Library Administration

About the Book Good administration is the base of development. Even in personal life, self-administration is needed to have a required growth. Administration converts disorganized human and physical resources into useful and effective results. It deals with planning, organizing, controlling and actuating- things and matters.

Administration of Library is a modern discipline. Many schools of Administrative thoughts have developed during the last century- like scientific administration, human administration and administration with people's cooperation. Scientific Administration has more emphasis on identification and formulation of objectives. It is. in fact objective centric.

The basics of library administration is, division of work, discipline, authority, responsibility and unitary command. In any library work should be properly divided.

Management activities should be separated from other jobs and the subordinates should receive orders from one senior .only, People's 'participation in administration is a newly arrived concept. Good administration is that which is, for and by the people. Library is basically for the help of the people. So library administration should have inclination towards people.

About the Authors Ram Chander (born, 1972) did his M.A. Public Administration and M. Lib. & Inf. Science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Presently he is doing Ph.D. in Library & Inf. Science under a well known scholar of National fame and the author of several books. He is working as a Librarian and Head deptt. of Library & Information Science.

He has in his credit a book titled "Library and Modern Society". He has another book titled "Fudamentals of Library Science" which is under Publication.

He is life member of many professional bodies like: ILA, HLA, and IASLIC. He is a renowned academician. He participated in a number of National and regional seminars, conferences and workshops and presented papers. He is supervising many students who are doing their M. Lib. Sc. and M. Phil. in various universities in India.

Birth : 31-5-1975 (Himachal Pradesh) Academic qualification : 10+2 (Medical, M. L.I.Sc from K. University, Tamil Nadu and also doing M. Phil in Library & Information Science from Alagappa University Karaikudi. Other Activities : Merit Certificate Holder in National mathematics Olympiad Contest and won many souvenir certificate in sports and cultural activities.

Birth: 1958 a professional of high repute three master degrees in History, Sociology and Library & Information Science. He has been awarded 'Ph.D. Degree in Library & Information Science from Jiwaji University, Gwalior. His area of specialization includes documentation in social science. He has been working at National Social Science Documentation Centre, ICSSR since 1985. An author of a number of research articles he is a life-member of Indian _ Library Association and Haryana Library Association.

Preface Good administration is the base of development. Even in personal life, self-administration is needed to have a required growth.

Administration converts disorganized human and physical resources into useful and effective results. It deals with planning, organizing, controlling and actuating-things and matters.

Administration of Library is a modem discipline. Many schools of Administrative thoughts have developed during the last century- like scientific administration, human administration and administration with people's cooperation. Scientific Administration has more emphasis on identification and formulation of objectives. It is in fact objective-centric.

The basics of library administration are, division of work, discipline, authority, responsibility and unitary command. In any library work should be properly divided. Management activities should be separated from other jobs and the subordinates should receive orders from one senior only.

People's participation in administration is a newly arrived concept. Good administration is that which is, for and by the people. Library is basically for the help of the people. So library administration should have inclination towards people.

Present work highlights various magnitudes of Library Administration and their prospects. Suggestions from the readers are highly welcomed.

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