'The Information Technology (IT) plays a vital role in today\'s global knowledge economy. The whole world is witnessing that innovations in IT sector radically transforming all the aspects of human life. Similarly, IT has transformed the role of libraries creating new challenges and opportunities. IT has an immense potential in enhancing the capabilities of libraries to increase the efficiency, productivity and effectiveness of library operations and services. Even, whatever the information resources and services are being provided by the libraries in digital form to its users can be accessed easily from anywhere anytime. \nThe present book deals with some of the pertinent issues of library and information science such as knowledge management practices, ethical issues in publishing, green libraries, robotics in libraries, impact and use of Internet, service quality issues of libraries, Read more
Prefacev List of Contributorsxi 1.Green Library: Concept to Concern1 2.Service Performance Assessment Based on LibQUAL+ Model: A Study at Agricultural and Medical University Libraries of Haryana and Punjab States of India13 3.Building Knowledge Ecology From the Perspective of Managing Indigenous Knowledge: Echoes From Nigeria31 4.Leveraging Knowledge Management in the Knowledge Economy41 5.Human Resource Management Practices in University Libraries of Bangladesh65 6.Advancing Library and Information Services Using Innovative Technologies79 7.thical Issues in Publishing: Copyright and Plagiarism: A Legal Dimension95 8.Setting-up a National Level DBTs Electronic Library Consortium (DeLCON Consortium): A Success Story and Development115 9.The Impact of Current Pandemic on e-Learning Process: A Survey among PG Students at Tripura135 10.Library Services and Precautions during Read more
Dr. Bhanu Partap is presently working as Assistant Librarian in Nehru Library, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (HR), India since July 2013. Before joining the current position, he has served many institutions situated in Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh between September 2005 to July 2013. He has received MLISc. (2005) and M.A. (Mass Comm.) (2008) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra and received M.Phil. (LIS) in 2008 from Alagappa University, Karaikudi (Tamilnadu), India. He has qualified the exam of UGC-NET in June 2010 and also received the degree of Ph.D. in Library & Information Science (2018) from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has about 15 years of professional experience in the field of librarianship. He has published more than 70 articles in the National and International Journals, conference proceedings and edited books and has also written/edited Read more