Anam Jamal Ansari

Aligarh Muslim University | AMU · Department of Library and Information Science

Purpose This paper aims to find out the digital services of management libraries provided during the library closure and the challenges and initiatives the libraries have taken up to fulfill the need of their user community during the pandemic crisis. Design/methodology/approach To meet the purpose of the study, the investigators have used a surve...

Owing to its unique geoclimatic condition, India is highly susceptible to sundry natural catastrophes, such as earthquakes, landslides, and other hydrometeorological disasters. The Indian shoreline is 7516 km, making the 13 coastal states and union territories subjected to 10% of the world’s tropical cyclones. Since time immemorial, libraries have...

Safety and security are substantial issues for all kinds of libraries in the present time. It is an ever-evolving subject that should be discussed coherently. This paper attempts to scrutinize security challenges faced by two major funded university libraries in India, i.e., Maulana Azad Library, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, and Dr. B.R. Amb...

Security and safety of libraries are imperative in contemporary time when everyday we get news of theft, violence, and natural disasters. If a library fails to provide security to its collection and building, it will not be able to facilitate efficient and effective services to its users. For the betterment of library services, most academic librar...