Application of ICT in Libraries | 67 IMPACT OF ICT ON LIBRARIES: A PARADIGM CHANGE TO LIBRARIANSHIP - Surendra Kumar Pal - Bharat Praveen Sonker Abstract Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has changed the all perspective of Librarianship in the present days. Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and their wide application in all aspects of life have led to dramatic changes. These changes are so revolutionary that is not realistic to expect stability in their wake. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information. ICT’s has tremendously changed the Management of Resources or House Keeping Operations as well as the way services are delivered. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought unprecedented changes and transformation to academic library and information services, conventional LIS such as OPAC, user services, reference service, bibliographic services, current awareness services, document delivery, interlibrary loan, audio visual services, and customer relations can be provided more efficiently and effectively using ICT, While general IT application tools and Integrated Library Management Systems are largely used in housekeeping operations, like acquisition, cataloguing, circulation control, serials control etc. Internet has been used extensively as a resource as well as a tool to deliver the Library and Information Services. The basic aim of this chapter is to highlights how much libraries have been changed with the advent of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and also libraries and Information centre has changed their services with the application of ICT to fulfill the needs of their users. Keywords : ICT, Library 2.0, Digital Library, Library Automation, OSS Introduction Rapid developments in information and communication technologies (ICT) and their wide application in all aspects of life have led to dramatic changes. These changes are so revolutionary that is not realistic to expect stability in their wake. Information technology (IT) entered into libraries, especially academic and research libraries, during the 1960s. Libraries employed IT to speed up their daily activities and reduce their operating costs. Many repetitive activities were upgraded using IT. Information Technology allows integration of library activities and increases efficiency 9