About The Book

The world is drastically changed due to wide impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on every aspect of human endeavours. Similarly, library and information centres have totally been changed due to wide impact and adoption of ICT applications in its infrastructural facilities, resources and services. This digital transformation in libraries and information centres has changed the way of procuring and offering of information resources and services to the end users. It is the need of this era to move forward for the modernisation of the library activities so that it could be possible to share and collaborate at national and international levels so as to fulfil the diverse information needs of the users at utmost level. The primary aim of this book “Digital Transformation in Libraries and Information Centres” is to assist and inform the users, students, researchers, as well as library & information science professionals about the various crucial issues & challenges, and other concerns related with the digital transformation in libraries and information centres and its impact on information resources and services.

            This book contains thirty four chapters/articles on various topics and issues related with the theme of the present book. The articles are contributed by well-known LIS professionals from all over India. The articles are totally based on the personal and practical experience of researchers, teachers and working LIS professionals, which will be very useful for the entire library and information science professional community as well as other academicians.

About Author

Dr. Bhanu Partap
Dr. Bhanu Partap is presently working as Assistant Librarian in Nehru Library, CCS Haryana
Agricultural University, Hisar (HR), India since July 2013. Before joining the current position, he has
served many institutions situated in Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh between
September 2005 to July 2013. He has received MLISc. and M.A. (Mass Comm.) from Kurukshetra
University, Kurukshetra and received M.Phil. (LIS) from Alagappa University, Karaikudi (Tamilnadu),
India. He has passed the exam of UGC-NET in June 2010 and also received the degree of Ph.D. in
Library & Information Science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Apart from this, he has also
received PGDCA, PGDJMC, and CC Yoga from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. He has about 18
years of professional experience in the field of librarianship. He has published more than 100 articles
in the National and International journals, conference proceedings and edited books, and has also
authored/edited twelve books. Apart from this, he has coordinated many national workshops and
training programs for students, faculty and library professionals. He is a life member of Haryana
Library Association (HLA), Indian Library Association (ILA) and Association of Agricultural Librarians
and Documentalists of India (AALDI). Dr. Bhanu Partap has also awarded by Indian Library
Association with P.V. Verghese Award- 2022 for the best paper entitled “Awareness and Use of CeRA
Consortium among the Students of Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar
(W.B.), India: A Case Study” published in the Journal of Indian Library Association, Vol. 58(4),
October-December, 2022.