PGIAR Library

Jas Ng asked:


I always has problem on sourcing books or information from library. I find it is very tedious to look for books you want in huge collections in library. Sometime even the librarian also cannot help you much, but only can guide you which book shelf to look for your book. Finally I learn how to do it while I’m so into scrapbooking ideas. Here I share my seven shortcuts of sourcing scrapbooking ideas in the library.

Shortcut #1 Research from Amazon database.

This is I always do in searching scrapbooking reference I want from Amazon. Once the book is found in Amazon, I search the same book through in the library online database. If the book is found, I will note down the library code number plus all the ISDN, and go down to the library to borrow the book. This method is most effective and save your time from blind hunting for suitable book in library for hours.

Shortcut #2 Library OPAC system.

Most of library today facilitate with an online book search database. First go to the OPAC system type scrapbooking to search for book you want, write down the call number and go to the book shell to find your book. If you cannot find the book due to it’s on loan, you still can find some other books related to same topics.

Shortcut #3 Children craft section in the library.

In library the most resourceful section is the children section. This is because children need a lot of information in their learning. Library normally will organize whole world wide information into the children section. It’s like a mini world encyclopedia.

Shortcut #4 Check out what’s new in the new arrival section.

This is the most easier way, the find new books. Sometime happened that these new arrival book include new scrapbooking reference. So make sure you check the new arrival corner when you first step into the library.

Shortcut #5 General,media video or recreation and leisure section.

In some library, scrapbooking is categories under different grouping or section. I was surprised to find one or two good scrapbooking reference book at general section. Occasionally, I found VCD of scrapbooking at media video section. You can try your luck to search at media video section or general section, you may get good source from there. Some good book on scrapbooking also available at recreation and leisure section, because scrapbooking is also a hobby.

Shortcut #6 Reference section.

A lot of good book that are out of print are available at the reference book section. In this section most of the book are not available for loan, but you can soap your time there for two to three hours to read it. If some of the scrapbooking idea you read is good to keep for personal scrapbooking, you can seek librarian for photocopying the book chapter. Note that some librarian provide self service photocopying for this purpose. You are only allow to make one copy and cannot copy more than twenty percent of the whole book.

Shortcut #7 Seek help from librarian or other library visitors.

If you go to bigger library branch, there will be a lots of librarian available for help. Just need to be sure necessary information are handy with you. Information such as book title, author name, call number, ISDN number. The important is the book title and author name, others are secondary to know for librarian to help you. Sometime the library you visit is small, and less helpers available, you can try asking the person next to you who is searching book nearby. You may able to get good lead too. This is the last option I always do if the library is small and less helpers around.

This tips also useful when you search for other books! Hope your reading all the tips!

arulraj and viji asked:


INTRODUCTION:

An academic library is the library associated with a degree-granting institution of higher education. Academic libraries are identified by the post secondary institution of which they are a part and provide all of the following;

1. An organized collection of printed or other materials or a combination thereof;

2. A staff trained to provide and interpret such materials as required to meet the informational, cultural, recreational, or educational needs of clientele;

3. An established schedule in which services of the staff are available to clientele; and

4. The physical facilities necessary to support such a collection, staff and schedule.

OBJECTIVES:

 To know about librarianship

 To study the present scenario in the Academic libraries.

 To examine the contribution of librarian in the development of Academic library.

 To observe the duty of a librarian

 To make effective suggestions from above objectives.

LIBRARIANSHIP:-

Librarianship is a noble profession services of mankind is its motto. It is not a business and those entertain mercenary outlook and habits may not be fit for this emulated profession. The word Ethics is derived from Ethas which means custom or character. Ethics of librarianship, an essential element of library profession, denotes the conduct and behaviors of those who adopt the profession.

Present scenario in the Academic library

Most of the academic libraries have large collection of documents such as print and non print materials.

Now a day’s information increased exponentially and latest development in information technology. So maximum academic libraries have fully computerized because of information explosion, users’ service, greater efficiency and cooperation resource sharing.

Academic library has internet facility for online access e-journals and books.

CONTRIBUTION OF A LIBRARIAN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY

Development of Academic library why?

