Contents: Preface. 1. Library hardware and software. 2. Control systems. 3. Library and information science in India: growth and development. 4. Utilizing software agents for web search systems. 5. Information and information seeking. 6. A revolutionary technology: desktop publishing. 7. Creating digital materials. 8. Media and formats. 9. Information technology education in India. 10. Online information retrieval. 11. Essentials of information technology training. 12. Information technology on science information scene. 13. Modern information requirements. 14. Applications of information technology. 15. Concepts of information systems. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

"In the modern age of science and technology the library and information science has revolutionized all human activities pertaining to learning and knowledge.

The present day electronic and information technology are mutually reinforcing phenomena; and one of the key aspects of living in the information conscious society is the growing level of interactions we have with this complex and increasingly electronic environment. The general consequences of the information society are threefold: larger volumes of information, new forms and aggregation of information, and new tools for working with information." (jacket)