Services and Resources of Libraries: The Ever-Changing Landscape of Library Services

Abstract

Traditionally,the library is a physical place where collection of information resources invarious formats (books, journals, videos, CD-ROMs etc.) is organized in aspecific manner to meet the needs of a specific user or group of users. It is aservice organization with both tangible and intangible assets. The tangibleassets constitute physical documents and the human resources. The intangibleassets comprise the invaluable services rendered by the library staff. Thelibrary plays an important role in the academic world by providing access toworld class information resources and services, and stimulates academicresearch in the country.