Download or read book Fundamentals of Social Sciences and Library Consortia written by Dr. R. K. Bhatt & Mr Mahesh Chand and published by K.K. Publicaitons. This book was released on 2021-09-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book entitled, “Fundamentals of Social Sciences and Library” is an attempt to bring to gather the fundamental concept of the umbrella term `Social Science' which normally consist of four basic disciplines namely Political Science, Economics, Sociology and History though at a later stage the multidisciplinary approaches have widened the scope of social science thereby resulted into the inclusion of several disciplines which in one context or the other are directly related to the study of human beings. The present effort intends to study the most significant and important area of study in respect of a social institution known as `The Library'. Thus, the present work involves selected senior library professionals who not only have adequate background and knowledge of social science disciplines along with sound knowledge of the organization and management of the library. The book is divided into six chapters namely (i) Social Science: An Overview (ii) Political Science (iii) Economics (iv) Sociology (v) History (vi) Consortia and Social Sciences. The book will be useful to the students pursuing the studies in the field of library and information science, teachers involved in teaching the course which involves the teaching of multidisciplinary content especially the social science vis-à-vis libraries as well as by all those who wants to study and do research the role of libraries and their contribution in the growth and development of social science disciplines.