Modern library services calls upon the acquisition and procession of a wide variety of materials with which it can render better services to its target students. This is not a skilled job. It demands a sort of dedication that the housewife brings to the running of her home. India is a developing country and the important of libraries and information centers is strongly felt to the extent that information is regarded as vital resources for national development.

Growth of Materials:

The standard library is determined by growth of materials and quality of staff. The library staff purchased new books and journals, audio-visual and documents for growth of academic library.

Growth of sources:

It is a one of the factor of academic library development because the academic library provides different services such as book issue service, reference service, SDI, CAS and digital library service. It invited more students to utilize the academic library.

Duty of Librarian:

 Analyze student’s needs and provide information they need.

 Show students how to efficiently search for information on the internet and in other online resources.

 Supervise assistants who prepare cards, computer records, or other access tools that direct students to resources.

 Conduct classes

 Publicize services

 Collect and organize books, pamphlets, manuscripts and other materials in a specific field such as rare books and genealogy.

SUGGESTIONS TO THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC LIBRARY

 Academic librarian should know about latest development of library and information science.

 The library staff should have high qualification and research mind in their profession.

 The library professional may active with bold speak and to attend many conference and workshop in library and information science.

 The librarian may provide career guidance for students.

 The librarian may purchase quality and rare book materials.

 To satisfy the students’ requirement information and their needs.

 The library staff should motivate the students and have awareness about the library service and facility.

 The library staff must have knowledge management.

CONCLUSION:

In this study the researcher concluded that the involvement and contribution of a librarian in an academic library. The success of academic library depends upon on the quality of the resources, services, facility and well known, skilled knowledge library staff members. The librarian contribution is important part in the development of academic library because; they have satisfied the student’s information requirements and their needs.

REFERENCE

Jain, M.K. Library Manual, New Delhi:Shipra publications,1982

Khanna,J.K. Library and Information society. Jaipur:Kurushetra Research publication,1987

Kothari, C.P. Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. New Delhi: Wishwa prakashan, 1990.

Krishnkumar, Library organization. New Delhi: Vikas publishing house, 1991.

Kumaresan, S.C and Swaminathan,S. Library science unleashed. Trichy: Rock City Publications, 2003.

Blacks4barack ! asked:


Blacks4Barack Selected To Be Part Of

U.S. Library of Congress

Historical Collection !

Cleveland,Ohioan Greg Jones’ website, Blacks4Barack has been selected to be part of the U.S. Library of Congress’ historic collection Presidential Campaign 2008. The Blacks4Barack website will be made available worldwide through the LOC’s Digital Collection.

Following is a portion of the request sent to Blacks4Barack.

“The United States Library of Congress has selected your Web site for inclusion in its historic collections of Internet materials related to the Presidential Transition During a Time of Crisis. The Library’s traditional functions, acquiring, cataloging, preserving and serving collection materials of historical importance to the Congress and to the American people to foster education and scholarship, extend to digital materials, including Web sites. We request your permission to collect your web site and add it to the Library’s research collections. We also ask that we be allowed to display the archived version(s) of your web site.

The following URL has been selected:Blacks4Barack.blogspot.com

With your permission, the Library of Congress or its agent will engage in the collection of content from your Web site at regular intervals over time. The Library will make this collection available to researchers onsite at Library facilities. The Library also wishes to make the collection available to offsite researchers by hosting the collection on the Library’s public access Web site. The Library hopes that you share its vision of preserving Internet materials and permitting researchers from across the world to access them”.

“To have our website selected to help future generations learn more about the Historic Campaign of 2008 is a true honor,” states Greg Jones, National Director of Blacks4Barack, a multi-racial, net/grassroots organization Jones started in February of 2007 with a mission to stimulate and invigorate support for Barack Obama.”I must give thanks to all of the fellow Obama Supporters nationwide who have helped us in so many ways” adds Jones.

Greg Jones is also the producer/host of an internet radio program Obama Talk Radio ‘Nothing But The Truth with Greg Jones’ which is a 2 hour show discussing political news and views, issues of today and Obama Talk. The show airs Live each Sunday at 8pm (est) through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed through the Blacks4Barack website.



About The U.S. Library of Congress:

The Library of Congress is the nation’s oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library’s mission is to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.

