Users Awareness with Library Smart Tools | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

Since the long time library enjoyed the status of being the heart of Institution but due to Information & communication impact, position of Library and librarian is diminishing. ICT especially Internet has snatched the power, position and importance of library and librarian from the institutions. To stay in the picture as Knowledge manager Librarian have to cope up with the technological barriers and try their best to attract the users towards library by providing smart services and help them to quench their thirst of knowledge. Like methane acting as green house gas Library professionals with its free attracting four elements must give result in growth in specific field resulting in national growth and then contributing in global growth. So librarians must use smart tools for developing users’ awareness. This paper provides the ways to develop users’ awareness services by using Smart tools rather than using traditional pattern. The paper also throws light on relation between user awareness and Library services.