TY - BOOK AU - Chowdhury, G.G. TI - Librarianship : An Introduction SN - 9781856046176 (pbk) U1 - 020 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Facet Publishing KW - Librarianship - History - Present - Future N1 - Contents Preface Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Part - 1:- Libraries and Information Services: Evolution or Revolution? 2. The History of Libraries 3. Types of Library Service and Library 4. Library Design 5. The Future of Libraries Part - 2:- Library and Information Resources and Services 6. Content, Storage and Delivery 7. Library Services 8. Collection Management and Collection Development 9. Preservation and Digitalization Part - 3:- Information Organization and Access 10. Classification 11. Cataloguing, Bibliographic Formats and Metadata 12. Subject Indexing and Vocabulary Control] 13. Information Retreival Part - 4:- Library and Information Users and Society 14. The Library as Social Institute 15. Services to Library Users 16. Government Legislation and Policies Part - 5: Library Technologies 17. Fundamentals of Computing and the Information Age 18. Information Technology Standards: Databases, Mark-up and the Internet 19. Library Management Systems 20. Digital Libraries Part - 6:- Management and Marketing in Libraries 21. The importance of management in Librarianship 22. Core Management Skills 23. Missions, Planning, Projects and Partnerships 24. Marketing and Libraries Part - 7:- Education and Research in Librarianship 25. Education in Librarianship 26. Research in Librarianship Epilogue Glossary Resource List Index ER -