This book Foundations of Library and Information Science will serve as a firm and accurate base for the course objectives as well as the information needs of the Paper-I of the UGC Model Curriculum for the integrated M.L.ISc. Programme.

Topics covered include role of a library as a social insitution; history and sevelopment of libraries; types of libraries; normative principles that goven libraries; development of libraries in UK, USA and India; library legislation profession; and role played byagencies like, FID, IFLA, UNESCO, NISSAT, NASSDOC, INSDOC, DESIDOC, UGC, RRRLF, etc.

To Assist the teachers and students, a topical outline of the chapter contents is given at beginning and a set of questions are given for discussion and preparation at the end.

Thus, this book provides the basic concepts of the discipline on the syllabus delineated in the model curriculum and shall come handy to teachers and students of library and information science. Also this can make a general reading to those who want to know the scope and potentialities of libraries.