Contents: Preface. I. Digital library: technologies and services: 1. Boundaries for the boundless: organising digital libraries/A. Ganesan, Padma Udayakumar and Srikamal Srimurugan. 2. Role of digital libraries in engineering colleges/M. Murugesan and R. Jawahar Babu. 3. System architectures, integration and interoperability/G.D. Kesavan. 4. Electronic theses and dissertations: useful tool for modern digital library/Atin Nandi. 5. Digital library technologies and services/J. Ramesh. 6. Digital library use/M. Tamizhchelvan and P. Abhilashan. 7. Digital library concepts, documents and preservation/A. Chitra Dhavaputhalvi. 8. Need for digitization: problems and prospects in college libraries of Coimbatore/M. Mariraj. 9. Digital repositories using D space in Indian libraries: a case study/S. Valarmathimaran and M. Surulinathi. 10. Building digital library resources/O. Seshaiah. 11. Digital library technologies and services/R.U. Ramasamy. 12. Building digital libraries by using open source software: opportunities and challenges/G. Rathinasabapathy. II. Usage of e-resources in libraries: 13. Usage of e-resources and academic libraries in Chennai/E. Kanniyappan, C. Muthusamy and P. Sankar. 14. Electronic information resources: a free electronic documents collection/service for the CAT library users/P. Rajendiran. 15. Open source gateway at Indian Institute of Science Library/T.M. Devendrappa and B. Obaiah. 16. Basics of e-learning: an overview/M. Arockia Lourdu Raj. 17. E-publishing and its utilisation among research scholars of arts and science colleges in Erode: a case study/P. Annadurai. 18. Medical e-resources: an introduction/V.P. Ramesh Babu, A. Ganesan and D. Uma Maheswari. 19. E-learning in the ICT era: a study in the Indian context/A. Manimekalai. 20. E-learning and its role in e-society/M. Chandrashekara, K.R. Mulla and A.S. Shivakumara. 21. E-publishing: a challenge for the contemporary libraries/Ms. Smrutirekha Dash and K.C. Panda. III. Marketing of information products and services: 22. Marketing of library and information products and services/S. Ramkumar and M. Mariraj. 23. Marketing resources and services in business school libraries: a plan for SMS Library, CUSAT/Surendran Cherukodan. 24. Marketing of information products and services in libraries/M. Kannan. 25. Immaculate approach towards marketing of library and information services and products/K. Vinitha and S. Kanthimathi. IV. Consortia on e-journals subscription: 26. Access to scholarly technical e-journals through consortium/S. Rajendran. 27. Consortia on e-journal subscriptions/B.A. Rajeev, S. Jayaprakash, B. Ravi Venkat and P.V. Govinda Reddy. 28. Electronic journals for library and information science professionals/R. Ramesh, M. Mariraj and Robert William. 29. E-journal consortia: a gateway to future knowledge/B. Jagadeesh, N. Nagaraj Vaidya and S.S. Jewargikar. 30. Sharing e-journals in consortia environment: development in digital era/N. Vasanth and V. Mahesh Mudhol. 31. E-journal consortia: a boon to Indian libraries/Jesudoss Manalan, A. Senthamil Selvi and J. Lisa Sheba Rani. 32. Creation of a database for e-journal collection of Kerala University Library/B. Mini Devi. V. Information technology and its usage in libraries: 33. Information technology and its usage in libraries/R. Selvam. 34. Open access initiative (OAI) for greater access to scholarly information on the web/Sangita Sahu and Bulu Maharana. 35. Web based services in library and information centers/M. Umesh, M.V. Satish and S. Krishnamurthy Hegde. 36. RFID technology infrastructure for library service: a case study of its implementation at JRDTML at IISc/M. Surulinathi and K.S. Chudamani. 37. The competence and changing role of the informational professionals in the internet era/Gracy V. Monteiro. 38. Professional quality improvement: need of the hour/N. Suresh Kumar. 39. Effective tools to navigate for digital information on the world wide web/Shailendra Kumar and K. Anas. 40. Information technology and its usage in public libraries/R.R. Saravana Kumar. 41. Role of information technology in business school libraries; a special focus on SVPITM library/M. Gangatharan and S.N. Vignesh. VI. Knowledge management in library and information services: 42. Knowledge management in university libraries/N. Thirunavukkarasu. 43. Knowledge management: a growing realization in organizations/Nagaraj N. Vaidya and B. Jagadeesh. 44. Knowledge management for LIS professionals/Prativa Acharya and Amitav Pani. 45. Roadmap to implement knowledge management in Indian universities/P. Arumugam and M. Arockia Lourdu Raj. 46. Knowledge management in libraries: an Indian perspective/G. Dhanasegaran. 47. Knowledge Organisation Management (KOM) in LESA in digital environment: a citation study approach in leather industrial development/V. Kasirao. VII. Total quality management in library and information services: 48. Total quality management in digital libraries/A. Aruna and R. Mary Carol. 49. Total quality management in modern libraries; initial implementation efforts/S. Sridhar. 50. Total quality management in library and information services/S.S. Jewargikar and T.S. Somashekar. 51. Total quality management in library and information services/K. Mythili. 52. Total quality management in library and information services: an overview/A.N. Janardhana Rao. VIII. Information organising and preserving methods in libraries: 53. Rashid medical library: building the information society within DOHMS and beyond/G.T. Shakeel Ahmed and K.R. Mulla. 54. Tools and techniques for effective organization of information in libraries in the 21 century/M. Prakash. 55. Digital preservation: a doorstep for librarians to enter into modern era/T. Arul. 56. Digital preservation/Nazneen Banu. 57. Digital preservation/C. Muthusamy, E. Kanniyappan and M. Amutha. 58. Preserving electronic information in university libraries: an action plan for CUSAT library/N.K. Sheeja. Index.
"Gone are the days when libraries were storehouses of books. Information technology has changed the today's environment of libraries in a big way with the current thrust on digital information. With the development of digital information and a knowledge society, libraries are changing their role from document provider to information provider. The need of the hour is to provide authentic information in split second. Internet explosion paves the way for the same. The impact of information technology has led to a paperless society, digital libraries and virtual libraries.
Digital technology has been making such an impact on different sectors of human activity which leads the present period as paperless society. Its impact on libraries and their services is no less. The theme matter is being disintegrated into eight parts." (jacket)