The Library of Congress occupies three buildings on Capitol Hill. The Thomas Jefferson Building (1897) is the original separate Library of Congress building. (The Library began in 1800 inside the U.S. Capitol.) The John Adams Building was built in 1938 and the James Madison Memorial Building was completed in 1981.

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Emeka Esogbue asked:


Mention must be made of a branch of Library situated in Umueze, Ibusa by the Delta State Government, the Library exists only as a building than a building in which collections of books, tapes, and newspapers etc are kept for people to read, study or borrow. The kind of Library located in Ibusa is supposed to be public/reference Library but the condition of the Library is simply indescribable. First time visitors to the Library will be taken aback at the degree of dustiness of the Library environment. The Government of Delta State appears to have since lost knowledge of the existence of the existence of the Library, abandoning it to the indigenes of the town. What is the idea behind setting up a Library which cannot be maintained?

The Library was set up in February, 1984 with the objective of inculcating reading habit in the vast students of Ibusa and neigbouring communities but this objective seems to have been defeated with the abandonment of the Library, this building together with the collection of books have become a real eye sore so that it has become highly necessary to advise the state Government to show recommitment and stuff up the Library with relevant materials. The book shelves of the 52-reader capacity are full of books not particularly current, and are most Encyclopedia Britannica (1958-1971) and Year Books. 

The Library itself is built in form of a hall with junior section, a store which is completely empty, except for unfulfilling darkness, adult section, toilets, all purpose room full of abandoned newspapers, Librarian’s office locked up with old and near useless furniture and a notice board empty of information. But for about three users and about three staff found inside the Library, we would have concluded that the entire Library was no longer in use.

All of the indigenes inquired from on the direction of the location of the Library all described its location but added that they were unaware whether it was still functional. Information gathered showed that Government of Delta State has for long stopped supplying books to the Library and the condition of the environment said it all. In 2006, one Dr. Nwanze Okidigbe was said to have supplied the Library with books, the only supply of books the Library benefited from that year, 2007, Books such a The Norton Anthropology of World Masterpieces and Great Tales of Science Fiction and many more found in the shelves of the Library testify to the charity of Dr. Nwanze Okidigbe.

The Ibusa Family Union contributed books to the Library while, in 2008 there was no supply of books of any type to the Library. Credit should be given to Dr. Fredrick Osadebe, President of Ibusa Community Development Union (ICDU) USA Chapter, said to have been supplying the Library with every current edition of The Guardian Newspaper for the past four years running. Several notable literary minded Authors of Ibusa origin have continued to bluff the Library not wanting to make donations of books authored by them to the Library for reasons not obviously known. There are still some notable Ibusa Authors who utilize the instruments of never fulfilled promises and pledges in dealing with issue of charitably giving out books written by them to the Library. A lot of capable Ibusa indigenes have also made promises of developing the standard of the Library in various ways only never to be seen again with their promises. The fence surrounding the building is a dwarf one, Bore-hole cannot be found within the premises of the Library as staff either have to purchase water or trek miles to get some. No are no Air-conditions in the whole of the building.

Satellite TV or even a television set cannot be found in this information office, not even a Radio set. This is terrible because the Library only ends up feeding its numerous readers with half information.

This is quite necessary especially if we reason that we, the indigenes should not abandon the Library, even if the State Government has done. Literariness should be encouraged and promoted among the youths of the town. There are literary minded and well-read Ibusa men and woman who should take interest in promoting the art of reading for the benefit of their sons and daughters in the town, and in the over all interest of the town because education is one reason the Ibusa community is soaring beyond human imagination, this should be maintained if the Ibusa is to remain the giant of Anioma region.

The Delta State Library, Ibusa Branch is obviously in a sorry state and needs to revival by the relevant authorities if literariness is to be encouraged in the town and adjoining communities. Find out how this can be achieved by the government and capable Ibusa indigenes.

Sarah Deak asked:


For as long as can be remembered, libraries have offered mass amounts of free information that is easily accessible to the nearby community. This unlimited access has been an asset to communities everywhere for research, educational and recreational purposes. Patrons could go to the library and access all this information for free, keep it for a set time, and return it later. All seemed to work well and both library and patron were happy.

