Libraries are no more just store houses of documents. They have come a long way and have metamorphosised from a store house to a very sophisticated organization and this complex functional system has been accomplished after the great efforts of library professionals. In this present information age the librarians have become Cybrarians with their advance knowledge in handling the technology and communication to perform the library functions with ease. The wings of the library have reached the Cloud at this present knowledge society. All said and done, libraries are not easy to manage. They are complicated systems and they cannot be compared with other commercial organizations or educational systems.
A library can be viewed mainly in two ways, as a social institution or a system. These are the two approaches which will make us to understand the various intricacies of a library organizational system. In general the term system and an organization can be considered synonymous. At the same time these two different concepts will give us two different approaches for analyzing the functional aspects of the library. These two approaches have been discussed in detail and the various functions and other programmes of a modern library have been explained in a simple manner. Apart for this the concepts are explained with diagrams and flowcharts so as to make the reader understand them clearly. The book discusses the requirement of ISO certification, change management, time management, evaluation methods in libraries, latest Information technology in libraries, attributes of the libraries and library building etc., This book is written for library professionals, research scholars and students of Library & Information science. There is a compelling reason for these people to understand the intricacies of successful library management in the present Information age.