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TYPES OF LIBRARIES
PREPARED BY
DR. JYOTSNA GUPTAAssistant ProfessorDIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE EDUCATIONKURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY, KURUKSHETRA.
DEFINITION/SDEFINITION/SAccording to UNESCO Public Library Manifesto 1949
which was revised in 1972, a public library is- established under the “clear mandate of law”; maintained wholly from “public fund”; levies no “direct charge” (fees) from its users for any of
its services; open “for free and equal “ use by all members of the
community irrespective of race, colour, caste, creed, religion, age, sex, nationality, language, status or level of educational attainments;
the local gateway to knowledge, provides a basic condition for lifelong learning, independent decision making and cultural development of the individual and social groups;
an essential agent for the fostering of peace and spiritual welfare through the minds of men and women.
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“a public institution or establishment charged with the care of collection of books and the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them.”
This definition describes two functions of a library: i) the care of a collection of books means
protection and preservation of collection.
ii) to make them accessible in real sense so that the right person can get right information at the right time.
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A social institution established by law, financed by public fund, open for all without any discrimination, for general and free diffusion of knowledge and information in the community.
It is the obligation of government to establish a public library system throughout the country at national, state and local levels. Besides this, the rural and suburban areas should also be covered by branch and mobile libraries.
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The objectives of a public library are associated with its parent body i.e. community and its duty is to cater to the information and recreational needs of its users i.e. community members.
The main objectives of a public library are as follows:
1. To provide up-to-date and authentic information on all subjects;
2. To provide services free of cost or at nominal rates to each member of the society without any discrimination;
3. To provide a harmless and elevating use of leisure;
4. To be responsible for preservation and development of cultural and antiquarian heritage of the community.
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A) Information Dissemination CentreFor this purpose it collects, processes and then disseminates
up-to-date and authentic information on all subjects according to the information needs of Information the local community. It develops collection on the basis of educational level, literacy rate, age groups, nature of occupation, profession, language, cultural habits and reading interest etc. of the local population to provide barrier-free information.
For example:Illiterates AUDIO-VISUAL Aids Visually-impaired (Blind) AUDIO-VISUAL Aids
and Braille Books
It also provides mobile services to those members of the community who are incapable to come to the library in urban as well as in rural areas. For example, patients, old age persons, prisoners and persons with disabilities etc.
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1) It works like a life long learning centre and each and every person of the community is a life member of this centre. Therefore it is known as a public university or a library of public university.
2) This provides a strong base for adult education programmes. To cultivate reading habits among children at an early age, it makes provision for special collections or separate section or wing for them in the library premises.
3) It acquires documents on all subject to provide support system for all modes of education systems especially for adult education, non-formal, and self-education systems.
4) It provides latest information in different disciplines to facilitate the users to improve and develop their skills and competency by selflearning.
For example, it keeps documents on self-learning like latest methods of
agricultural operations, poultry, bee-keeping; marketing the local products etc. so that people engaged in these occupations would be benefited.
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A public library works as a common platform to provoke and stimulate the intellectual, educational, social and spiritual thinking of the community. By organizing seminars, debates, exhibitions, lectures etc. it tries to involve each and every person of the society in such activities so that they can exchange their ideas, experiences, suggestions etc. and thus develop their interest to perform as an active part of the society. It enhances mutual understanding among the people and makes them efficient to solve the social and local problems on their own.
D) RECREATION CENTRE
A public library performs this function also. It provides refreshment for man’s spirit by the provision of documents like fiction, audio-visuals etc. for relaxation, pleasure and entertainment. The cultural programmes organized by the public library also give support to this function. It encourages healthy recreation and constructive use of leisure time of its users.
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A public library works as a cultural center also. It promotes different cultural activities of that locality by organizing cultural programmes such as dramas, music concerts, folk dances, puppet shows etc. in its premises. These programmesprovide entertainment as well as develop communal harmony in the society. It also promotes awareness of cultural heritage,appreciation of the arts, scientific achievements and innovations and provides access to cultural expressions of all performing arts. It helps in fostering inter-cultural dialogue by favoring cultural diversity. It collects and preserves material relating to the history and culture of its area. It conserves culture and art and also makes its further transmission.
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It works as an effective instrument to create awareness in the society. By organizing seminars, debates, workshops, exhibitions etc. it creates awareness regarding contemporary political and social issues and stigmas in the society. With thehelp of suitable documents it influences the attitude of public in combating prejudicial treatment of certain groups, thus removes barriers between groups of people. It also works as a catalyst by awakening masses at the grass root level with the power of knowledge.
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A public library represents the real meaning of democracy. By providing equal access to all community members without any bias it enhances equality and social justice, promotes intellectual freedom and advancement of knowledge, generates in the young generation a sense of purposefulness dedication and confidence in themselves and faith in democracy’s future. It works as a platform in the community for open and fruitful discussions, to have healthy dialogues with each other and to share their views and experiences on some common problems. This increases respect for other religions and faiths. It also helps to bring all the people in to the main stream of the society with their active participation. Through general diffusion of knowledge it creates enlightened citizenry.
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“a library which is associated or attached with any educational institution to support its educational programmes”.
Academic library is an integral part of formal education system which provides time bound education from primary school level to university level. An academic library works as a base for teaching, learning, research etc.
We can categorize academic libraries in to following three categories-
1. School Library 2. College Library 3.University Library.
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4) It procures latest teaching learning material in the form of books, CD, audio-visuals etc. to improve the teaching skills of teachers.
