Reference services in Libraries
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The document discusses the evolution of reference services in libraries. It states that reference services originated in the United States in 1875 and developed in India after the publication of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan's "Five Laws of Library Science" in 1931. Ranganathan pioneered reference services in India at Madras University in 1937. The document outlines different types of reference services like ready reference service and long range reference service. It also describes various reference materials including dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks, and bibliographies. Finally, it discusses the qualifications and role of a reference librarian.
![ENCYCLOPEDIASENCYCLOPEDIAS
THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS BRITANNICA [24 VOL ]
MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE & TECH [15 VOL]
OXFORD JUNIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA [10 VOL]
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY HISTORY [1 VOL]
PEAR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA [1 VOL]
THE BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE [10 VOL]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/referenceservices-160312030156/85/Reference-services-in-Libraries-18-320.jpg)
![DICTIONARYDICTIONARY
THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY [2 VOL]
THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY
DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGES
WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH
ADVANCED LEARNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH
ROGET’S THESAURUS’S OF ENGLISH WORDS & PHRASES
BHARGAWA’S ENGLISH-HINDI DICTIONARY](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/referenceservices-160312030156/85/Reference-services-in-Libraries-19-320.jpg)
![DICTIONARYDICTIONARY
THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY [2 VOL]
THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY
DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGES
WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH
ADVANCED LEARNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH
ROGET’S THESAURUS’S OF ENGLISH WORDS & PHRASES
BHARGAWA’S ENGLISH-HINDI DICTIONARY](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/referenceservices-160312030156/85/Reference-services-in-Libraries-20-320.jpg)
Reference services in Libraries
- 3. EVOLUTION OFEVOLUTION OF REFERENCE SERVICESREFERENCE SERVICES CONCEPT ORIGINATED IN USA IN 1875 IN INDIA REFERENCE SERVICES EVOLVED AFTER PUBLICATION OF “FIVE LAWS OF LIBRARY SCIENCE” BY DR SR RANGANATHAN IN 1931 RANGANATHAN PIONEERED REFERENCE SERVICES IN INDIA AT MADRAS UNIVERSITY(1937) PHENOMENON OF REFERENCE SERVICES ARE RELATIVELY NEW IN INDIA (30-35 YRS OLD)
- 4. ACCORDING TOACCORDING TO Dr. S.R. RANGANATHANDr. S.R. RANGANATHAN RIGHT CONTACT MEANS “CONTACT BETWEEN THE RIGHT READER AND THE RIGHT BOOK AT THE RIGHT TIME AND IN RIGHT PERSONAL WAY” REFERENCE SERVICE “ESTABLISHING CONTACT BETWEEN READER AND BOOK BY PERSONAL SERVICE”
- 5. ACCORDING TOACCORDING TO HUTCHINSHUTCHINS REFERENCE WORK INCLUDES THE DIRECT, PERSONAL AID WITHIN A LIBRARY TO PERSONS IN SEARCH OF INFORMATION FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE AND ALSO VARIOUS LIBRARY ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY AIMED AT MAKING INFORMATION AS EASILY AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE
- 6. EVOLUTION OFEVOLUTION OF LIBRARIESLIBRARIES EARLY LIBRARIES STORE HOUSE OF BOOKS MODERN LIBRARIES SERVICE INSTITUTIONS, THEY ACQUIRE MATERIAL, PROCESSES IT AND MAKE IS AVAILABLE FOR USE RATHER THAN PRESERVATION
- 7. NEED OFNEED OF REFERENCE SERVICEREFERENCE SERVICE INITIATION OF NEW COMERS TO HELP RESEARCH SCHOLARS TO SERVE PASSIVE CLIENTELE TO HELP ABSENTEE ENQUIRER
- 8. KINDS OFKINDS OF REFERENCE SERVICEREFERENCE SERVICE SERVICE TO THE FRESH READER SERVICE TO A GENERAL READER READY REFERENCE SERVICE (RRS) LONG RANGE REFERENCE SERVICE (LRRS)
- 9. RRS & LRSSRRS & LRSS RRS LRRS TIME INVOLVED FACT FINDING IN SHORT TIME (ON THE SPOT, WITHIN FEW MINUTES) NO IMMEDIATE SOLUTION. IT MAY TAKE HOUR, DAYS, MONTHS OR YEARS MATERIAL USED REFERENCE BOOKS, DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, INDEXED, ABSTRACTS, GUIDE BOOKS ETC MAY START WITH A REFERENCE BOOK BUT CONTINUED IN ALTERNATE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, PERIODICALS ETC. NATURE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCE BOOKS MAY BE EXTENDED TO PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS, RESEARCH PAPERS ETC
- 10. RENDERING RRS & LRSSRENDERING RRS & LRSS RRS FAMILIARIZATION WITH NEW REFERENCE BOOKS SUPPLYING ITEMS ACQUAINTING THEMSELVES WITH THEIR NATURE AND SCOPE SERVICES TRAINING THE ENQUIRER IN FACT FINDING SETTING THE ENQUIRER ON THE RIGHT PATH FURNISHING THE EXACT INFORMATION
- 11. RENDERING RRS & LRSSRENDERING RRS & LRSS LRRS PROBLEM IS CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT IS ACQUIRED PUBLISHED AND UNPUBLISHED SOURCES BE TAPPED HELP FROM OUTSIDE SOURCES OBTAINED SERVICES PROVIDING EXACT SERVICE PLACING THE ENQUIRER IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE SOURCE OF INFORMATION
- 13. ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONSESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS OFOF REFERENCE STAFFREFERENCE STAFF INTELLIGENCE RESOURCEFULNESS INTEREST IMAGINATION, PLEASANTNESS, TACT, DEPENDABILITY, MEMORY, ALERTNESS, SPEED, PATIENCE, CO-OPERATION, COURTESY, INITIATIVE AND INDUSTRIOUSNESS GENERAL & PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE
- 14. REFERENCE MATERIALREFERENCE MATERIAL ACCORDING TO WG JORDON “ THE CLEARING HOUSE OF KNOWLEDGE. THEY ARE LIBRARY IN MINIATURE, FOCUSING INTO SINGLE BOOK INFORMATION SCATTERED THROUGH THOUSAND VOLUMES. THEY ARE SHORTCUT TO LEARNING KEYS TO THE ACCUMULATED WISDOMS OF AGES.”
