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Innovation and creativity has been the order of the libraries in the changing information landscape to meet the diversified information needs of the society. this book provides a strong base for LIS curriculum and research covering emerging facets in Library Science on LIS professional issues and challenges, Lifelong Learning and Information Literacy Skills, Emerging Technologies, Social Networks, Digital Libraries and Library 3.0, E-Resource Management, Cloud Technology, Human Resource and Knowledge Management and future libraries and user expectations including social ethics of librarianship.

Contents: Preface. 1. The Entrepreneurial Library: Innovating New Library Products and Services/Ken Chad. 2. Library 3.0: Future Technologies for Libraries/Priya Bhushan. 3. Developing Models of Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) with Open Educational Resources: A Conceptual Framework to Empower Education in Digital India/Partha Sarathi Das. 4. E-Content Development Strategies in Electronic Environment: An Exploration/Akhandanand Shukla and Manoj Kumar Pal. 5. Management of Academic Libraries in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) in the Light of Five Laws of Library Science/M.P. Sampath Kumar and P. Nageswara Rao. 6. LIS Education in India: Developing Paradigms, Challenges and Propositions/Keshava and M.C. Lakshminarasimhappa. 7. Digitization Initiatives of Palm Leaf Manuscript Libraries in Tamil Nadu: A Case Study of Dr. U.V. Swaminatha Iyer Research Library, Chennai/K. Baskar and B. Ramesh Babu. 8. Content Analysis of Online Marathi Newspapers in Maharashtra/Ratneshwar C. Bhavsar and Anil N. Chikate. 9. Development of E-Content on Folk Medicine of Hyderabad Karnataka Region/D.S. Amoji and V.T. Kamble. 10. Social Networking Sites (SNSs): An Emerging Tool for Librarians to Provide Effective Library Services in Digital Era/Manoj Kumar Verma. 11. Analytical Study on the Use of Cell Phones/Mallinath Kumbar, C.P. Ramasesh and M.L. Umesha. 12. Discriminant Analysis of the influence of Faculty Members’ Socio-Economic Characteristics on the Use of Social Networks: A Study of KSWU, Bijapur/Gavisiddappa Anandhalli and T. Shantadevi. 13. Use of Social Networking Technologies: A Survey of University of Agricultural Sciences Students, Bangalore/M. Papegowda, V. Srinivasa and Lingappa S. Jadava. 14. Can Cloud Computing Help for Government Colleges to Automate their Libraries? A Point of View/N. Vasantha Raju and N.S. Harinarayana. 15. Impact of Cloud Computing on Libraries/Shrikant Karkun and Vijayakumar Jalagar. 16. Academic Scholars Perceptions on Cloud Based Library Services of Engineering Colleges in Bangalore Region: A Study/K. Manjunatha and Shamrao Ramanna. 17. Knowledge Sharing among Digital Libraries through cloud Oriented Computing Architecture (COCA) Model/U. Nagalingam and K.G. Jayarama Naik. 18. Managing the Library’s Corporate Culture for Organizational Efficiency, Productivity, and Enhanced Service/B. Sujatha and T.Y. Mallaiah. 19. Inclusive Library: A Humanitarian Approach to Information Services/Keshava, Vatnal and Anand Dodamani. 20. Leadership Style of Library Managers and Library Environment/Ujwala Sudhir Ulhe and Sambhaji G. Patil. 21. Impact of Paradigm Shift of ICT Tools and Technologies in the Context of Farmers Information Tools/K. Veeranjaneyulu, P. Punna Rao and N.P. Ravi Kumar. 22. Role of Library Managers in Protecting Copyright in E-Environment/Avinash D. Chinchure and Lalita Sami. 23. Best Practices in Madras University: A Case Study of Guindy Campus (Science) Library, Chennai/S. Baskaran and M. Tamizhchelvan. 24. Electronic Information Services and Current Issues in IPR/Vinay P. Haware and Avinash Humbre. 25. Wayback machine: A Boon for Preserving Web Sources/S.U. Shiva Kumara and B.T. Sampath Kumar.26. Pay Back to Society through Web Based Library Services: Librarians Turn/Prakash Waghmare, Ganapathi Z. Shinde and Anandraj Patil. 27. Innovative Library Services Using ICT Tools/S. Dhanavandan. 28. Virtual Reference Service in Libraries of IISC/IISER in India: user survey/Amol Dewaji Khobragade and Shalini R. Lihitkar. 29. Digital literacy skills among faculty of Sahyadri College of Engineering and management, Mangalore/Shwetha Kumari K. and M. Pruushothama Gowda. 30. Essential information skills for internet surfing in the College libraries: a survey/Mahantesh Ajagond. 31. Information literacy skills of faculty members of polytechnic colleges in utilising information resources: a study/Mahadeva Prasad M.S. and Mallinath Kumbar. 32. Effectiveness of multimedia E-learning in higher educational institutions in Hyderabad Karnataka region: a survey/C. Selvaraj. 33. Best practices in digitisation: planning and workflow processes/Shekar Bandi, Mallikarjun Angadi and J. Shivarama. 34. Use and important role of E-resources to all aspect of education: teaching and learning with special reference to NMIMS (deemed to be University, Mumbai)/Ravindra M. Mendhe, Kishore Patil and Kiran Dhandore. 35. Knowledge management in libraries/Ganapathi Z. Shinde and Waghamare Shivaji. 36. Design and development of library websites: librarian perspective/Vinodkumar and H. Arunachalapathy. 37. Retention and job satisfaction of library professionals in Hyderabad Karnataka region/P. Shashikala. 38. Information seeking behaviour of law professionals/Satyaprakash Nikose and Minakshi Sontakke. 39. challenges and opportunities of preparting library information science students for ICT based practice society in North-West Geo-political zone of Nigeria/Sani Murtala Ridwan. 40. Social media: a new paradigm in library services/P. Sarasvathy and G.R. Namratha.