Synopsis Though the field of Information Technology is ever-changing field and one work cannot be claimed as a complete work at a given time. But we may try to keep pace with them and certainly, there are some fundamental, which never changes. This book entitled ‘Basics of Information Technology for Librarians and Information Scientists’ is an attempt to provide basics of Information Technology to the working professionals in the library field. The book comprises of two volumes; its first volume is devoted to fundamentals of IT and second one is to IT’s applications in LIS field. First volume starts with the IT basics and gives an overview of information technology, Hardware and Software basics of computer and ends with Internet basics. The second volume describes database management, data communication and networking of computers. Various library automation fields where we can make the services and work automated have also been discussed vividly. The softwares available commercially in the market for automating of different library services are also discussed. A brief idea on latest development in library field like digital library and Barcoding concept has also been incorporated. It is hoped that this 2-volume book will serve it’s purpose and will definitely benefit the working librarians and information scientists and students of library and information science. Besides, the teachers of library science will also find this book helpful.