Libraries
are the knowledge storehouse and dissemination centers of all
academic and Research institutions. The invention of printing press in
1440 and the advent of Internet in 1980’s brought out a paradigm shift in the
Information Storage and Retrieval (ISR) and knowledge dissemination. The 21st
century witnessed new technologies such as internet, web, digital,
technologies, mobile, security technologies, search engines, social
networking tools, cloud computing, which affected the libraries. Libraries
are undergoing rapid and tremendous changes now due to information explosion
and user demand on one side and revolutions of ICT on the other side.
Libraries are attempting to embrace these technologies to understand the user
needs and also to provide innovative information services to the users
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