INFORMATION PRODUCTS IN LIBRARY SERVICES

Abstract

A society that consumes and generates the most knowledge and information is strongest society. Now day’s information products play a vital role in libraries. There are two most powerful drives of change in new economy is ‘information and communication technology and internalization’. Libraries and information centers have realized that information products and services is very important for improving user satisfaction and promoting the services by current and hypothetic users. In library and information centers, the products usually consisting of materials and services given by library to users. In these products contains books, periodicals, bibliographies, journals and different services like CD- ROMs, Online/ offline, CAS and SDI and Email.