However, patrons encountered one large problem with libraries: their inability to be accessible at all hours of the day. When patrons needed to return a book late or pick up one early, they would encounter the discouraging pictures of closed doors. Enter the online library, a place that contained all the same information as an actual library with the added bonus of being accessible at all hours of the day from any location. By simply using their library cards, patrons could have access to these online portals. With the online library, a patron does not have to worry about finding their book or movie by closing time because no such time exists. Also, if the information a patron needs is contained within another library, they do not need to wait for their library to send for it but can instead access it immediately on the web. However, if the patron wishes to view the information in hard copy form, they can also order it and pick it up at their library.

Among the more popular of these online innovations are the Internet Public Library and Thomson Gale’s AccessMyLibrary, two sites granting access to a number of libraries in one spot. These online libraries offer the same resources as traditional libraries, but now the information can be accessed quickly and easily. Patrons can search for books and media by title, author, subject, genre, and even dewy decimal system in some cases. Besides searching for books, patrons can also search for newspapers and individual articles found on the web. The search capabilities in online libraries often compete with search engines; however libraries have the upper hand. Searching in a library often yields results that are more relevant and focused than those found on a normal search engine.

The information searched on an online library is not limited to what is contained within the true library (if one is even attached to the online library), but is open to a world of resources found on the web. Material that was too expensive or otherwise inaccessible through traditional libraries is made readily available on online versions. Information from magazines, journals, newspapers and more is searched to find exactly what the patron is looking for. Online libraries often work with databases such as Gale/Thomson’s InfoTrac Databases, Ebscohost Research Databases and infoUSA’s Reference USA.

Opening up the net to the information stored in a library also presents the library itself with benefits. No longer does storage space become an issue for a library because all its content is stored in electronic form. Offering content online also allows for better communication between the library and its patrons due to e-mail capabilities.

Do not be swayed that online libraries will leave librarians out of a job. Content must be monitored to ensure its relevancy and sites must be maintained by those knowledgeable in the library field. Librarians are also used on some sites for an “ask a librarian” feature that allows patrons to e-mail a question to a librarian and get a response in a couple of days. Librarians are essential to keeping online libraries going.

With the establishment of online libraries, patrons and libraries are kept happy and busy. Content is no longer denied due to over stocked shelves and doors are never closed to those eager to learn. Going online has allowed libraries to reach across states, countries and continents and grant millions access to a wealth of knowledge.

Dave Text asked:


The best place to get the information you need is always in a library. Public Libraries are provided by the government in order to provide access for all its constituents. Books can be read and borrowed in Public Libraries without any fees, only incurred penalties for late returns. In addition, with modern technology, most of the information you need can be obtained via a simple click.

Going to libraries are usually for nerds but at this day and age, you would not be caught dead without the right information in your head, no matter if you they would still call you a nerd. Better a nerd than with someone without a brain don’t you think? Some people though find it lazy to go to the library and go over all the dust covered and delicate books. They opt to search for the information they need over the Internet. Not to mention the time they will be consuming and the effort of going through shelves and shelves of books. However, not all the information you need is in the Internet and it is not as reliable as compared to doing your research in a library. Don’t you think they would eventually fade out if all the information can be taken out from the Internet already?

With the advancement in technology, libraries have become more important and the secrets inside it are due to the easy accessibility it can provide to the people. Computers in libraries have made it easier for people to look for the information they need faster. With programs designed specifically for usage inside libraries, people are more encouraged to learn and study, especially those who are not fortunate enough to have a personal PC or an Internet connection at home. Of course, their only place to seek for knowledge is the library.

Another thing that a library has aside from the information you seek is the atmosphere it emits to its visitor. Its quiet ambiance can really provide an atmosphere of learning for the people who go there. Feeling the knowledge of the rich history of the place itself will be enough to encourage you to go through the halls and search what interests you. Moreover, the knowledge of people who once walked through the halls and held those books were also able to make a difference in the world and will inspire you to do the same.

Here are several “upgraded” libraries.

The New York Public Library (NYPL)

This Public Library is considered as one of the leading public libraries in the world. It is also the largest in America and the largest research library systems in the world. It is also one of the five most important libraries in the United States. It is equipped with up to date electronic resources that make the information available for the public.

