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Synopsis A university library is both a collegiate and research library in its provision of library materials and collections in depth. It plays the role of a public library by serving the university community as a general intellectuals and cultural centre. It is a school library in giving instructions to students for competing course assignments. It is a specialist library in meeting the specialized information and resource needs of students and faculty engaged in advanced research. If the university librarian is to act as the disseminator of knowledge he must make the library a magnetic force around which teaching and research revolves. This volume has been designed to provide the working librarians a compendium containing management techniques for administering the libraries on teaching and research level. This study introduces the students and library scientist with the administrative organisation; governmental and administrative relationships of the library; issues involved in human relationships, securing finance, preparation of budget, personnel requirements and their professional development highlighting role of the librarian in planning physical plant; running library off the campus, etc. The book will prove of immense value to the users in LIS.