Includes bibliography and index

Computer science education for Library Services--Mainframe era--Minicomputers and rise of UNIX--personal computers--trends in Library management--Library manager--usage of software for different library functions--cataloguing--CAS--SDI--web service software factory--Digital preservation and permanent access to information--Library and knowledge sharing--social nature of knowledge--sociograms, socio network analysis--community yellow pages--knowledge sharing--The Undernet--E-book--comparison of E-books with printed books--tome Raider--Flip books--computer and library automation--collection management--electronic resources--electronic publishing--scholarly communication--archiving --preservation--resource sharing--data from automated systems management--desirable reports--classification of library books--contemporary schemes of classification--colon--decimal classification--classifying--ultimate class--call number--facets for anteriorising common isolates--schedule of select class numbers--cataloguing--structure of entries--resource sharing--library house keeping operations--acquisition control--circulation control--online circulation systems--heritage collections--digital audio archiving--hybrid approach to reformatting--digital spatial data