Information, now, has come to occupy a pivotal role, to be
reckoned as a driving force, for all human development. Therefore, the
information created from different sources needs to be processed, retrieved,
and kept ready to be served to the world of users, who wants to know in order
to use it.
An attempt has been made here to present an integrated view of the
subject of information processing and retrieval. However, this volume gives
only an introduction about them. The purpose has been mainly to help in the
creation of such a tool, which helps in making information available and thus
provide an effective communication link between the information sources and the
seekers of information.
Dr. N.R. Satyanarayana (b.1947) was educated at
the universities of Andhra, Osmania, Banaras, Lucknow and at the College of
Librarianship Wales, Aberystwth (U.K.). He worked in the University of Lucknow
for more than thirty five years and held the position of Professor and Head of
the Department of Library and Information Science. Subsequently, he joined
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow as Professor and held the
positions of Head, the Department of. Library and Information Science, and
Dean, School for Information Sciences and Technology.
More than twenty five scholars were awarded Ph.
D. under his supervision. He has written eight books and contributed more than
seventy five research articles in different professional journals and
presented/published papers in many national and international conferences, and
also organized several conferences and seminars. He edited “Lucknow Librarian”
a quarterly journal of U.P. Library Association, for more than two decades.
He is an active member of many professional
societies and has held many responsible positions including President, Uttar
Pradesh Library Association, Lucknow Chapter and was Senior-Vice- President,
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers (IASLIC) from
2002-04 and 2004-06. He is now member of its Governing Body. The Governor of
Uttar Pradesh nominated him as ‘Member, Uttar Pradesh State Library Council’
under the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Public Library Act, 2006 since its
inception.
For his contribution in the field of Library
and Information Science, he was honoured with the ‘IATLIS-MOTIWALE Best Teacher
Award’ by the Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science
(IATLIS) in the year 2008; and “Best Teacher Award for the year 2011” by the
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centers (IASLIC), and
was conferred on him at its Annual Conference held at Pondicherry University in
December 2012.
