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College Library Development

Author: R. Raman Nair

Rs. 400

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ISBN 8170001919
Year of Publication 1996
Binding HardBound
Pages 171
Edition
Language English
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College Library Development presents current trends in organization and management of library and information services in the context of Joy Committee Report and is intended as a manual for College Libraries. Information is the most important ingredient for higher educationand research. But college libraries to which majority of our teacher student community have to resort to for information remain as unreliable appendages. Unless they are vitalized programmes lilke INFLIBNET and ERNET can not achieve their aims. Sources which fund innovative schemes for college library development never monitors for results and so they have grown haphazardly over a century. To basically alter their direction or configuration; unprecedented will and exercise of considerable power will become necessary. Joy committee's work is the first attempt in India to modernize college libraries; that had an immediate impact. it holds potential for unprecedented achievements. College Library Development combines in one volume the full text of the Report of the Expert Committee on College Libraries and celected studies by experts on all facets of collage library system, and can provide necessary guidelines for modernizing library and information system in Colleges.

Preface

Contributors

1. Librarianship : A challenging proefession ---- K.K. Lalitha Bai

2. An unique document on college library development ----Sewa Singh

3. Joy Committee Report and college library development ---N Parameswaran

4. Changing concepts of the college library -----B. Hrdayakumari

5.College libraries in Kerala. A teacher's eye-view--------S. Murali

6. Ranganathan, Mehrotra and Joy Committees: A comparative evaluation--------R. Raman Nair

7. Manpower in college libraries of Tamil Nadu and Kerala ------B. Ramash Babu

8. College libaries in Uttar Pradesh and Joy Committee Report --------Sobha Sharma

9. Need based development of collections --LSulochana Devi and C.S. Sathikumar

10. Modernization of college libraries: A user approach ---------V. T. Usha

11. Student participation in college library development----------Prof. Rama Sharma

12. User education in college libraries---------D.D. Chaturvedi

Original Documents

1. Report of the Expert Committee on college Libraries

2. Order on Implimentation of recommendations of the Expert Committee

Appendix

Index

 


Prof R. RAMAN NAIR is a post graduate in Library and Information Science from
Banaras Hindu University he has also Masters Degree in History, Bachelors Degree
in Law and qualifications in Public Administration, Computer Science, Hindi,
German etc. He has served Cochin University of Science and Technology, Centre
for Development Studies,Kirala Legislature Library, Trivandram Public Library,
Kasaragod Government College and H. H. Maharaja's College for Women. He is
currently the Librarian of Kerala Agricultural University. His published works
include Computer Application to Library and Information services, academic
Library Development, academic Library Effectiveness. Academic Library Automation
, Public Library Development and many literary works in English and Malayalam.
He has published numerous library science papers, literary articles and
translations and has presented papers at many national and international
seminars and conferences. He is a founder member of the Centre for South Indian
Studies, life member of ILA,IASLIC and AGLIS and academic canceller of IGNOU He
has designed and installed the first Multimedia Compatible Library automation
System (McLAS). His current research interest is on Information handling for
agricultural science.

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