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LIS Profession in the Changing Environment
LIS Profession in the Changing Environment..: Ed.Arjun Dasgupta. IASLIC, Kolkata,2011.289p. Rs.400/
This is memorial volume of Prof. Prabir Roychaudhury, the doyen of library movement in West Bengal and a ' teacher par excellence' who retired from Jadavpur University,Kolkata. The present publication contains 30 papers divided into three parts. Part 1: Memorabila ( 11 papers deals with personal life and activities of Prof. Roychaudhuey); PartII: LIS Profession and Professionals ( 12 papers deals with Public LIbrary Services, Public Library Movement, Changing Role of LIS Profession and Professionals and LIS Education); Part III under the headings Others Topics deals with different theoretical aspects like Information Technology, Collection Development, Management etc. Some of the contributors are Prof. B.K. Sen, Prof. Pulin Barua, Prof. Ratna Bandyopadhyay, Prof. Amitava Chatterjee, Prof. Arjun Dasgupta etc.` One can develop an insight idea about Public Library Movement in India ( Prof. B.P. Baura), Changing role of LIS Professionals and their competency requirement ( Prof. Amitava Chatterjee), Library and Information Science education in West Bengal from this book. It is established from the article Public Library Service in Tagore's Model of Rural Development ( Dr. Partha Pratim Ray ) that Rabindranath Tagore established mobile library Chalantika even before the establishment of mobile library at Tanjore district in 1930. The paer entitles "Management of Presservation of Tacit Indigenous Knowledge..( Prof. Juran Krishna Sarkhal ) focuses new light into traditional indegenous knowledge and need for its preservation. This book will be a pathfinder for the professionals particularly those who are interested in Public Library and LIS Education.
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Sir,
Thanks for book review. It is useful for me because of public library system.
With regards
surbhi
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