Computer Application to Library and Information Services

Computer Apptication to Library and Information Servies' is intended to providea basis for courses in Librarianship. The developments in computer and telecommunication technology has effected drastic changes in the way in which information in collected, stored, retrieved and disseminated. The coming into existence of specialized databases, online services, resource sharing networks and CDROM necessitates the application of computers in libraries to horness their power effectively. Library and information workers should have a thorough grounding on computer and telecommunication systems, their techniques equipments and practice to profitably exploit the versatile capabilities of these new technologies. This book, presenting computer conepts from a library perspective can provide the computer literacy our library and information workers require. It can give a general understanding of the computer system, its hardware software components and can also help to identify and define the scope of jobs in library and information systems which computers can be made to do. It also discusses in detail PASCAL which is becoming the popular computer language among librarians, CDS/ISIS the unique software developed by UNESCO for database management in libraries and dBase III+ which can be used for various types of jobs in libraries. To any library and information worker interested in computer application in his field this book can give a good start.