MODERN APPROACHES IN LIBRARIANSHIP. Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Librarianship

      Аннотация: This book focuses on the impact of information and communication technologies on library operations and services. The subject domain is modern approaches in librarianship which covers all innovations and paradigm shift in the nature of libraries and services provided spearheaded by the birth of ICT and other related technologies. The book took a historical approach to explaining the concept ‘Library’, in its conventional state as well as defining the various concepts that have changed the face of modern libraries including highlighting some innovations in the library as a result of ICTs. This approach is seen as a guide into understanding the full content of the book. The book looked at where we are coming from as a conventional library down to the application of ICTs in library operations and services which gave rise to mechanization and computerization that in their turn gave birth to library automation; hybrid, (hybrid of virtual and physical resources), digital libraries; Virtual libraries; integrated library system ETC. The topics have been carefully chosen and organized and written to serve both librarians, students, scholars and the general public.

Ключевые слова: library, ICTs. Mechanization, Automation, Hybrid library, digital library, Virtual Library, Integrated Library System, Open source software