Publisher's Synopsis
Encyclopaedia of Role of Libraries in the Information Age is designed to introduce LIS students to the ever-changing world of modern libraries and information centers, this encyclopaedia provides an important overview of libraries in the era of electronic information. This Encyclopaedia offers academic administrators and librarians a better understanding of the issues facing the library during this time of change, and the role of the library in the evolving campus of the future. Learning is the act of acquiring new, or modifying and reinforcing, existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing different types of information. A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. The text Learning and Libraries in an Information Age provides an important overview of learning and libraries in the era of electronic information. First chapter examines literacy learning spaces, strategies and opportunities in the information age, with the view of identifying the roles of libraries in creating and enhancing literacy-friendly environment for national development. Second chapter outlines courses of action to create culture of learning and knowledge sharing in libraries and information services. Third chapter discusses the available technological opportunities that can be used by the library information services in addressing the challenges brought about by the ever increasing complexity of information needs in the digital age. Fourth chapter focuses on library services in the digital age. Fifth chapter provides some speculations on how some significant changes in the information environment may impact on the 'research ' roles of libraries with a 'public 'purpose. The purpose of sixth chapter is to identify the viability of using technology in teaching and learning in the library and information studies (LIS) education and training. In seventh chapter, knowledge is defined as confirmed observations, and it is suggested that knowledge can be classified into four categories based on a system of hetero- and self-observation. Eighth chapter discusses on library learning spaces in the digital age. Learning and learning technologies in a public library have been presented in ninth chapter. Last chapter analyzes how public perceptions of libraries affect the way they are used as public access venues for information and communication technologies around the world.
