Challenges Before Library and Information Science in New Millennium/edited by Y.L. Chopra and Mamta Chopra. Delhi, Ess Ess, 2001, 184 p., $28. ISBN: 81-7000-298-2.
Contents: Preface. Foreword. 1. LIS education in Madhya Pradesh/R.G. Prasher. 2. Use of audio-visual aids in LIS education/G.D. Bhargava. 3. Commercialization of library science education in Madhya Pradesh/Y.L. Chopra. 4. Staff pattern in university libraries/G.D. Bhargava. 5. Total quality management in university libraries/Roshan Raina. 6. Library resource sharing network: modern trends/Y.L. Chopra & Bhaskar Mukherjee. 7. Information dissemination in academic libraries – a challenge/G.D. Bhargava. 8. Automated libraries and information networks/Jagtar Singh & H.P.S. Kalra. 9. Essential features in a computer based information retrieval system/S.K. Sharma & Roshan Raina. 10. Emerging information technology: its use in university libraries/Y.L. Chopra & Bhaskar Mukherjee. 11. The electronic library/H.S. Chopra. 12. Application of IT in university library services of Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh)/Y.L. Chopra & Bhaskar Mukherjee. 13. Use of IT in library services at RDVV, Jabalpur, M.P.: user’s reaction/Y.L. Chopra & Bhaskar Mukherjee. 14. Bibliographical Databases in Bhai Gurdas library/Sukhdev Singh & Sukhbir Singh. 15. Development of terminology in Colon classification: a researchers view-point/Sukhdev Singh. 16. Dr. S.R. Ranganathan: my Teacher and Mentor/G.D. Bhargava. Index.
"This book is a result of collection of research articles written by various well known professionals in the field of library and information science. There was a time when libraries were considered store house of knowledge. By 20 century with rigorous efforts of the library professionals, libraries have been transformed into information centres. Therefore, the storage of information and its retrieval to facilitate dissemination of knowledge to its clientele has became a challenging job. New technologies are being adopted in the field of library and information science, information gathering has become easy. Through this publication the editors have tried to update library professionals to face the challenges which lay ahead for them in the new millennium. The articles cover various technical aspects of library and information science, information technology and application of information technology. Hopefully this work will be useful to library science teachers, research scholars and library professionals." (jacket). No. 19880.