in Shivalik international school/Bhuwan Chandra Pandey. 9. Institutional repositories: a pillar for libraries/Bibhash Kumar Mishra and Sujeet Kumar Jha. 10. Metadata tools and its application in the library/Brundaban Nahak and Satyajit Padhi. 11. Paradigm swing in training programmes to raise cultural competencies of lib culture/Chanda Arya and Superna Sharma. 12. Impact of social networking sites on engineering students of Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institure of technology, Dwarahat (Almora): a study/Charu Chandra Tiwari and Prakash Chandra Pandey. 13. Open source software for library management/Chetan Sudhakar Sonawane. 14. Digital preservation: metadata/Deepa Devi, Hem Chandra and Jayvardhan. 15. Digital divide in academic environment in Hyderabad City: a study/Deepak Kumar Goud. 16. Institutional data management and retrieval system/Deepak Singh Jayvardhan and Hem Chandra. …. The current trends and technologies have forced the library and information centers and library professionals to serve the library clientele in a more suitable and constructive manner. These results a change in knowledge generation to dissemination. It also compel the libraries and library professional to go for the next generation changes, e.g. manual services to automated services, use of social media for marketing of library services, etc. This change, old generation to new generation, created a very fertile land for the library professionals. Now they can use their innovative ideas to serve and satisfy users. The published Articles in the book may be useful to the libraries and information Professionals and also to information users. (jacket).…