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The impact of library information technologies on role conflict and professional commitment amongst librarians in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India is analysed in this paper. Due to the integration of liberal technology in schools, librarians feel the differences in the level of work challenges and options. The aim of the study is to ascertain the level of role conflict occasioned by these technologies, as well as the level of professional commitment. One hundred and nine librarians from public, academic, and special libraries completed a quantitative survey as part of the mixed method approach, while twenty respondents were interviewed in-depth. In the survey, it has been identified that 60% of people have high to very high experiences of role conflict due to the significant increase in the role of librarians brought by LIT. Organizational professional commitment was harmed by this kind of role conflict; indeed, it accounted for 40% of the variability observed in commitment levels. Still, more formal training in LIT was caused by lower role conflict and higher professional commitment among librarians. Based on these findings it can be argued that well defined professional development programmes can reduce the effects of technological advancement on libraries. The paper adds to the existing body of knowledge on roles of librarians in the context of the digital environment and provides suggestions on minimising the levels of role conflict as well as promoting professional commitment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research study explored the understanding and views on artificial intelligence (AI) for library specialists in India by gathering responses from a total of 148 randomly chosen respondents. The findings indicate that while these professionals generally have an optimistic attitude towards AI, they also express concerns about AI potentially replacing librarians and the related difficulties for adopting AI tools for various library-related services. The article recommends that awareness about AI can be measured through two newly extracted variables 'AI in Core Library Functions', and 'AI in Library Applications'. Further, to measure the perception of AI among LIS Professionals, again two newly extracted factors can be used namely 'Challenges in Adoption of AI in Library', and 'Impact of AI on Library Personnel'. This study delivers a valuable insight for library fraternity decision makers in designing strategies for AI implementation in academic libraries, and addresses a gap in research related to the AI usage in organizational libraries in developing nations like India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Organizations are show interest in ensuring higher levels of JS and JI among their employees. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Stress has become a major problem of every human being in society. Stress is the mental, physical, situational and emotional state of mind. In this paper stress management in libraries discusses some aspects of stress in the library professionals. It describes about the stress in libraries and its reasons. It also elaborate types of stress, causes and symptom of stress and strategies to counter stress. It also analyzed the best way to manage stress in LIS professionals. However there are many motivational factors as well as bottlenecks which effects professionals to participate in continuous professional development (CPD) activities. So this topic brings focus, he need to ensure library professionals well prepared and up dated with current trends in their jobs and duties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nowadays, wherever the vacancies are being advertised for the position of librarians, it is highly disgusting to see that the position is degraded either by changing the grade pay or by changing the existing designation of library professionals. The paper tries to give an alert for the library professionals and an appeal to the persons sitting on highest positions in the institutes of repute and various associations to safeguard the charm of the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Facebook is playing great role in connecting different people from all over the world having different backgrounds in their personal and professional life. This piece of information aims to identify the professional use of Facebook by library science professionals at University of Delhi. The cultural and technical factors are having deep roots which are not allowing Facebook to be used for official use in libraries. Factors like thinking and ideology of old staff towards social networking sites impacts its use at University of Delhi. Facebook can be a good source for sharing of internal communication, library news and problems of library among staff. The common use of Facebook groups by library and information professionals were searched, main activities were analysed and discussed in this manuscript. The main problem of corruption is addressed using Facebook in the libraries. It is also banned in some libraries for any type of use. In the end the result, suggestions, discussions and conclusion regarding its current use and benefits to use them in future are also mentioned in the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present study examines the issues related to the job satisfaction of the library professionals working in colleges imparting management education in and around Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Job satisfaction is a very important attribute which is frequently measured by organizations. The most common way of measurement is the use of rating scales where librarians report their reactions to their jobs. Questions relate to scale of pay, work responsibilities, variety of tasks, promotional opportunities, the work itself and co-workers. There is a need to study the job satisfaction of the librarians because the nature of job is changing. The job satisfaction is the condition of establishing a healthy organizational environment in an organization. Normally this depends on the economical, social and cultural conditions. This paper attempts to evaluate the job satisfaction of library professionals based on a questionnaire survey method. 65 questionnaires were distributed out of which 58 responses were received. Among the 58, 3 were not fully completed; we take the sample size as 55questionnaires for this analysis. The data analyzed indicates that library professionals are satisfied with their job. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper gives a brief outline of how libraries have become digital and the changes that has taken place in the source of information and the various services provided in the library. Therefore it has become imperative for the librarians to acquire the necessary skills to face the new challenges. This paper also lists out the skills expected out of the librarians and the difficulties encountered in the digital era. To meet the challenges and changes it is absolutely necessary to develop the skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]