The Boston Public Library

This is the first library to allow people to borrow books and take them home so as to read it. Aside from this, the Boston Public Library is known as the largest municipal library and first large public library in America. It features free Wi-Fi internet access to the public throughout this library, along with its 27 branches. It maintains internet databases for catalogues and full text access.

The Library of Congress

Considered as the national library of the United States by default, it has the largest shelf space and is the most important library in the world. With millions of catalogued books and print materials that are set up in 470 languages, it also has the largest collection of manuscripts and rare books, newspapers and many more! You name it and the library of Congress may have a 99% chance that it is there.

With millions of digital objects available at its American Memory, nearly all the catalogs of this library can be checked on its website. On-line archives are also provided by the Library of Congress.

So far, these are the world-renowned libraries in the US. As An additional fact, in other parts of the globe, other world-renowned public library would include the:

British Library (BL)

The British national library is located in London and is one of the significant research libraries in the world. It holds millions of items of books, journals, magazines, music recordings, patents, and so much more, which can be accessed through the library’s web site.

The National Library of New Zealand

New Zealand’s public service department and legal deposit has the responsibility to enrich the cultural and economic existence of the country. In July 2004, the NDHS program was established along with the goal to improve the infrastructure and technological settings so that it can be preserved. A hardware and software system will be specially designed for the library in order to have the ability to maintain the conditions of its items throughout the years, making it still available for the people.

Thus, Public Libraries, not only hold books, but there are also those who showcase paintings, artifacts and other valuable memorabilia of the past.

These libraries are no longer mere pillars of books; they have become institutionalized in order to cater more learning and understanding to those who seek knowledge of the things around them and even beyond. There are so many things one can learn from reading the books itself, which no amount of media can withhold.

Article Manager asked:


Sound is a conclusive source to attain a delightful and spontaneous aura that enhances the feeling of innovative spirit. The progression of the web particularly in the sound and vision space has been very interesting. It was resulted as online sound libraries of original sound effects and production music designed specifically for interactive media. Sound Vision Library is the store house of live remote recording facilities, editing and mastering facilities, producing music albums, composing and performing music for film, and composing and editing music for CD ROM productions.

Sound vision library assimilates various sound effects used in the theatre from the sound of battles and gunshots to trotting horses and rainstorms. Various methods were devised by backstage technicians to reproduce sounds. This sound vision library is the cluster of acoustic, jazz, and classical hold music that sooths and helps to create a pleasant atmosphere when used as background music in waiting rooms and lobbies. With the experience of film and television sound effect design and editing, a comprehensive sound library and recording skills, no one is better suited to the creation of special effects sound than Digital Sound & Vision.

Sound vision library consist a full range of audio and video digital jukeboxes, changing array of music library machines and other amazing jukebox products in Jukebox industry.  In addition, library allows you to perceive, the perfect effect in a matter of seconds. The library should be formulated in a way so that it may explain intelligent descriptions and titles to evaluate a sound effect at a glance. Best of all, in a splendid sound vision library, each and every sound vision is listed with streaming audio, so that one can listen to the entire track.



Sound Vision library musical works and sound effects come complete with a royalty-free license. This means you pay for the CD (or DVD) once and can use it as many times and for as long as you want. These libraries allow musicians or bands, to form a full rhythm section without requiring a drummer or percussionist. By downloading segments of full tracks including the introduction, verses, choruses, fill sections, and ends, musicians wanting accompaniment for demos of their own material can edit, blend, and form a complete percussion track with little experience.

In a comprehensive collection of Sound Vision library there might numerous themes of excellent music designed to support your video, film or media presentation in a way that may lead your music project at great heights. This library has loads of  music and sound effects ranges from corporate to new age to sports and motivational to traditional to classical and everything in between.

Samuel Bryant asked:


When identifying a need for a library a person must identify the needs to the organization or community. If, for example, we want to create a special library for a humane society or animal shelter that has a significant presence online then we must identify the needs of the veterinarians, veterinary technicians, gardeners, landscapers, Web development programmers, business development specialists, public relations staff, graphic designers, website managers, media producers, member services staff, marketing staff, adoption coordinators, vegetarian cooks, members, human resources staff, and volunteers. Not only would a library be beneficial for the workers and volunteers, but it would also supply the adopters with information on the care of their new cat or dog. The library would be open to visitors of the shelter and would be an area of attraction for potential adopters.

