A library is an organized collection of documents from various formats that are preserved and made available for use by a community. Libraries serve various roles like supplementing education, providing resources for research and recreation, and acting as cultural and social hubs. They organize and provide access to their collections through classification systems, cataloguing, and online search tools in order to help users efficiently find the information they need.
2. A Library is an organized collection of documents with an aim to preserve them and make them available for use to a defined community. (service-oriented)
The word is derived from the latinword liber, ‘’a book’’. but now in 21stcentury the boundary has expanded and collection is no longer limited to only books.
It can have: Periodicals,newspapers,manuscripts,films,maps,prints, documents,microform,CDs,cassettes,videotapes,DVDs, Blu-ray Discs,e-books,audiobooks,databases, and other formats.
4. MULTIPLE ROLES OF LIBRARY: Why to visit libraries?
Supplements classroom studies
Self study
Continuing education
Research
Recreation
Up-to-date information
Cultural hub
Preservation of knowledge
Social agency
Personality development
10. Library v/s Internet
The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but let's face it̶all of the books are scattered on the floor."(D.C Denison)
12. PRINCLIPLES OF LIBRARY
5 LAWS given by Dr. S.R Ranganathan(Father of Library science)
Books are for use
Every reader his/her book
Every book its reader
Save the time of the reader
Library is a growing organism
13. Different sections of a library
Acquisition SectionTechnical Section
Circulation Section
Periodical SectionReference Section
Reading Room
Reprography (Photocopying) Section
18. Classification
Arrangement of documents cannot be random.
Thus, classification is necessary. It means systematic grouping of things.
Two important schemes:
Colon classification (CC)
Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
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20. Overview of DDC
000Generalities100Philosophy & psychology200Religion300Social sciences400Language500Natural sciences & mathematics600Technology (Applied sciences) 700 The arts800Literature 900Geography & history
21. CALL NUMBER –Address of book
•CLASS NUMBER
•Indicates the subject of book
530
•BOOK NUMBER
•Acts as an unique identifier
SAL
•COLLECTION NUMBER
•Indicates type of collection to which book belongs.
TS
22. Cataloguing
In order to know what document is available in library and where it can be located, a ‘’catalogue’’ is a must.
24. OPAC
Online Public Access Catalogue
It is an online database or record of materials held by a library
User can search for a document by entering a ‘’search’’ term which can be author name, title, publisher, subject topics etc.
26. Some Public Libraries in Delhi
Delhi Public Library, ChandniChowk
Marwari Library, ChandniChowk
PurshottamDas library, LajpatNagar
HardayalSingh Muncipallibrary, ChandniChowk
DayalSingh Library, I.T.O
RamakrishnanMission Library, PanchkuiaRoad
Dr. Vijay Pal Memorial Library, KeshavPuram
Library of Amartya, South Delhi
BhartiyaVidyaBhawanLibrary, C.P
American Centre Library, C.P
British Council Library, C.P
27. Useful online tools
Slideshare
DULS e-resources
Google scholar
Coursera
Google alerts
Google translators
Prezi
Resumebuilder.net
EncylopaediaBritannica
Webdunia.com
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
28. Library science as a career option
Librarian
Researcher
Information officer
Documentation officer
Knowledge manager
Archivist
Cataloguer/classifier
Cybrarian
Information analyst
29. Workplaces…
Public/Government libraries
Universities/colleges/schools and other academic institutions
News agencies and organizations
Private organizations
Foreign embassies
Photo/film/radio/television/Music libraries
Information centers/documentation centers
Museums and galleries