Managing Change in the Academic Libraries in the Context of Information Technology

Abstract

Change is inevitable. But to say in the race, you need to know/acquire the skills to master/manage the change. For a successful tomorrow, we have to think about the future today. Because of technological advances, the pace of change. will accelerate astronomically. Regardless of age and technical expertise Library Information Science Professionals must tune themselves to the latest technologies. The technology available today can cause far more opportunities and change what you have experienced. In such a dynamic information technology field the Library Information Science Professionals should gear-up themselves to meet the new but interesting challenges. In this article we try to discuss the role of the funding bodies, parent organization, libraries, library information science professionals and the user communities in the context of rapidly changing Information Technology.