Library in Society By Dr. Shabir Ahmad Ganaie Faculty Member Department of Library & Information Science

Introduction Society InformationEntertainmentEducation Library

Education Research & Development Economic Industrial Technological Political Social Cultural Role of Libraries

Academic Public Special National Others

Traditional Library Automatic Library Electronic Library Digital Library Hybrid Library

from traditional library to electronic/digital library; from library cooperation to library resource sharing; from information society to knowledge society; from collection management to content/supply chain management; and from manual service to digital service. From traditional library to electronic/digital library; From library cooperation to library resource sharing; From information society to knowledge society; From collection management to content/supply chain management; and From manual service to digital service. Transformation

Mission

Prerequisite Physical Infrastructure Human Resources Human Resources Intellectual Resources Intellectual Resources Financial Resources Financial Resources

Your Library is 1.Financially Sound 2.Strong in Physical Assets 3.Rich in Information sources 4.Technologically advanced 5.Sufficient human Resources 6.Is having a big name Can you achieve your Mission ? Assumption Answer Yes / No

Efficient and Sufficient Human Resources Mission Of Library α

Professional obligaions

Librarianship as a Profession Possessing a sound literature base Possessing a body of experts, peers Having training facilities Having standards accepted internationally Body / organization Work / actions performed are more mental based than physical ones Code of ethics

Professional Obligations Ethics

IntegrityHonesty ImpartialityAccountabilityTransparencySoft spoken

Some Dilemma Privacy & Confidentiality Acquisition and censorship Archiving and Preservation Intellectual property right

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