5) It keeps reference books, dictionaries, year books, directories, encyclopedias, travel books etc. so that students and teachers can get help of these other than the text books.
6) It also keeps some books on easy self learning like how to use computer, to develop the learning skills of students.
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7) It makes available biographies, autobiographies of freedom fighters and other national and international personalities to develop respect and love for nation and humanity.
8) It procures magazines like Nandan, Chmpak, India Today, Readers Digest etc., different newspapers, and other light reading material like fiction books, general knowledge books, poetry books, short animated
films, documentaries etc. for healthy recreation and entertainment purpose of students, teachers and
school staff.
9) It provides books of simple and meaningful stories of classics, panchtantra, animals and birds to give moral values and ethics to children.
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10)It makes available biographies, autobiographies of freedom fighters and other national and international personalities to develop respect and love for nation and humanity.
11)It procures magazines like Nandan, Chmpak, India Today, Readers Digest etc., different newspapers, and other light reading material like fiction books, general knowledge books, poetry books, short animated
films, documentaries etc. for healthy recreation and entertainment purpose of students, teachers and school staff.
12)It also procures bulletins, journals etc. on different subjects and various aspects of education to keep the
teachers and school management updated in their respective areas.
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6) It subscribes useful journals, research bulletins on different subjects as per the recommendations of faculty (teachers) for research work and to keep the teachers abreast with the latest in their disciplines;
7) If some document is not available in the library it brings it on inter-library loan on demand of its users.
8) It also provides light reading material like fiction, biographies, magazines, travel book guides, audio-visuals etc. to give healthy leisure time to its users;
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9) It procures general reference books such as dictionaries, directories, encyclopedias, yearbooks as well as some subject specific reference books.
10)To make library and its use more accessible and easy it makes proper classification, cataloguing, shelf arrangement, display of new arrivals and provides services like bibliographical, indexing, abstracting etc.
11)It provides orientation training to its new users to use the library and disseminate information time to time regarding new library services and latest books.
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A library attached or associated with a university and used by students, teachers, researchers, administrative staff etc. of the university as well as by the other research workers, alumni outside the university is known as university library.It is also known as the heart of university. It works like an axis of all educational and research activities in all disciplines. According to Dr. Krishan Kumar “a university library is a part of a university set up. Therefore, it exists to serve the objectives of its parent organization. Every library programme must support university’s total programme. In other words, a university library should aim to advance the functions of its university. It should reflect character of the university”.He also states that the major distinction between a college library and university library that a university library lays emphasis mainly upon research. Thus we find that research is a major objective of a university library. In others words, it circulates knowledge to generate new knowledge.
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The universally recognized basic functions performed by a University Library are:
1) By procuring comprehensive range of documents including books, manuscripts, journals, magazines, newspapers etc. on varied subjects, it conserves knowledge and ideas.
2) By processing the procured documents with the help of classification, cataloguing, proper shelf arrangements it gives easy and open access to knowledge to its users;
3) In order to organize huge collection of documents it keeps them in different sections on the basis of their categorization like text book section, reference section, journal section, thesis section etc.;
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In 20th century with the development of industrial, technological and scientific advances the concept of special libraries came in to existence. The growing need for specializedinformation for further development and research came to play a vital role in the expansion of special libraries.
DEFINITIONAccording to American Library Association (ALA ) glossary of
library and information science- SPECIAL LIBRARY is
“a library established, supported and administered by a business firm, private corporation, association, government agency, or other special interest group or agency to meet the information needs of its members or staff in pursuing the goals of the organistion. Scope of collections and services is limited to the subject interest of the host or parent organization”.
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In other words, special library collects updated and comprehensive information on the subject concerned with the parent organization and disseminate this information promptly to the people associated with the organization on demand and in anticipation.Besides this, one other factor is that a special library develops its major collection:
ON SOME SPECIAL SUBJECT/ FIELD- For example, National Science Library, National Library of Medicine, libraries of government and non-government organizations like Parliament Library, library of Ministry of Law.
OF SPECIAL KIND OF DOCUMENTS - For example, National Library for Blind, Dehradun keeps special collection of Braille and In audio books for persons with visual impairment, Library of Indian Standards Institute (ISI) mainly keeps collection of patents.
FOR SOME SPECIAL USER GROUP like patients, children etc. For example Children’s Section in Delhi Public Library.
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Examples of Special LibraryExamples of Special Library
For example:
National Library for the Blind, it deals with special kind of documents i.e. Braille and audio books and also with special user group i.e. persons with visual impairment or blind.
Library of Supreme Court of India, which keeps major collection of court cases and decisions which are mainly used by lawyers and judges, thus the user group is also of a special kind.
Library of Indian Standards Institute (ISI) mainly keeps patents which are special type of document and used by some special user group and related to some specific field or area.
A NATIONAL LIBRARY keeps all documents of and about a nation under some legal provision and thus represents publications of and about the whole nation.
For example:
National Library of India-Kolkata,
British Library-London,
Library of Congress- Washington,
The Russian State Library-Moscow,
The Bibliotheque Nationale-Paris.
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7) It also exchanges data and documents at national and international level;
8) It produces national union catalogues, current, retrospective and subject bibliographies;
9) It makes provision for practical training of library professionals ;
10)It procures and preserves manuscripts;11)It also keeps photocopy collection of available documents
for national and international library lending;12)It provides reading, lending, consulting facilities to
researchers, writers and other users;13)It works as a national referral centre of authentic
information for all literary work of the country and responds to all national and international queries from individuals as well as from private and government organizations.
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