Libraries and Librarianship in India

by Jashu Patel, Krishan Kumar

Overview

This guide provides the historical background of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship in India. It focuses, chapter by chapter, on various types of libraries including national libraries, academic libraries, school libraries, and special libraries. It also covers the state of bibliographic control and services, professional organizations, library education, and automation.

From ancient through medieval and modern India to the end of the 20th century, this book offers detailed description of the development of libraries and related activities in the field of librarianship. This is an informative guide to libraries and the profession of librarianship in India that will be of great value to scholars and researchers of world librarianship. Providing a historical background of traditional and modern libraries and librarianship, this book will be useful to library science students and faculty worldwide.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313294235
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/2001
Series:	Guides to Asian Librarianship
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile:	1340L (what's this?)

About the Author

JASHU PATEL is Professor of Library Science and Communication Media at Chicago State University. He was a senior Fulbright Scholar that took him to seventeen universities in India and Nepal. He has published several articles on librarianship, as well as chapters in books.

KRISHAN KUMAR was formerly Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, India. He has been chariman of the editorial board, of the Jourbanal of Library and Information Science and editor of the Library Herald. He is a past president of both the Indian Library Association and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. He is the author of numerous articles and several books.

Table of Contents

Preface
A History of Librarianship
National Libraries
Academic Libraries
Public Libraries
School Libraries
Special Libraries
The State of Bibliographic Control and Services
Professional Organizations
Library and Information Science Education
Library Automation
Selected Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

In a guide they hope will prove useful to those in library science in South Asia and in comparative studies, the authors consolidate information from not readily available sources tracing developments in traditional and modern Indian libraries that have resulted in an infrastructure described as fairly good but still short of its full potential. Chapters treating each type of library (national, academic, public, special, and school) include the libraries' organizations, resources, functions, services, and staff. Subsequent chapters deal with such topics as bibliographical control and services, professional organizations, library education, and automation. Patel teaches library science and communication media at Chicago State U. Kumar formerly headed the department of library and information science at the U. of New Delhi. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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