“What is a great love of books? It is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times. When I enter a library I feel as if almost the dead were present, and I know if I put questions to these books they will answer me with all the faithfulness and fullness which has been left in them by the great men who have left the books with us.” - John Bright

LIBRARY ORIENTATION

A library is a collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is housed; it is organized for use and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private individual. In the more traditional sense, a library is a COLLECTION OF BOOKS.

LIBRARY

The first Library- ROYAL LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA

300 B.C

In Egypt

James Crossley

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ENTER A LARGE LIBRARY... WITHOUT FEELING AN INWARD SENSATION OF REVERENCE, AND WITHOUT CATCHING SOME SPARKS OF NOBLE EMULATION, FROM THE MASS OF MIND WHICH IS SCATTERED AROUND YOU.-

FAMOUS LIBRARIES OF

WORLD

Library of Congress

Washington, DC, US

Old British Reading Room

London, England

Sansovino Library

Rome , Italy

National Central Library of Florenece

In Italy

Russian State Library , Moscow

In Russia

Bangalore Central Library

In India

FIRST INDIAN LIBRARY-CALCUTTA PUBLIC LIBRARY (CPL)

Calcutta Public Library was established in 1836

Prince Dwarkanath Tagore was the first proprietor of the Calcutta Public Library.

TYPES OF LIBRARIES Public Academic Special

For many people, this is what a library is - a publicly funded institution that provides books for loan and is used mainly by the very old and the very young.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

ACADEMIC LIBRARY

These cover the spectrum from libraries in schools of all sizes, and its role is to provide access to the information from which that teaching and learning can develop.

SPECIAL LIBRARY

These are libraries that serve a particular institution that has a specific role to play. For example, they could serve a hospital, or a law practice, or an industrial company.

*School Library

A SCHOOL LIBRARY IS A LIBRARY WITHIN A SCHOOL WHERE STUDENTS, STAFF, AND OFTEN, PARENTS HAVE ACCESS TO A VARIETY OF RESOURCES.

*Goal of School Library

The goal of the school library is to ensure that all members of the school community have equitable access "to books and reading, to information, and to information technology."

*Members of School Library

Students Teachers

*Useful for Students

For subject referenceFor enhancing reading skillsFor positive recreationTo gain knowledgeFor competitive purpose

*Useful for Teacher

For subject referenceFor enhancing reading skillsFor positive recreationTo prepare assignmentFor teaching aid

*School Library contains

BOOKS PERIODICALS TEACHING AIDS –

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