International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD)
The International Conference on Cataloguing Principles (ICCP) (commonly known as “Paris Principles), which was held in Paris in October 1961…
Subject Indexing
1. Introduction: All library work is a matter of storage and retrieval of information, and cataloguing and indexing are specially…
Indexing language
Juran Sarkhel (2017). (Professor of Library & Information Science, University of Kalyani, India) 1.1 Introduction: Indexing language (IL) is an…
Cataloguing Versus Indexing
There has always been confusion about the distinction between ‘subject cataloguing’ and ‘subject indexing‘. Basically, cataloguing is the process of…
Indexing Process and Principles
1.0 Introduction: An index is a guide to the items contained in or concepts derived from a collection. Item denotes…
Digitization and digital preservation
What is Digitization? Witten and David (2003) defined digitization as the process of taking traditional library materials, that are in…
Preservation and Conservation of Library Materials
1.1 Introduction: The present world is fast changing from the industrial world to the information world. It requires speedy, accurate,…
Indexing Evaluation
An indexing system is a sub-system of an information retrieval system and hence, its performance is directly linked up with…
Automatic Indexing
Automatic Indexing: In many literatures of Library and Information Science, the term ‘automatic indexing’ is interchangeably used with the term…
ICT Skills for LIS Professionals
ICT Skills of Library Professionals: The new generation academic librarians grow up with the electronic online environment, which is ubiquitous…