library management

A librarian in an electronic environment should have a managerial ability of the highest order, and possess skills including technical ones in the application of information technology.
Over the years many of the libraries have become large and complex organizations presenting challenges to a librarian. Managing a large library is a highly specilised and complicated Job. Due to changing environment, especially technological one, his job has become very challenging. A librarian in such an environment should have a managerial ability of a high order, and possess different kinds of skills including technical skills in the application of information technology with adequate knowledge to solve multidimensional problems. In lIS education, teaching must take into consideration the fact that the students should become profficient in the application IT in library environment.