Department of Library and Information Science, University of Mysore, Mysore. E-mail: shalini@vidyanidhi.org.in
Summary of a presentation on Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures (25), Gutenberg to Google: Changing Facets of Libraries, 10 and 11th August 2005, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Management, M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, New BEL Road, M.S.R.I.T. Post, Bangalore 560 054.
Like everything else in this world, libraries have also been transforming and metamorphosing in response to the changing times. Libraries have always been on articulation of the specific social cultural context in which they have been set. This lecture series will attempt to delve into the factors of change as well the implications of the changes in terms of principles, practices and precepts. From the hoary past to the uncertain future, the facets of libraries are defined by – among other things, the following – learning and scholarship; scholarly communication system and technologies. The underpinnings of libraries have varied from corporal knowledge assets such as books to cerebral commodities such as knowledge itself. The facets of libraries impinge on wide-ranging elements from cognition to computers.
