This Volume consists last 3 Units 1. Information & Communication Technology (ICT) 2. People, Development and Environment 3. Higher Education System

Vols. for 1980- issued in three parts: Series, Authors, and Titles.

This concise book on Library and Information Science is specially published for the candidates of UGC-NET for Eligibility to JRF & Assistant Professor positions. The book is also equally useful for State Eligibility Test (SET). The book presents all the relevant and important chapters and topics in a lucid and well-structured manner to study in a reader-friendly manner. All the study and practice material has been prepared by the learned subject-expert. Unit wise study material and ample amount of Solved MCQs are provided in exhaustive exercises with each unit. Based on the latest pattern and syllabus, the book will prove useful for study, practice and during precious moments before the exam for reference and revision. Along with the Latest Study Material, numerous questions in Solved Previous Papers have been provided in the book. This makes the readers familiar with the exam pattern and the type of questions asked, and enables them to face the exam with confidence, successfully.

The information infrastructure: libraries in context -- Information science: a service perspective -- Redefining the library: the impacts and implications of technological change -- Information policy: stakeholders and agendas -- Information policy as library policy: intellectual freedom -- Information organization: issues and techniques -- From past to present: the library's mission and its values -- Ethics and standards: professional practices in library and information science -- The library as institution: an organizational view -- Librarianship: an evolving profession -- Appendices.