2. WHY DO WE READ?
Reading helps to develop vital language skills
Opens up acquisition of new words
It helps to enhances social skills
To know what’s happening around us
To understand the subject matter
To increase power of judgment
To understand human life/mind
To experience/experiment new things
3. Library: Meaning & Definition
The term “library” is derived from the
Latin word “liber”, which means ‘a
book’
Library is a place where the information
is collected, processed, stored, and
made them available to the users for an
effective use.
• In Advanced Learners English
dictionary, library refers to a collection
of book gathered for study, research,
reference and recreation.
4. Dr. S.R RANGANATHAN
• Called as father of Library
• Basically he was the Mathematician
• He was the first Librarian of Madras University
• August 9th his birthday is celebrated as LIBRARIAN DAY
• in India
• Library science in India was initiated by Dr.S.R.Ranganathan
• in 1931, with the formulation of Five Laws of Library
6. Five Laws of Library
•Library Building should be spacious one for attract more readers
•Fittings and Furniture should meet the requirements adequately
•Books should be classified catalogued
• Damaged books should be repaired immediately
Books are for use
•The book should be selected according to the taste of the reader
•Inter Library Loan – right books connected with the right reader
•Open Access system
Every reader his/her book
•Books are meant for the readers and not for filling the stock room
•Books should be arranged in a classified sequence
•Arrangement of book in the rack will attract more readers
Every book its reader
•To provide reference service for find the documents without delay
•Open Access alone save the time to the reader
Save the time of the reader
•The Library grows in terms of documents, users and staff
•Old books are replaced by a new book;
•Library building should be expand
The library is a growing organism
9. Sources of Information
Primary Sources Secondary Sources Tertiary Sources
Primary Periodicals Text Books Year Books
Research Reports Abstracting Periodicals Directories
Conference Proceedings Reference Books Bibliographies
Patents, Standards -Encyclopedia Guides
Diaries - Dictionaries List of Research in Progress
Auto Biography - Hand Books
Speeches
Historical Documents
Birth Certificate
Government Records
Military Records
Census Report
Interviews
Radio/Television Address
Photograph
Letters
10. Services of Libraries
• OPAC- (Online Public Access Catalogue)
• Circulation of Material
• Library orientation of a fresh man
• Bibliographic instruction
• Document locating services
• Readers’ advisory services
• Reference Service -Right Reader and a Right Document
• Inter-library loan
11. Services of Libraries Contd..
• Compilation of bibliographies
• List of additions
• Display of new additions
• Reservation of documents
• Organizing Book Exhibition
• Assistance in the use of Catalogue
• Assistance in the search and location of material
• Reprographic services
and the necessary services should be done
according to the user and demands.
12. Types of Libraries
National Libraries
Academic Libraries
- School Library
- College Library
- University Library
Public Libraries
Special Libraries and Research Libraries
13. National Library
It is a library maintained by the government
It is serving the nation as a whole
The books available in such libraries are for
reference only
These are usually copyright libraries
The function is to collect and preserve for
posterity, the books, periodicals, newspapers,
and other documents published in the country
14. National Library: Objectives
To provide leadership among the nation’s
libraries
To serve as a permanent depository for all
publications issued in the country
To provide bibliographical services
To serve as a co-ordinating centre for co-
operative activities
To provide service to government
15. National Library: Functions
To acquire and maintain documents about the
country or its people or activities, published outside
the country
To collect and preserve select manuscripts and such
other archival records of national relevance and
importance
To collect and preserve specialised materials–books
for the blind dramatic, compositions, engravings,
medals, music compositions, etc.
To serve as a central and comprehensive collection
of national output acquired through legal deposits,
gifts or exchange
16. National Library: Functions
contd..
To disseminate catalogues in printed. Microforms, and
machine readable forms
To provide compilation of retrospective or current
bibliographies on various subjects in anticipation on
request
To provide index to currently published journals
literature appearing in research or scholarly
periodicals
To prepare abstracts of current literature on subjects
of national interest
To prepare national bibliographies of books,
periodicals and other non-print materials
19. Objectives-Primary and Middle
School Libraries
To Foster book mindedness
To strengthen learning skills through kits
To create a love for books and other
learning resources
To inculcate the habit of reading in a slow
but deliberate process
20. Collections-Primary and Middle
Picture books depicting acts and deeds of awards and adventure
patriotism, service to fellow persons and other similar themes
Biographies of great Men and Women
Books of travel and humour
Folk tales , Stories from the Panchatantra, Arabian Nights, etc.
