ABSTRACT

Save the time of the user: Implications for librarians and library services in the age of technology. · J is on opinion paper and therefore expository. It explained the basic principles of lihrarianship as ·\. contained in the fourth Law of Library Science. conceptual ideas of librarian. library services and ' technology. The paper was done in four segments: flash back lo the beginning of libraries and :tlibrarianship; the incursion of technology into library services and operations: technology complements, not supplants; save the time of the user; and implications in the age of technology. Ir traced the origin of libraries from the early times. when libraries were seen as a store house of recorded knowledge to the era of traditional libraries. when technology was absent. and to the age of technology. It observed that technology has altered significantly the modus operandi in information services provision and the role of librarians. The paper identified the fundamental_, principles and philosophy of librarianship as exemplified by the fourth Law of Library Science. _ · ·} "Save the time of the user", and cautioned that despite the importance of technology in library l operations and services. it does nor supplant. but complements the principles and practice of . · Jt librarianship. The paper concluded by highlighting the implications of the fourth law of Library :·. 1t Science in the age of technology