Information and Society

 

Foreword

Introduction

Acknowledgments

Members of Prof. Parvathaneni

Gangadhara Rao Memorial Volume

Committee

List of Contributors

Section I: Libraries And Informtion

1. Library and Its use ---Rabindrannth  Tagore

2. Information Age and Public Libraries in India--------K. Sarada

3. Communities in Search of Library and  Information Services in
India----L. S. Ramaiah

4. Evolution of Information Society: Implications on LICs and L&I
Profession------S. Sudarshan Rao

Section II: Classification : Some reflections

5. Library Classification: An International Perspective----------A. A. Raju

6. Ranganathan's canons of Characteristics:  Some Reflections--------M.
P. Satija

Section III: Academic Libraries: State-of the -Art

7. Current Issues in Indian Academic Libraries----S. D. Vyas

8. Development of Academic Library: A State-of -the -Art-Mohammed Taher

Section IV: Libraries and Distance Education

9. The Role of Libraries in Non-Formal Education-----N.R. V. Prabhu

10. Library as the Life Force of Distance Education --------A. P. S. V. V. S.
N. L. Narasimha  Raju

11. Role of Libraries in Promoting Distance Education --K. Ramanaiah and M.
Anjaiah

Section V:  LIS Education: Challenges and changes

12. Library and Information Science Education in India for the 21st Century:
Trends and Issues------P. B. Mangla

13. LIS Education: change or Status Quo?-----------N. R. Satyanarayana

14. Continuous Quality Improvement in Library and Information  Science
Teaching through distance Education in India: Approaches and Experiences
-----------Harish Chandra

15 Curriculum in On--Campus and Off-Campus L&I Science Education Programmes
in India------A Comparative Study--------K. Sugatri Devi

16. Continuing Education for  Library Professionals and Teachers in
Library and Information Science: A Study of Programmes Conducted by Academic
Staff Colleges----N. B. Pangannaya & V. G. Talawar

Section VI: LIS Profession and Professionalism

17. Traditional Libraries to Automated Magasystem: Needed Attitudinal changes
-----Anand P. Srivastava

18. Changing  Trends in Library Profession--------S. Gopalakrishnan

19. Membership of College and University Librarians in Professional
Associations: A Survey ----------V. Pulla Reddy

20. Impact of Information Technology on Library Science
Profession-------------Need for Redefining of Role and functions--------Md.
Gouse Riajuddin

Section VII: LIS Management

21. Time Management: Strategies to Avoid the Twin Perils of Apathetic
Lethargy and Stressful Hyperactivity-----Jagtar Singh

22. Data Base Management: A Tool in  Agricultural Marketing Development
in India Bipul Kumar Chadrabarty

Section VIII : Information Resources: Caring & Sharing

23. Information Needs and Uses of Financial and Industrial Information:
Problems and Prospects----J. Abraham

24. Resource Sharing of Periodical Literature Among University Libraries: A
Conceptual Approach-----E. Rama Reddy

25. Study of Industrial Information Users: Problems and prospects ---------C.
P. Ramasesh

26. Information Sources in Architecture ----------B. Ramesh Babu and K.
Kaliyaperumal

27. Survey on the Information Needs of Farmers in Nellore District (A. P. )
--------K. Veeranjaneyulu

Section IX: Technical Report  Writing and Standards

28. Technical Report Writing: Methods and Procedures-------A. L. Moorthy and 
C. R. Karisiddappa

29. Standards for Public Library Services: A Study ----S. R. Ijari and B. U.
Kannappanavar

Section X: Information Technology

30.Expert Systems: Applications in Library and Information Processing
Areas------M. S Subramanian

31. Automation and Public Libraries -----Velaga Venkatappaiah and  A.
R.D. Prasad

32. Use of Information  Technology in India  Libraries: Problems
and Prospects ---P. Venkataramana

33. Emerging Information Information Technologies: G. Dhanasegaran

34. Modern Information Technologies: Their Impact on Library Services ---T.
Ashok Babu and L. Venkateswara Rao

Section XI: Information Superhighways

35.  Protection of Copyright on the Information Superhighway -----
Daniel Gervais

36. On-Line Information retrieval System J. Dominic and P. J. Nirmala

37. Local Area Networks: The Library Applications------B.Satyanarayana

38. Moving Towards a Virtual Library: Role of Reference Librarians -----Sai
Lakshmi Parvathaneni

Section XII: Internet and WWW

39. Internet and World Wide Web ------S. Palani, S. Ganesan  and
T.Rajendran

40. Internet and Java; The Ultimate for the Librarians -------B. S. Swarop
Rani and S. Swaminathan

41. Internet in the Information Services: Experience at the University of
Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health Sciences---Rama Veswanathan

42. The Internet Initiative at the Atlanta-----Fulton Public Library
------Grace B. Agnew

43. World Wide Web and the Web Page for Aids---------S. Palany and Manorama
Srinath

Section XIII : Prof. Gangadhara Rao: Bio-Glimpses

44. The Man and The Professor in Prof. P. G. Rao---Abbas Ibrahim

45. Professor P. Gangadhara Rao --the Architect of Open Learning Education
System in Library and Information Science --V. Kasi Rao and B. Ramesh Babu

Subject Index