Over the last several years, the number of information resources has increased considerably. The emergence of new information environments, sources, and channels, especially the World Wide Web, regardless of the advantages, has brought new challenges and problems. This book explains information, information generation, users, and information seeking behavior. Kinds of libraries. I trust this book useful for students, teachers, researchers, administrators and policy makers to understand the cultures of small scale fishing communities. Authentic references have been quoted wherever necessary. Any suggestions, comments, and constructive criticisms from the readers for improvement of the book, will be gratefully acknowledged