Library and Information Services:User-Centric Models

User-centricism is the basic tenet of library and information service. The principal resource of a library of any type is the service professional who can coordinate, connect, and integrate all other resources to serve users Gives selected quotes from the works of S.R. Ranganathan and from current writings on enterprise management experts. Practising library and information professionals (LISP) should evaluate, select, and adapt new techniques and devices for information processing and handling as they emerge, integrating them with the basic and time-tested tools and techniques that LISP already possesses to achieve the primary goal of library and information service to the fullest extent in the dynamic cyber age. Emphasises that LISPs must research more than ever and in-depth, individually and collaboratively among themselves and with information users and experts in other cognate disciplines, to co-create innovations and contribute new ideas and new techniques to assist users in their interest areas, so as to push further the borders of information science and practices. Some case notes are cited. In this context those concerned with the education and training of library professionals need to understand and be able to evaluate the emerging ideas, techniques and technologies so as to create a basis for and in-depth review and possible revision of, the curricula of library and information science as may be necessary for the cyber age now and in the future.