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The Science and The Profession of Libraries - A Visionary's Perspective (A Collection of 20 Papers) 125th Anniversary Commemoration Volume

Author: A.Y. Asundi B.M. Meera

Rs. 1750

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ISBN 9789387698093
Year of Publication 2019
Binding HardBound
Pages
Edition
Language English
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This book comes the closest to 'The Science and Profession of Libraries' since both of them contain the articles penned by the Father of Library Science, Dr. S.R. Ranganathan. 
The book 'A Librarian Looks Back' has not been available for readers for decades now leaving vacuum for the readers who wish to read such a book written by a legend.

Foreword 
Preface 
1 Libraries and Library Movement 
2 Newton, Mathematics and Ramanujan 
3 Library Responsibilities of Independent India 
4 Special Librarianship - What it Connotes 
5 IFLA - What it Should be and Do 
6 Library Science and Scientific Method 
7 Library Grant to Indian Universities:
Some Suggestions for the UGC 
8 Document, Documentation
and Standardization 
9 Library Development in India 
10 Intellectual Problems and Equipment
Consideration in the Design of New Systems 
11 Revolutions in Library Science 
12 Documentation: A Vital Link in Communication
(Documentations in many Lands 7) 
13 Model Public Libraries Bill:
An Evaluation Sponsored by
the Union Ministry of Education 
14 Evolution of Reference Service and
Documentation Service 
15 Emergence of Library Science
(Development of Library Science) 
16 Reference Service through four Centuries 
17 Documentation, Computer and Classification 
18 Is There a Library Profession ? 
19 Librametry and Its Scope 
20 Unified View of Education and Library Work 
Index

Dr. A.Y. Asundi is a former Professor and Chairman, Department of Library and Information Science and Officer-In-Charge of IT Centre, Bangalore University, Bangalore.He has a rich blend of experience both as a practitioner and as a teacher for nearly four decades. He has served as a visiting faculty at ISI/DRTC, Bangalore. Dr. Asundi was also a member of the Advisory Committee of IFLA/SIG on LIS Education in developing countries.

Dr. B.M. Meera, currently Chief Librarian at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru has rich experience of managing academic libraries. Dr. Meera also served at the Indian Statistical Institute, Bengaluru for 24 years. She has more than 20 research papers in national and international journals and has 40 conference papers. A past Vice President of KALA, Dr. Meera is recipient of 'Award of Excellence' on the occasion of International Women's Day in 2010 and 'Granthalaya Sewa Puraskara' in recognition of her record of excellent library services by the Department of Public Libraries, Government of Karnataka. 

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