Principles of Library Management

• Management Principles and Library Management
• Common Principles of Management
• Library Organizational Structure
• Management Information System
• Physical Planning of Library

Strategic Library Management

• Introduction
• Planning
• Strategy
• Strategic Management
• Mission Statement
• Vision Statement
• Goals
• Objectives
• Strategy
• The Strategic Planning Cycle
• Responsible for Strategic Management

Marketing and Promotion

• Marketing
• Core Marketing Concepts
• Control the Marketing Mix
• Manage the Marketing Effort
• Contents of the Marketing Plan
• Market Research
• Marketing the Library

Information Resources Development

• Technical Processing
• Acquisition of Periodicals and Serials
• Acquisition Procedures: Books and Non-Book Material
• Different Types of Selection Tools and Their Importance
• Types of Information Resources, Selection Principles Including Communication Media

Use and Maintenance of the Library

• Cataloging
• Circulation Work
• Maintenance, Shelving and Stock Verification, etc
• Elements of Binding and Preservation

Library Preservation

• Preservation
• Practices
• Branches of Preservation
• Legal Issues
• Criticism

Human Resources Development

• Human Resource Development: Concept and Contours
• Personnel Planning
• Participative Management and Total Quality Management (TQM)

Library Finance and Budget

• Library Finance
• Sources of Funds
• Financial Estimation
• Library Expenditure
• Budgeting and Accounting

Library Automation

• Automation History
• India and Library Automation
• Need
• Steps in Library Automation
• Housekeeping Operations
• Automated Library Services
• Networking
• Library Network
• Barcode and ISBN
• Standards
• Integrated Library System
• New Technologies

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