ROLE OF LIBRARIES IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUB QOttlngon 7 206 231326 97A14809 Papers of the 42nd All India Library Conference Calicut December, 21-24 1996 Edited by R P Kumar Divya Srivastava S P Gupta 1/ Indian Library Association Delhi 1996
CONTENTS Editor's Note Section 1: Library as Tools of Democracy Literacy movement and library service for the neo-literates and illiterates. Amit Kumar Bandyopadhyay. Library: Preparing the society for a healthy nation Key a Basu. 12 Making information accessible to various sections of the society More Saraswati 18 Indian library system and national development K.C. Dabas, N.S. Gill, Sheela Dabas 24 Role of libraries in national development K. Andhra Matha 36 Role of libraries in national development Dr. N.C. Ghatak 46 National information and role of libraries in India Dr. Biswanath Panda. 57 Libraries and librarianship in Uttarakhand: A perspective Dinesh Chandra Goswami 66 Impact of library services in national development KM. Krishna ' 73 Role of public libraries in promoting literacy programmes in Tamil Nadu: A comparative study with JSN K. T. Dilli, Manorama Srinath 77 Libraries for socio-economic development: Proposal for a Malabar Studies Collection M. Parameswaran. 86 Information policy for India Dr. S.L. Sangam 94 Information for risk and crisis management: The role of community information services V. Vishwa Mohan 102 Information needs and the use of library resources of social science research scholars of K.K. Handiqui Library of Gauhati University Dipika Chaudhury 106 I
Section II: Library Services Adverse influence of cash crunch on information services and development Dr. V. Venkataramana, Dr. Mohd. Burhanuddin, N. Varatha Rajan 111 Role of state, central, divisional and district libraries in the national development Dr. R.S. Balekar. 119 An analytical and practical approach to rural library service Naresh Boonlia. 130 Use of stategic marketing techniques in promoting public library services Khaiser Nikam 138 Role of rural community library in national development in India PAnuradha 147 Role of public libraries in distance education with special reference to Rajasthan Dr. H.B. Nandwana 154 Public libraries and recreational needs -More Saraswati 160 Power development in India and role of power sector libraries : P.F.C. Library and Documentation Centre Shankar Singh 167 Role of a library in medical education: An evaluation of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) Library, Kerala Bijimol Joseph 173 Assessment of services of the humanities libraries in India: A users' survey Dr. M. Kanakachary 184 Status of educational college libraries under Nagarjuna University jurisdiction : - A study P. Swarna Kumari 193 Educational services and developed school libraries: Fulfilling a goal towards national development Mary George Chacko 204 Library extension service : A holistic approach to the national development J. Abraham, N. Arumugam, J. Mahendran 211 School libraries in Delhi: A study Sunil Kumar 222 School libraries in Karnataka State : What they ought to do in national development P.G. Tadasad, B.S. Maheswarappa 226
Standardization of bibliographic records in college libraries Dr. B. Ramesh Babu 232 Section III: Sational Policy National development through library legislation in India S.C. Srivastava 240 Financial resources in the Indian library legislation: A study Dr. S.R. Ijari, 245 Tamil Nadu library legislation for the national development: A warning to library professionals V. Thillainayagam 258 Section IV : Voluntary Agencies Marathwada Library Association and its role in education - A case study More Saraswati 273 ^Vidyarthi Shayak: A bridge for rural students C.P. Pharande 279 Services to children by voluntary agencies in Madras: A situational report Dr. A. Amudhavalli, Dr. R Samyuktha 284 Section V : Role of Technology: Computer Technology and the library Manju Kant 291 Role of information technology in information management Abdul Majjd Baba 298 Impact of information technology on social development. N. S. Gill, K. C. Dabas, Sheela Dabas 305 Information technology and community development Padma, V. Upadhya 323 Information dissemination through multimedia resources Dr. Chandra Bhushan Sharma 329 The mainstream infotech to unleash a new global economy S. Venugopal 336 Application of information technology in library and information services: Trends, issues and strategies D.B. Ramesh, B.K. Dalai, M.K. Seth, J.R. Sahu 341
Library and information networking: current services and trends Abdul Rashid 353 Scope and challenges of networking libraries in India Sarita Sharma 364 Role of electronic and communication media in networks of libraries and information centres in India S.S. Pawar 374 Internet and Java: Overview S. Swaminathan, S.A. Mathias 384 Five years of on-line access centre V.S. Deodhar. 390 Use of databases in library automation Dr. B. U. Kannappa Nair, M. Vijayakumari, H.S. Siddharana Swamy 405 Use of CD-ROM Products: A review Dr. Sangita Gupta 412 Role of E-mail in library automation O.N. Chaubey 418 Document delivery systems Dr. A. Amudhavalli, C. Floreace 427 Priorities in information management systems for agricultural research and development in India Prof. R. Raman Nair 431 Towards digital libraries Dr. S. Humayoon Kabir. 445 Impact of information technology on library personnel: An analytical study of university and engineering college libraries in Tamilnadu and Pondicherry K. Nithyanandam, Dr. Manorama Srinath 454 Author Index 463 Subject Index 464