Academic Library Development includes scholarly articles that provide
insights into many unexplored areas of academic librarianship. In this age of
information explosion. the quality of teaching -learning process certainly
depends on the speed and efficiency of the library and information services that
supports the academic process. Therefore, the qualitative improvement of the
information services from the academic libraries has become a crucial facet in
the development of our academic process, as a whole. Cut the technological
developments, the emergence of new disciplines at a very rapid pace, the
exponential volume of published literature, the non-traditional forms of
documents the limitation in the availability of resources, the ever-increasing
rise in the cost of documents, the changing concepts in the philosophy of
library and information services, the evolution of information intense academic
environment etc. throws challenges tithe development of our academic libraries.
These challenges are consequently leading to the requirement for more literature
that shed light on minute aspects of academic library development. Academic
library development is the first book under the series perspectives in academic
librarianship ' and is intended to cover diverse aspects of library and
information services in academic institutions, emphasizing the situation in
India and other third world countries. This collection is certainly an
embodiment of creative thinking of well-know specialists in the field of
academic librarianship in India and abroad.
Preface
Contributors
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1. University of Zambia Libaray as the National Reference Library of Zambia--- CHARLES B M LUNGU
2. Library of Congress Subject Heading List: Study in practice. -------BETTY I IFFIDON
3. Academic Librarian Development. --------PATRICK R PENLAND AND ALEYAMMA MATHAI
4. Agricultural library and information development in Botswan. ---- KEBEDE GESSESSE
5. Library scene in Kerala Agricultural University. --------------RAJESEKHARA N.K.
6. Current Awareness Service in CIEFL Library. ------------------KANAKACHARI AND PRABHAKAR SS
7. Collection management in university library some aspects. ---------MAHAJAN SG.
8. Need for a Zoological Information Analysis Centre in the national netword. ---------BIPUL KUMAR CHAKRABARTY
9. Scientific publication and information service at Nutrition Library.--------- RADHAKRISHNA MOORTHI S
10. Curriculum for inservice training of health science librarians. ---------MOHAMED TAHER
11. Library development through information. ------------------SISTER MESERANZA AC
12. Challenges for Academic librarianship. ----------SEWA SINGH and AMUDHA VALLI
Index
M.N. Ramakrishnan (M.A. M. Lib. Sc.) is in the library & information profession for the past three decades in many crucial positions such as Chief Librarian of Asmara University of Ethiopia, Librarian of Calicut University and Professor & Head. Department of Library & Information science. University of Kerala. He was the founder president of Academy of Library & Information Services, Thiruvananthapuram and edited its Journal ALIS BULLETIN. K. Rajasekharan (M. A. L.L. B., M. Lib. Sc.) is a library & information scientist belonging to Kerala Agricultural University. He has written extensively on library science and has been increasingly active in the development of librarianship. He held the position of General Secretary of Academy of Library & Information Services for a few years and is now the President of Kerala academic Librarians Association.
R. Raman Nair, a post graduate in both history and Library & Information Science, is a senior college librarian. He had published numerous library science papers, literary articles and translations. He has been actively involving in library development activities and new holds the position of General Secretary of Kerala Academic Librarians Association.