- 16. CHARACTERISTICS OFCHARACTERISTICS OF REFERENCE TOOLSREFERENCE TOOLS NOT FOR CONTINUOUS READING MEANT FOR CONSULTATION LACKS CONTINUOUS EXPOSITION NOT FOR ISSUE REQUIRED INFORMATION CAN BE LOCATED EASILY
- 17. REFERENCE MATERIALREFERENCE MATERIAL DICTIONARIES ENCYCLOPEDIA (GENERAL, SUBJECT WISE) ATLAS YEAR BOOKS / ALMANACS BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARIES HAND BOOKS / MANUALS BIBLIOGRAPHIES AUDIO – VISUAL SOURCES
- 18. ENCYCLOPEDIASENCYCLOPEDIAS THE ENCYCLOPEDIAS BRITANNICA [24 VOL ] MCGRAW-HILL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE & TECH [15 VOL] OXFORD JUNIOR ENCYCLOPEDIA [10 VOL] THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MILITARY HISTORY [1 VOL] PEAR’S ENCYCLOPEDIA [1 VOL] THE BOOK OF POPULAR SCIENCE [10 VOL]
- 19. DICTIONARYDICTIONARY THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY [2 VOL] THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGES WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ADVANCED LEARNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH ROGET’S THESAURUS’S OF ENGLISH WORDS & PHRASES BHARGAWA’S ENGLISH-HINDI DICTIONARY
- 20. DICTIONARYDICTIONARY THE SHORTER OXFORD DICTIONARY [2 VOL] THE CONCISE OXFORD DICTIONARY DICTIONARY OF MODERN ENGLISH USAGES WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH ADVANCED LEARNERS’ DICTIONARY OF CURRENT ENGLISH ROGET’S THESAURUS’S OF ENGLISH WORDS & PHRASES BHARGAWA’S ENGLISH-HINDI DICTIONARY
- 21. YEAR BOOKS &YEAR BOOKS & ANNUALSANNUALS WHITAKER’S ALMANAC STATESMAN’S YEAR BOOK CSR YEAR BOOK MANORAMA YEAR BOOK INDIA : A REFERENCE ANNUAL (BY PUBLICATION DIVISION) WORLD OF LEARNING (DIRECTORY OF WORLD’S UNIVERSITY, COLLEGES) BRASSY’S YEAR BOOK (ARMED FORCE YEAR BOOK) JANE’S ALL THE WORLD AIRCRAFT JANE’S WEAPON SYSTEMS GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
- 22. INDEX OF NEWSPAPERSINDEX OF NEWSPAPERS KEESING’S CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVES ASIAN RECORDER BRITISH NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY BOOKS IN PRINTS BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY
- 25. QUESTIONS TO THE CLASSQUESTIONS TO THE CLASS WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REFERENCEWHAT DO YOU MEAN BY REFERENCE SERVICES ?SERVICES ? WHAT ARE VARIOUS REFERENCE TOOLS ?WHAT ARE VARIOUS REFERENCE TOOLS ?
- 26. QUESTIONS BY THE CLASSQUESTIONS BY THE CLASS ??
- 27. HOME ASSIGNMENTHOME ASSIGNMENT EXPLAIN VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF AEXPLAIN VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF A REFERENCE LIBRARIAN .REFERENCE LIBRARIAN . EXPLAIN TYPES OF REFERENCE SERVICESEXPLAIN TYPES OF REFERENCE SERVICES
- 28. CONCLUSION
- 29. THANK YOU !