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Synopsis With the changing scenario of library and information science, the role and functions of librarians have undergone sea change. A stream of data sent to earth from a satellite is not a library. Current tools and techniques contain diverse collections of information for use by many different users. The unifying theme is that information is organized on computers and available over a network, with procedures to select the material in the collections, to organize it, to make it available to users, and to archive it. In some ways current techniques are very different from traditional libraries, yet in others they are remarkably similar. People do not change because new technology is invented. They still create information that has to be organized, stored, and distributed. Thus, keeping the aforesaid development in view, this book is devised. The complete picture of future libraries is portrayed, drawing vital information from various authoritative source.