Synopsis The study of librarianship for public libraries cover issues such as cataloguing, collection development for a diverse community, information literacy, community standards, public services-focused librarianship, serving a diverse community of adults, children and teens, intellectual freedom, censorship and legal and budgeting issues. The search for reliable resources can be both overwhelming and frustrating if students are left on their own in their initial research. A few simple guidelines can make conducting research more manageable, reliable and fun. The students of libraries need to know how to present information to support research papers, speeches and other projects. Free and timely access to information requires sufficient resources to develop both information collections as well as the tools to find appropriate information.

The book pinpoints the chief sources for selection of books published in India are the quarterly list of publications issued by the Requitals of books of the Constituent states and the Indian National Bibliography and the State Bibliography of each State publishing it. The librarian may refuse, under special circumstances, admission into the library to any person or the use of any book without assigning any reason therefore. Different libraries used different types of computers and there was no uniformity in the catalogue card format. The computerized catalogue can be integrated into a total information system particularly in academic and special libraries.