LIBRARY AND SOCIETY BY PURUSHOTHAM TIWARI (PAPERBACK)

About the Book: Library And Society This book, Library and Society deals with introduction totraditional functions of libraries, the elements and dimensions oflibrary in modern society, and the history and typology oflibraries with focus on documentation science. An introductoryoverview of networking and usage in Indian libraries, especially byCD - ROM network, is also given. This book attempts firstly towardsunderstanding the resource sharing in libraries and networking andsecondly towards understanding major problems of public librarydevelopment. An overview of library administration and management,its main functions and other elements and steps invloved are given.This book also attempts towards understanding major elements andsteps in school libraries, elements and steps in school libraries,college and administrative staff libraries. Focus also lies onrelated problems and challenges. Contents Preface Traditional Functions of Libraries Elements and Dimensions of Library in Modern Society History and Typology of Libraries with Focus on DocumentationScience School, College and Administrative Staff Libraries Overview of Library Administration and Management Bibliography Index About the Author: Purushotham Tiwari Purushottam Tiwari, a well - known library and informationscientist, is working as a professor of library and informationscience since 2000. His teaching areas cover Information Science;Library Automation, Electronic Management and Copyright Issues. Hisresearch interests are based around Knowledge Management, CitationStudies, Electronic Publishing and Electronic Libraries. He hasbeen a member in the editorial board of many scholarlypublications. He also serves as a consultant of commercialorganizattions, database producers, academic institutions, databaseproducers, academic institutions, libraries and governmentdepartments on market research, national information policies,business development, copyright, licences, data protection anddatabase design.