The needs of each animal can differ quite a bit and experts are rarely supervising, which demonstrates the need for organized and easily accessible information. While the collection of library materials needs to be diverse enough to correspond with the variety of clients, the collection must also be specific and specialized to adhere to the veterinarian-centered focus of the organization. The American Booksellers Association and BookWire, which gives access to thousands of book stores, will help with the selection of books. Another prime location for discovering appropriate books is on ALA’s Booklist site online. To get the library started with the initial round of serials I looked at veterinary libraries around the United States to get an idea of what they are using.

EBSCOhost is of great interest because it contains 83 veterinarian-related journals and provides a very broad spectrum of other topics that may fall under some of the other topic categories performed at Best Friends. There are another 171 veterinarian-related journals that are not represented on EBSCOhost but will be considered for subscription in addition to EBSCOhost. The library should subscribe to PubMed because of its subcategory of veterinary medicine. Some other databases of particular interest are BIOSIS Previews, ConsumerLab, Current Contents Connect, European Veterinary Information, Network of Animal Health (Noah), Veterinary Information Network (VIN), CAB Abstracts, Vet College Literature Database, WildPRO, AGRICOLA, Animal Health and Production Compendium, Biological Abstracts, BioOne Abstracts and Index Database (BAID), Wildlife Worldwide, and Zoological Record.

There should be three main sections of the library—the non-circulating reference section where the computer terminals and printer will be located; the reading room where all the extra categories of text will be placed such as business development, Web development, public relations, media production, and vegetarian cooking. The third section of the library will be the biggest and will contain all the books, tapes, and periodicals on topics related to human-animal interactions and the well-being of all animal species including a heavy emphasis on veterinary medicine. Other topics in this section will include animal facilitated therapy, animal rights, cultural attitudes, ethics, farm animal welfare, pet loss, zoo/captive animal welfare, etc.

There should be at least two computers dedicated to searching the catalog and accessing e-books, and e-journals. There should be at least three more computers that will provide access to the catalog, but will also provide access to the internet. In order to provide these services the library will need staff. In order to provide effective services the library will need more than a couple of staff members. In my estimation of the library facilities and services there should be five—three professional and two paraprofessional librarians.

To accommodate the collection and staff, the library needs to be housed in a location with at least 1,500 square feet of space. The implementation of a staffed library will be the tool the organization needs in order to improve upon the effective treatment and housing of animals, and the efficiency with which this task is performed.

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Erny Setyawati asked:


There are many sources that we can get to enhance our knowledge, because as an entrepreneur, we can not avoid from learning. Learning is important activity that entrepreneurs must do every day. Entrepreneurs must not go to school or campus to add their knowledge. They can get information from books or Internet, beside as an entrepreneur some time has idea to build Home library. People some time tend to think that build home library need a lot of money and difficult to design. It is easy to build and design it, let’s begin now.

1. Collecting books.

Perhaps, it is boring time to look for your old books that spread every where. To collect your spreading books, help to remind you off title and contain of your old books and beginning to write down and making classification.

2. To choose right place.

We do not need new building to create home library. We only need your own decision to choose the right place around your home. You can create near your bedroom, living room, near dining room, or perhaps near your kitchen. If your home or apartment is so small, choose in the corner place is wiser.

3. Choose right furniture.

We need simple furniture for our home library. If we say home library furniture, need chair, cupboard for books and simple table. Choose cupboard that appropriate to your collecting books, shape and thickness. If your new home library is so small, you only need simple carpet.

4. Right lamp for reading activity.

We need light when we are reading. Without right light, make our eyes feel uncomfortable. Choose the best lamp that you feel comfort when you are reading.

5. Keeping your books in the cupboard.

You can place your books by book size, shape, topic, content and title so that you can find easily.

6. Keeping your books clean.

We need few steps to keep your books clean and good. Clean your books using prefect cleaner tool from dusk. If your books smell not good, take and place them on open air so that sun can make dry.

arulraj and viji asked:


INTRODUCTION

Rural libraries established fact that 70 percent of Indian population live in rural areas. Our central government is trying to restructure the rural areas in all five years plans. The results of the plans show that there is an improvement but it is not as expected as in the plans. There are many factors involved in restructuring the rural communities. One among them is to establish the libraries at rural areas to provide right information to the right user at right time.

