Contents: 1. Agricultural and farm information services in Kerala/R. Raman Nair. 2. Application of information technology in tribal medicine/S. Asha. 3. Design and development of user education programmes in agricultural universities/K.S. Ambili. 4. Information requirements of career seekers and information resources and services in libraries/Dinesan Koovakai. 5. Scientometric analysis of the research productivity of university teachers/A. Gopikuttan. 6. Organisation, administration and utilisation of DRDO libraries/M. Santha Kumari. 7. Organisation, administration and utilisation of university libraries in Kerala/M.C.K. Veeran. 8. IT applications in Church libraries in Kerala/Merciamma Mathew. 9. Socio-economic profiles and reading interest of students/G. Devarajan. Index.

"A compendium of nine selected research studies in the category of applied research in Library and Information Science. The subject such as agricultural and farm information services, IT in tribal medicine, user education in agricultural universities, information requirements of career information seekers, research productivity of university teachers, organization, administration of DRDO libraries, organization and administration of university libraries, IT applications in Church libraries, reading and socio-economic profiles are included. It is an authentic book for researchers and teachers in the field of applied research in library and information science." (jacket)