Information Management in New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges for Library Professionals

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By the late 1990's when information was regularly disseminated across computers and other electronic devices, information managers found themselves tasked with increasingly complex device. The Information Communication Technology (ICT) revolution in the last decade has had a drastic and far-reaching impact on all aspects of professional endeavour particularly in the knowledge and information sector. Information management (IM) is characterised by the phrase 'Getting the right information to the right person at the right place at the right time.' Present society is moved to knowledge-based society for which information is of primary importance. In 21st century, Information play an important rile into the cultural, political, social, scientific, and technological development of a society. Information is the key resource of productivity and growth of any organisation. In this changing context, library professionals are facing lot of challenges to capture, process, store, and disseminate the information for society. Due to revolution of technology, the information services have increased their variety and quantity and refined in their quality. Information Management (IMI) is a crucial job for the library professionals in the new era. Library professionals are now being challenged by the new environment which demands changes in their styles, attitude and skills towards information handling. The traditional approaches to information processing and organisation are undergoing transformation due to rapid advances in the area of information technology, electronic resources and telecommunication. Information Technology has tremendously changed the role of library to information centre and librarian to information manager. This book helps the library professionals to better understand how to manage the information in the new environment. The book would be a valuable resource for the librarians, academics and professionals involved with managing information. It would also be immensely useful for students pursuing monster degrees and doctoral work in the area of information management. The book is an edited book, which would be a compilation of papers in different areas of information management.