OBJECTIVES

It infuses awareness among rural people of the sources of information and encourage them to make extensive and comprehensive use of information stored in a library;

It takes care of economic, educational, social and cultural information needs of the local population;

It converts uneducated/illiterate and non literate into potential library users;

It provides information on employment opportunities on various fields;

It guides, and counseling direction on all matters public hygiene, family planning, legal matters etc.

The public library coordinates with other organizations and institutions in the community and creates a comprehensive database of all information relevant to the community.

PUBLIC LIBRARY MOVEMENT IN TAMIL NADU

The Madras Public libraries Act, 1948 the first of kind in India was brought into force from the year 1950. Under the provision of this Act the following units are functioning in this state:

1. State Central Library (connemara Public library) -1

2. District central Libraries -18

3. Branch Libraries -1568

4. Mobile Libraries -12

5. Part time Libraries - 649

6. Rural Libraries -1492

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Total 3750

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Under the jurisdiction of these libraries the following services are rendered;

1. Mobile library service

2. Home Delivery service

3. Library service for children

4. Library service for prisoners in jail

5. Library service for estate workers and remote settlers on the hills

6. Library service for police personal

7. Hospital Library service

8. Rural Library service.

RURAL LIBRARY SERVICES

The fundamental aim of the rural library is to provide timely, pertinent, accurate and reliable information services to all the rural populace. The following are some of the important services that may be provided;

A. Information with emphasis on; Local history, local commerce and Industry, local Agricultural products and local places of tourist attraction and facilities, local and general employment opportunities, Statistics- Government and private and Career development information;

B. Information about Census: Population- Male, Female, Age group, Literacy, percentage, professionals, Rural and urban Forest etc. and National Resources.

C. General information on State and the country.

D. Cultural activities are- arranging lectures by eminent persons on different subjects,

Dramas, debates etc.

SERVICES IN RURAL AREA

The network of rural and mobile libraries should used to a greater extent for the dissemination of information to local communities.

The potential of the library in rural areas to support rural business by the provision of employment and training information needs to be exploited in consultation with the economic development staff of the planning Department. It is suggested that the experiment of providing small libraries in village shops.

ADVANTAGES OF RURAL LIBRARY SERVICE

The rural library helps different sectors of the community by providing right information to the right reader at the right time. For example, it will help children to create reading habit, unemployed youths to get better jobs and farmers to improve agricultural production. Libraries of all countries are functioning for social development by extending these activities and services, sharing books, extension lectures on various topics such as child labour, epidemic diseases, reading habits and environmental protection

RURAL LIBRARIES IN PRESENT SCENARIO

 The number of news papers available in the library is not sufficient.

 The required books are not available in the library.

 The required GK books are not available in the library.

 The number of reference books available in the library is inadequate.

 The number of periodicals available in the library is not sufficient.

 The furniture’s are uncomfortable in the rural libraries.

 The space of reading hall is very small.

 The parking facilities around the library are inadequate.

 The working hours of the rural library in convenient.

 The ventilation facilities are poor in the rural libraries.

 The cataloguing facilities are not systematic in the rural library.

 The facilities for accessing the books are improper in the rural library

SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

In order to maintain and raise the growth of library in rural area, the following suggestions may be found useful.

1. The Government may take steps to extend the library building to invite more readers.

2. The Government shall take steps to build shelters for cycles and motor bikes for the visitors.

3. The Government may take steps to build reference hall in the rural library for utilization of reference books.

4. Library working hours may be framed according to the convenience of users.

5. The library may be fully computerized so that users can easily access the books and the

Library staff can maintain the transactions very easily.

6. The books available may be brought online, so that users can access information from home itself.

7. The network of rural library should be used to a greater extent for the dissemination of

Information to rural communities.

8. The Government may provide water supply and light facility in the rural library.

CONCLUSION

From the above, the study has been observed that the public library movement in Tamil Nadu, rural library services and rural libraries in present scenario. It also indicates the rules and regulations for establishing the library in rural area. Now a day’s library is important part in the world. The library gives more information to rural community and its help to development of rural area. So the government should take steps to growth of library in undeveloped area.

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