Stories of animal and birds books
Popular Games and Sports Books
Cultural heritage Books
Reference books – Children’s Encyclopaedia , Illustrated
Dictionaries , etc.
Children’s Magazines- Children’s World , Tinkle, etc.
Audio visual Aids – Motion films , Animated films , Video
cassettes
Models , Charts , Maps , Globes , Picture , Photographs , Toys ,
etc.
21. Services-Primary and middle
Reference service to the users at request
Story hours
Display of Press and other Clippings
Film shows
Video shows both for Entertainment and
teaming on various themes
Books displays and exhibitions on important
occasions
22. Objectives –Secondary Schools
Libraries
To inculcate the habit of using the school
library – Course requirements, General
knowledge and recreation
To develop learning skills for collecting
information on any topic consulting reference
books and other reading materials
To provide opportunities to students to visit
other academic, Special and Pubic Libraries
23. Collection-Secondary School
Libraries
Text Books – Both prescribed and others
on all subjects
Relatively more advanced books
General Books – Popular Science,
Biographies of Great Persons,
Geographical Explorations, Sports and
Games, etc.
25. College Libraries-Collections
Text Books
Reference Books – Encyclopaedia, Subject
and Language Dictionaries, Hand Books,
Manual, Bibliographical Sources,
Geographical Sources etc.
Light Reading material – Humour Books, Art
Books, Fictions etc.
Journals and Magazines
Audio-visual material – Films, Pictures, Audio
Cassettes, Video Cassettes,
E-Resources etc.
26. College Libraries-Obejectives
To accomplished the objectives of
institutions
To increase the usage of resources and
users satisfaction
To make the users aware of collections
To enrich the collections based on the
needs
27. College Libraries-Services
Lending Service
Reference Service
Current Awareness Service
Abstracting and Indexing Service
Reprographic Service
Audio-Visual Service
Exhibition and Special Display
Assistance in the use of Library
29. University Library-Services
Lending
Reference
CAS
SDI
Alerting Service
News Paper Clippings
Bibliographic Service
Reprographic Service
Translation Service
Document Delivery Service
User Education
User Oriented Seminar, Workshops
30. Public Libraries-Definition
A Public Library which being the local
Gateway to Knowledge, provides a basic
condition for life long learning,
independent decision making and cultural
development of the individual and social
groups.
The local centre of information, making all
kinds of knowledge and information
readily and freely available to its users.
31. Public Libraries-Functions
Creating and Strengthening reading skills
and habits in children from an early age
Supporting both Individual and Self-
conducted education
Providing opportunities for personal
creative development
Stimulating the imagination and creativity
of children and young people
Promoting awareness of Cultural heritage,
Appreciation of the arts, Scientific
achievements and innovation
32. Public Libraries-Functions
Providing access to cultural expressions of all
performing arts;
Fostering inter-cultural dialogue and favoring
cultural diversity;
Supporting the Oral tradition;
Ensuring access for citizens to all sorts of
community information;
Providing adequate information services to local
enterprises, associations and interest groups;
Facilitating the development of information and
computer literacy skills.
33. Special Libraries
Distinguishing
Aspects
Special Library
Special User Groups Libraries for the Doctors,
Lawyers, Industrialists etc.
Kinds of Activity Nutrition (Library of National
Institute of Nutrition,
Hyderabad)
Subject Group Food Science and Technology
Type of Documents A film library: Video library: A
manuscript library
34. Special Libraries- Functions
To Acquire information as per need of
parent organisation
To Analyses, Synthesize, and evaluate
information and data
To provide critical reviews,
Monographs,Reports,etc
To provide critical compilations
To provide state-of-the-art report
To provide replies to queries
35. Special Libraries- Functions
To provide reprints, bibliographies and
references
To perform literature searches and
translation services
To provide abstracts and indexes
To prepare Accession lists, Bulletins,
Newsletters, Summaries, etc
To disseminate current information and
SDI to stimulate research.
