CollegeLibraries:Objectives,NaturesandFunction
- 1. College Libraries: objectives, nature and function BY SUBHAYAN CHAKRABORTY, MSLIS, DRTC
- 2. What is college library? A college is considered as an academic institution of higher learning offering three year degree courses. The library within the college campus, mainly focused on the academic works and assistance of the concerned college is considered as college library. “It is the pulsing heart which is to quicken every activity which goes on upon the campus; it is the easily accessible mentor to which every alumnus should look for guidance; and it is a bacon light whose rays should illumine more and more the path of those leaders of men who are entrusted with the conservation of equality of opportunity and the solution of problems of civilization that daily assumes a greater and ever increasing degree of complexity.” -J.K. Khanna
- 3. OBJECTIVES According to “Education commission” 1966, the objectives of the college library are: 1. To provide resources necessary for research in the field of interest to the college; 2. To help the teacher in keeping abreast of developments in his field; 3. To provide library facilities and services necessary for the success of all formal programmes of the institution; 4. To open the door to the worldwide of books that lie beyond the borders of one’s own field of specialization; and 5. To bring books, students and scholars together under conditions, which encourage reading for pleasure, self-discovery, personal growth and sharpening of intellectual curiosity.
- 4. • FUNCTION 1. service to the college community 2. duty towards the alumnus 3. positive influence in society for the expansion of knowledge
- 5. NATURE It is not merely a depository of books, but an active workshop instrument in the production of or original thinking. The aim of college education and college libraries is inter-related. College library extends opportunities for self-education to the deserving and enthusiastic students without any distinction. These libraries develop in each student a sense of responsibility in the pursuit of knowledge. College library stimulates the students to obtain, evaluate and recognize knowledge and to familiarize themselves with the trends of knowledge for further education and learning new disciplines.
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