Knowledge is not static; it is dynamic, ever growing.
And this growth is multi-dimensional, not unidimensional.
As the knowledge grows, so grows the book
that contains the thought-content in its lap, vividly.
Present era, heightened by the globalization, is the
age of knowledge-explosion, when in-numerable,
countless books are being issued from the press every
day. This mass of published material has become today,
virtually an oceanic-pond; throwing great challenge of
identification of the wanted literature. Here, to dig out
the desired material, the searcher has to spend huge
time and energy; and has to meet out large expenditure
wondering different libraries from place to place.
There comes the bibliography to help him out.
Bibliography being the record of all the books on a given
subject, published in the country and abroad, giving all
details of the books, helps the finder locate his stuff
instantly, without wasting any time.
‘Publisher’s bibliography’, like ‘Books in Print’ etc.
recording the published books, tends to indicate the kind
and status of the literature being pursued to catch up
with. It shows also the out-put of the books published
on a given subject. Similarly, ‘language bibliography’
speaks the state and standing of the particular language
used in the study of the subject concerned. Culture and
civilization is bespoken and reflected in ‘Subject
Bibliography’. As such, bibliography stands as a tool,
virtually sine qua non for study and research. A library
that caters to this need, has to learn the techniques of
its preparations.
The second part of this book, discussing interaction
of readers with book, is alive as before.
reface (First Edition)
Preface (Second Edition)
Acknowledgements
Part One :
Bibliographic Methods
1 Bibliography and Techniques of Its Compilation 3
An art of recent growth 4
Definition 5
Bibliography and catalogue 6
(a) Difference in form 6
(b) Difference in content 7
(c) Difference in objective 7
Gradual evolution 8
Kinds of bibliography 8
Subject factor 9
Scope factor 9
Arrangement factor 10
Space factor 10
Time factor 10
Techniques in preparation 10
1. Factors for consideration 10
2. Source acquisition 11
(i) Un-published material 11
(ii) Published material 11
Tools for compilation 11
Compilation of bibliography 12
1st Step: Planning 12
2nd Step: Deciding the Penumbra of Umbral Part 12
3rd Step : (i) Locating the Material 12
(ii) Material to be Incorporated 13
4th Step: Fixing the Scope 15
5th Step: (i) Entry Rendering 15
(ii) Entry Serializing 16
6th Step: Abstracting 16
7th Step: Classification 16
8th Step: Featuring 16
9th Step: Indexing 16
Part I: Introduction 16
Part II : Schedule 17
Part III : Chronological list 17
Part IV : Index 17
Bibliography Vs Catalogue 17
National bibliographical centre a crying need 18
(a) Primary Bibliography 20
(b) Secondary Bibliography 21
Bibliography in History — First Bibliography 21
Bibliography in Social Science 22
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan’s Perception 22
2 Documentation : A Bibliographical Control
Over Literature 24
From book to document 24
Increase in scientific literature 25
Information retrieval: A problem posed 26
Shift in bibliography work 26
Facets of documentation 27
1. Documentation work 28
2. Documentation service 28
3. Abstracting work 29
4. Documentation reproduction service 30
5. Translation service 31
Librarianship and documentation service 32
3 Documentation in Social Science 34
Genesis of social science 34
Natural science Vs Social science 35
Literature explosion 36
UNESCO’S contribution 37
Work in India 39
Social science 40
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) 41
Social science documentation centre (SSDC) 42
Data archives 43
(A) Data sets generated by the ICSSR financed projects 44
(a) Data on Punch Cards 44
(b) Data on Schedules 44
(c) Data on Questionnaire 45
(B) Data produced by official agencies 45
The plan in offing 46
4 Union Catalogue 49
Introduction 49
Definition 50
Factors in union catalogue 51
(a) Space factor 51
(b) Subject factor 52
(c) Form factor 52
Arrangement of entries 53
List of abbreviations 53
Present requirement 53
Purpose and utility 54
Indian union catalogue 54
Criticism 54
(a) Union Catalogue of Social Science Periodicals 55
(b) Union Catalogue of Social Science Serials 55
A promising future 56
Part Two :
Interaction with Books
(Reading Behaviour)
5. Reading Trends of Library Users 59
The study 59
Intensity of reading 60
Preferred reading time 64
Sources of books 65
Purpose of reading books 66
Fiction and non-fiction reading 68
Preferred subjects 69
6 Newspapers and Magazines Reading Habits
and Its Relation to the Personality Traits 71
Objective 71
Universe 72
Methodology 72
Findings 72
Sources 74
News-topics of interest 74
Magazine reading 79
Bibliographical References 81
7 Personality Traits as Determinants to the
Reading Purposes 82
The genesis 82
The act of reading 83
The problem 84
The hypotheses 84
The methodology 85
1. The Universe 85
2. The Sample 85
3. The Data Processing 85
The method 86
The analysis 87
Respondents showing their purpose of reading 87
(a) By Age 87
(B) By Education 90
(c) By Occupation 92
(d) By Income 95
The findings 97
8 Sex, Age, Education, Occupation and Income
as Determinants to Fiction Reading Behaviour 101
The escape function of reading 101
The enquiry 102
The sample 102
The findings 102
(a) By Sex 102
(b) By Age 103
(c) By Education 103
(d) By Occupation 104
(e) By Income 105
9 Does Library Create Reading Habits ? 106
The problem 106
Creating the reading taste 106
The hypothesis 108
The study 108
The findings 109
(i) By Age 109
(ii) By Education 111
(iii) By Occupation 111
(iv) By Income 112
Effect of the library on readers’ habit in reading books 112
(i) By Age 113
(ii) By Education 114
(iii) By Occupation 114
(iv) By Income 115
10 Measuring Readers’ Intensity to Reading
Consequent upon Taking up Membership
of the Library 117
Introduction 117
The study 118
The methodology 118
The Results 118
Part Three :
Library’s Social Role
11 Social Dimension of Modern
Library Functioning 127
The problem 127
The hypotheses 128
The methodology 128
The role expectations 129
The role performance 130
The personality traits as determinants 131
The result 134
The discrepancy 135
12 Cooperation : New Era in Library
Administration 136
Era of cooperation 136
No library sufficient in itself 137
Facets in library cooperation 137
Ist Factor : Book 138
(a) Cooperative acquisition 138
(b) Cooperative processing 140
(c) Cooperative storage 140
IInd Factor : Reader 141
(i) Interavailability of tickets 141
(ii) Inter-loan of books 142
Useless becomes useful 142
But do not rob Peter to pay Paul : A caution 143
(iii) Finding tool 143
Union Catalogue 143
Expenditure in inter-loan of documents—a suggestion 144
IIIrd Factor : staff 144
(i) Staff on loan 144
(ii) Interchange in staff 144
(iii) Common staff meetings and lectures 145
(iv) Standardization of library forms 145
Cooperation in public library extension 145
Publication of magazine 146
National library magazine for children 146
Master centres for reference work 147
Cooperation in public and non-public libraries 147
Library cooperation in Great Britain 148
Operation of the system of cooperation 148
Cooperation in India—a suggestion 149
Impact of the cooperation on library service 150
Bibliography 151
Part Four :
Case Study Two Samples Showing how to prepare bibliography
Sample 1 : Input-output Economics :
A Classified Bibliography 155
Sample 2 : Working Women : A Classified
Bibliography 182
