Library Personalization

Book Details

• Publisher: Ess Ess Publication
• ISBN: 8170005000
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Binding: HardBound

About the Book

This book explores the concept of Library Personalization, an innovative approach that enables libraries to deliver customized information services tailored to the unique needs and interests of individual users. With the rapid growth of digital information resources and advances in information technology, libraries are increasingly required to provide personalized access to information rather than relying solely on traditional one-size-fits-all service models.

The book explains how personalization technologies allow users to transform a general library collection into a customized information environment containing resources, services, and content most relevant to their academic, professional, or research interests. It discusses the integration of diverse library services through a unified interface, enabling seamless access to catalogues, electronic resources, databases, digital collections, and web-based information sources.

Special attention is given to the role of electronic resources such as e-books, e-journals, online databases, and Internet-based information services. The book highlights how personalization can help researchers, faculty members, and students save time by automatically connecting them with relevant information, thereby reducing the burden of information overload and improving research productivity.

The text also examines emerging web technologies, user-centered information services, digital library environments, and personalized information retrieval systems that support efficient knowledge discovery and access.

An important resource for librarians, information professionals, researchers, educators, students of Library and Information Science, and anyone interested in user-focused digital library services and information management.