Managing Technical Services in Libraries- Spe. Ref to Automation, Data Base, Internet and Networks

About the Book The area of "technical services" in modern-day Academic library has undergone radical redesign and reorganization. The implementation of integrated library systems, shrinking budgets, new electronic formats, the advent of internet, and technological innovations have drastically changed the face of "technical services" units presenting new challenges, such as finding and hiring qualified cataloguers; dealing with the exponentially expanding range of print and electronic formats; reorganizing workflows due to staff reductions; and trying to find answers for organizing and describing information in its various manifestations.

The purpose of this volume, therefore, is to describe the different "technical services" and to orient the students with the procurement, processing, preservation, and handling of documents. It is further to familiarize them with problems in the technical operations and with current thinking related to solving 'them in the best possible way. The study indicates the methods that have been used in studying the technical operations highlighting the use of automation, internets, and digital technology. For anyone involved in the day-to-day supervision, management, and future of a library technical services department, this study will provide food for thought, and solution of complex problems.

About the Authors Dr. 1.K. Khanna, an Ex-University Professor, has been enriching the professional knowledge for past 25 years. He was the first university lecturer to have Ph. D. in IS; second to have double Ph.D., and fourth among all in 1979. His thesis "MOTIVATIONAL DYNAMICS AND WORK-Effluence IN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES" was highly appreciated by the examiners from USA and UK. The data was collected visiting 28 libraries around the country. Both the theses were published in 1980; 1981.

Dr. Ajit Singh Siwatch (Assisted by), Dy. Librarian, M.D. University, Rohtak, has been enriching the library profession for the last 28 years in the different position including Incharge University library for two years. He has obtained his M.A. (Economics), LLB, M. lib. & Inf. Sc. degrees besides Ph.D. He has two books and 15 papers published in his professional credit.

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