There has been an exponential growth in number of colleges and universities imparting library education, which has also led to an equal growth in number of students opting for this career. Post Masters one can quickly get employment opportunities in this profession, but everyone who wishes to get employed has to clear either State level or National level eligibility examinations, which often does not prove to be a cake-walk. This book is written with the objective to impart knowledge and skills to the aspirants so that they may clear the aforementioned examination without much difficulty. This book comprehensively covers all major topics of the competitive examinations' syllabus such as Library and Information Society, Library Management, Library Services and Information Sources, Information Retrieval and Indexing Systems, Library Cataloguing and Classification, Research Methods in Library and Information Science, Information Communication and Technology. The content of the book is meant to enrich the knowledge of the aspirants and help them better understand the subject for cracking their respective competitive examination. The book would be a valuable resource for students of B.Lib.Sc.

/M.Lib.Sc. as well as NET/SLET/SET/JRF aspirants in library and information science. A short write-up on each and every topic is provided in the book. It is hoped that this book would help the aspirants clear their competitive examination in library and information science.