This book discussed about the perception of reading habits among the user community in public libraries. Public libraries are to educate all the people irrespective of caste, creed, and age at a very nominal fee. The public library movement as it was known as a vehicle to pursue an idea of opportunity not only to read. But use books and libraries to broaden their horizon and to expand the range and depth of interest as individual and as communities chance to improve their qualities in their lives. To have more interest in reading habits, every year more books are added, own buildings are...

An institutional repository includes digital assets generated by academics, such as administrative documents, course notes, learning objects and conference proceedings. It will provide a window that gives open access to improve the sponsoring institutions visibility and status. This book discusses the growth and development of Institutional Repositories available in BRICS Countries. The relevant data was collected from directory of OpenDOAR. Among the BRICS Countries, 84 Repositories from Brazil, 39 from China, 71 Repositories from India, 22 Repositories from Russia and 29 Repositories from...