Information and Society: Essays in The Memory of Prof. P. Gangadhara Rao

List of Contributors
Section I : Libraries And Information
1. Library and Its use - Rabindranath Tagore
2. Information Age and Public Libraries in India - K. Sarada
3. Communities in Search of Library and Information Services in India - L.S. Ramaiah
4. Evolution of Information Society: Implications on LICs and L&I Profession - S.
Sudarshan Rao

Section II : Classification : Some Reflections
5. Library Classification: An International
Perspective -A. A. N. Raju
6. Ranganathan's Canons of Characteristics: Some Reflections -M.P. Satija

Section III : Academic Libraries: State-of-the-Art
7. Current Issues in Indian Academic Libraries - S.D. Vyas
8. Development of Academic Library : A State-
of-the-Art - Mohammed Taher

Section IV : Libraries and Distance Education
9. The Role of Libraries in Non-Formal Education - N.R. V. Prabhu
10. Library as the Life Force of Distance Education - A-P.S.V.V.S.N.L. Narasimha
Raju
11. Role of Libraries in Promoting Distance Education- K. Ramsinaiah and M. Anjaiah

Section V: LIS Education: Challenges and Changes
12. Library and Information Science Education in India for the 21 st Century: Trends and Issues - P.B. Mangla
13. LIS Education: Change or Status Quo? - N.R. Satyanarayana
14. Continuous Quality Improvement In Library and Information Science Teaching through Distance Education in India: Approaches and Experiences - Harish Chandra
15. Curriculum in On-Campus and Off-Campus L&I Science Education Programmes in India - A Comparative Study - K. J. Sugatri Devi
16. Continuing Education for Library Professionals and Teachers in Library and Information Science: A Study of programmes Conducted by Academic Staff Colleges - N.B. Pangannaya & V.G. Talawar

Section VI : LIS Profession and Professionalism
17. Traditional Libraries to Automated Magasystem: Needed Attitudinal Changes - Anand P. Srivastava
18. Changing Trends in Library Profession - S. Gopalakrishnan
19. Membership of College and University Librarians in Professional Associations: A Survey - V. Pulla Reddy
20. Impact of Information Technology on Library Science Profession - Need for Redefining of Role and Functions - Md. Gouse Riajuddin

Section VII : LIS Management
21. Time Management: Strategies to Avoid the Twin Perils of Apathetic Lethargy and Stressful Hyperactlvity - Jagtar Sirigh
22. Data Base Management: A Tool in Agricultural Marketing Development in India- Bipul Kumar Chakrabarty

Section VIII: Information Resources: Caring & Sharing
23. Information Needs and Uses of Financial and Industrial Information: Problems and Prospects - J. Abraham
24. Resource Sharing of Periodical Literature Among University Libraries: A Conceptual Approach - E. Rama Reddy
25. Study of Industrial Information Users: Problems and Prospects C.P. Ramasesh
26. Information Sources in Architecture - B. Ramesh Babu and K. Kaliyaperumal 225-237
27. Survey on the Information Needs of Farmers in Nellore District (A.P.) - K.
Veeranjaneyulu

Section IX : Technical Report Writing and Standards
28. Technical Report Writing: Methods and Procedures - A.L. Moorthy and C.R.
Karisiddappa
29. Standards for Public Library Services: A Study - S.R. Ijari and B. U. Kannappanavar

Section X : Information Technology
30. Expert Systems: Applications in Library
and Information Processing Areas - M.S. Subramanian
31 Automation and Public Libraries - Velaga Venkatappaiah and A.R.D. Prasad
32. Use of Information Technology in Indian Libraries: Problems and Prospects - Venkataramana
33. Emerging Information Technologies - Dhanasegaran
34. Modem Information Technologies: Their Impact on Library Services - T. O.
Babu and L. Venkateswara Rao

Section XI : Information Superhighways
35. Protection of Copyright
tion Superhighway - Daniel Gervais
36. On-Line Information Retrieval System- J. Dominic and P. J- Nirmala
37 Local Area Networks: The Library Applications - B. Satyanarayana
38. Moving Towards a Virtual Library: Role of Reference Librarians - Sai Lakshmi
Parvathaneni

Section XII: Internet and WWW
39. Internet and World Wide Web - S. Palani, S. Ganesan and T. Rajendran
40. Internet and Java; The Ultimate for the Librarians - B.S. Swaroop Rani and S. Swaminathan
41. Internet in the Information Services: Experience at the University of Illinois at
Chicago Library of the Health Sciences - Rama Visvanathan
42. The Internet Initiative at the Atlanta - Fulton Public Library - Grace B. Agnew
43. World Wide Web and The Web Page for Aids - S. Palany and Manorama

Section XIIl : Prof. Gangadhara Rao: Bio-Glimpses
44. The Man and the Professor in Prof. P.G. Rao - Abbas Ibrahim
45. Professor P. Gangadhara Rao - The Architect of Open Learning Education System in Library and Information Science - V. Kasi Rao and B. Ramesh Babu
Subject Index