JASHU PATEL is Professor of Library Science and Communication Media at Chicago State University. He was a senior Fulbright Scholar that took him to seventeen universities in India and Nepal. He has published several articles on librarianship, as well as chapters in books.KRISHAN KUMAR was formerly Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, India. He has been chariman of the editorial board, of the Journal of Library and Information Science and editor of the Library Herald. He is a past president of both the Indian Library Association and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. He is the author of numerous articles and several books.

• Preface A History of Librarianship National Libraries Academic Libraries Public Libraries School Libraries Special Libraries The State of Bibliographic Control and Services Professional Organizations Library and Information Science Education Library Automation Selected Bibliography Index

JASHU PATEL is Professor of Library Science and Communication Media at Chicago State University. He was a senior Fulbright Scholar that took him to seventeen universities in India and Nepal. He has published several articles on librarianship, as well as chapters in books.KRISHAN KUMAR was formerly Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, India. He has been chariman of the editorial board, of the Journal of Library and Information Science and editor of the Library Herald. He is a past president of both the Indian Library Association and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. He is the author of numerous articles and several books.

• Preface A History of Librarianship National Libraries Academic Libraries Public Libraries School Libraries Special Libraries The State of Bibliographic Control and Services Professional Organizations Library and Information Science Education Library Automation Selected Bibliography Index

JASHU PATEL is Professor of Library Science and Communication Media at Chicago State University. He was a senior Fulbright Scholar that took him to seventeen universities in India and Nepal. He has published several articles on librarianship, as well as chapters in books.KRISHAN KUMAR was formerly Head of the Department of Library and Information Science, University of Delhi, India. He has been chariman of the editorial board, of the Journal of Library and Information Science and editor of the Library Herald. He is a past president of both the Indian Library Association and the Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science. He is the author of numerous articles and several books.

• Preface A History of Librarianship National Libraries Academic Libraries Public Libraries School Libraries Special Libraries The State of Bibliographic Control and Services Professional Organizations Library and Information Science Education Library Automation Selected Bibliography Index