READERS SERVICES IN ICT AGE: THE EMERGING ISSUES BY

Abstract

This paper examines the need for effective services to library users in an age that is highly information conscious. The paper exerts that satisfying the needs of library users is central in the service delivery. It maintains that from acquisition to processing, and organization, the critical consideration is in meeting user's needs.Some emerging opportunities Such as the Concept of Globalization;The Internet; the Virtual Library; as well as Digitization of library materials for effective service delivery, are discussed.

The papers reasoned that the above mentioned Concept are aimed at meeting library user's information needs in broader and better ways. The paper also discussed the new role of information professionals in evolving scenario, and concludes that the librarians should blend some of the tested conventional services together with the current trends to provide the building blocks for satisfactory reader's services;