the multifaceted librarian
the librarian is not just a manager of libraries as he had been hitherto . he is an educator facilitator appraiser mentor confidant guide and above all a social worker . ofcourse to carry out these tasks he ought to be an expert in library techniques like classification cataloguing and preperation of bibliography which has to be added to information science a new technique that has been introduced recently to enhance the efficiency of library service . the author discusses in detail what the librarian is expected to do in each of these capacities .