KNOW YOUR LIBRARY

By Neha Singhal, M.phil Scholar, Dpt. of LIS, DU

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 latin word liber, ‘’a book’’. but now in 21st century 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.

Organizer

mediator

Custodian

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

Knowledge is power

Assignment help

LIBRARY

Self-study

Career and skill development

Ask-your-librarian

Library v/s Internet

The Internet may be the world's greatest library, but

let's face it ̶ all of the books are scattered on the

floor." (D.C Denison)

Social and cultural hub

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

Different sections of a library

Acquisition Section

Technical Section

Circulation Section

Periodical Section

Reference Section

Reading Room

Reprography (Photocopying)

Section

Types of libraries

Public

Academic

Special

NATIONAL LIBRARY OF INDIA

@ Kolkata

Types of resources

Library Resources

Reference Sources

Primary Secondary Tertiary

Textbooks

• Journals, Theses, Patents

Primary

• Dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, bibliographies, indexes, manuals

Secondary

• Directories, yearbooks, union catalogues

Tertiary

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)

Overview of DDC

000 Generalities100 Philosophy & psychology200 Religion300 Social sciences400 Language500 Natural sciences & mathematics600 Technology (Applied sciences)700 The arts800 Literature 900 Geography & history

CALL NUMBER – Address of book

• CLASS NUMBER

• Indicates the subject of book530

• BOOK NUMBER

• Acts as an unique identifierSAL

• COLLECTION NUMBER

• Indicates type of collection to which book belongs.

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Cataloguing

In order to know what document is available in

library and where it can be located, a ‘’catalogue’’

is a must.

Card catalogue

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.

Search techniques – Boolean Operators

Some Public Libraries in Delhi

Delhi Public Library, Chandni Chowk

Marwari Library, Chandni Chowk

Purshottam Das library, Lajpat Nagar

Hardayal Singh Muncipal library, Chandni Chowk

Dayal Singh Library, I.T.O

Ramakrishnan Mission Library, Panchkuia Road

Dr. Vijay Pal Memorial Library, Keshav Puram

Library of Amartya, South Delhi

Bhartiya Vidya Bhawan Library, C.P

American Centre Library, C.P

British Council Library, C.P

Useful online tools

Slideshare

DULS e-resources

Google scholar

Coursera

Google alerts

Google translators

Prezi

Resumebuilder.net

Encylopaedia Britannica

Webdunia.com

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Library science as a career option

Librarian

Researcher

Information officer

Documentation officer

Knowledge manager

Archivist

Cataloguer/classifier

Cybrarian

Information analyst

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