Faculty of Library and Information Science, School of Social Sciences, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi-110 068. E-mail: neenakanungo@hotmail.com
Modern tool like computer has replaced traditional methods of storing and retrieving knowledge. Retrospective conversion of manual bibliographical records on online mode is considered to be the first step in the direction of computerisation process in the library. This paper attempts to analyse the retrospective conversion process undertaken by the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML), New Delhi, a premier social science research library in India.
NMML, retrospective conversion, knowledge retrieval, knowledge epistemology, classification systems, knowledge storage, knowledge society
