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About The Book: For the first time Indian librarianship in a national perspective is being presented here with several plans of action at different levels, identified its relevance and growth in different sectors and components of the topic as a whole. National Library has got a raw deal by all the stakeholders the management, employees, central government and professional bodies; lack of political will to make it the prime library of the nation and the hub of Indian library systems and services. Proposed several specific measures that could be considered as future course of action plan for making it compatible enough with other major national libraries ofthe world. The lack of any nationwide detail study of manpower planning together with continuous stagnation in library science education, training and research without any measures for qualitative improvement are being highlighted. Justified why transformation of university libraries, public library service network , crucial future role of RRRLF, and a consortium approach in developing the National Digital Library of India required to be given the highest priorities. About The Author: Subhas C. Biswas was educated at Calcutta and London Universities. He qualified as a Chartered Librarian (ALA) in 1964 and was awarded the MA by the University ofLondon in 1968. His career in librarianship included posts in Calcutta University Library, the British Museum Library, the Indian Institute ofAdvanced Study, and the British Council. He was Director, Central Secretariat Library and Hon., Advisor (Libraries) Department of Culture from 19811990 and Project Director, Microfilming of Indian Publications (GOI & U.S. Library of Congress Office),New Delhi, 19912000. During 19901992 he was President Indian Library Association and was Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the IFLA ss" General Conference, New Delhi, 1992. He has published widely on library and information matters both within and outside India. Contents: CONT