Sustainable University Library development presents studies on various
aspects of the university library system with stress to development with a
concern for the technology and needs of future generations. University play a
crucial role in the generation and application of new knowledge. They produce
the trained work force required for industry, agriculture, health,
administration, services and other sectors. Along with the intelligentsia
nurtured by them they create the ideological climate required for better
quality of life and pace of development. We are facing a veritable explosion of
knowledge in all fields of human activity. If universities are to keep pace with
these development, and remain internationally competitive, avoid waste o scarce
resources by duplication of research and support national development; their
library ad information syst3ems should be efficient. Understanding this fact
educational and research institutions in advanced countries have in eighties
itself developed libraries as their major divisions, automated them on priority
basis and linked them to worldwide networks. But our university libraries still
lag very far behind. We have to concentrate on sustainable development of
library and information systems to meet the challenges of the twenty first
century. The book covers sustainable library management techniques, system
development organizational set up, staffing, finances, physical facilities,
training programmes and services. This volume can serve as a guide to
sustainable methods of university library development.
Preface
Contributors
1. Sustainable librarianship---A. R. Sethi
2. Management of university libraries-------R K. Rout
3. Modernizing agricultural university libraries----------R. Raman Nair
4. Sustainable staffing policy for university libraries-----------K.
Rajasekaran
5. Staffing levels and recruitment policies in university libraries-----M.
Kanakachari
6.Personnel management in high-tech environment--------A. T. Francis
7. Library budget in agricultural university-----------R.C. Sharma and H. N.
Prasad
8. University library building in the tropics---------Betty I. Iffidon
9. National Network for research in ancient Indian sciences ---------L.
Sulochana Devi
10. Sustainable collection development in university libraries---------Neela
Jagannathan
11. University library collection on Telugu language and
literature----------M. Sankara Reddy
12.Sustainability of the programme on use of library--------------Rose B.
Okiy
13. Readers services in university libraries: -------------P. S. G. Kumar
14. Document retrieval in university libraries--------------N. Satish and
Yadagiri Reddy
15. Repography in university libraries and copyright law ------Thomas A
Aituff
16. Index
Prof R. RAMAN NAIR is a post graduate in Library and Information Science from
Banaras Hindu University he has also Masters Degree in History, Bachelors Degree
in Law and qualifications in Public Administration, Computer Science, Hindi,
German etc. He has served Cochin University of Science and Technology, Centre
for Development Studies,Kirala Legislature Library, Trivandram Public Library,
Kasaragod Government College and H. H. Maharaja's College for Women. He is
currently the Librarian of Kerala Agricultural University. His published works
include Computer Application to Library and Information services, academic
Library Development, academic Library Effectiveness. Academic Library Automation
, Public Library Development and many literary works in English and Malayalam.
He has published numerous library science papers, literary articles and
translations and has presented papers at many national and international
seminars and conferences. He is a founder member of the Centre for South Indian
Studies, life member of ILA,IASLIC and AGLIS and academic canceller of IGNOU He
has designed and installed the first Multimedia Compatible Library automation
System (McLAS). His current research interest is on Information handling for
agricultural science.
