Libraries and AI: Shaping Our Future explores how artificial intelligence technologies transform library operations, services, and strategic positioning. This resource examines AI applications in resource discovery, collection development, patron services, and operational efficiency. Coverage addresses machine learning applications, natural language processing for cataloging, recommendation systems, and automated services. Topics include intelligent search systems, predictive analytics for...

Library Leadership in Practice examines evidence-based leadership approaches for managing contemporary library organizations and driving strategic transformation. This resource bridges leadership theory with practical application in diverse library contexts. Coverage addresses organizational dynamics, change management, financial stewardship, and strategic planning essentials. Topics include stakeholder engagement, team development, ethical decision-making, and performance management. The ...

The only thing he did was watch people die in grief. He says, “Life is just a caricature of exceptional platitude except a few punching smiles.”David is a young man who decides to live in solitude at a very young age. A few years later the solitude with absolute void acceptance of a few repeated thoughts make him enter a mansion with great valuables and no life. He gets to know about the things he didn’t know, and then the actions of presence make him enter into the state of action...

Shekhar Tripathi’s car gets slammed by an SUV while it is parked in front of his apartment building, leaving the car inoperative. He is already in grief, not having recovered from his wife’s death three months ago. At the same time, his business, Westland Tourism, is dwindling rapidly.He feels lonely. How could someone take all the important things away from him at once?The next morning, he is forced to take a taxi for the first time in five years. The driver tells him a horr...

This book presents selected articles from the workshop on "Challenges in Petrophysical Evaluation and Rock Physics Modeling of Carbonate Reservoirs" held at IIT Bombay in November 2017. The articles included explore the challenges associated with using well-log data, core data analysis, and their integration in the qualitative and quantitative assessment of petrophysical and elastic properties in carbonate reservoirs. The book also discusses the recent trends and advances in the area of re...