Role of the library in Society ppt

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Training programme for

library staff

Financed by

The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

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The National Library of Sweden, The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam and The Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos

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Module 1:

Role of the library in Society

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Defining the public library

A public library is an organization established, Supported and funded by the community, either through local, regional or national government

or through some other form of community

organization

(Public Library Manifesto, 1994)

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The purposes of the public library

The primary purposes of the public library are to provide resources and services in a variety of

media to meet the needs of individuals and

groups for education, information and personal development including recreation and leisure

(IFLA Guidelines for Public Libraries, 2000)

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The Public Library

¢ The public library is the local centre of

information, making all kinds of knowledge and information readily available to its users

¢ (Public Library Manifesto, 1994)

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Library users and non users

¢ Meeting the needs of the user

¢ Identifying potential users

¢ Analysing user needs

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Access to information

¢ Access for all

¢ Local needs

¢ Local culture

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Library collections

¢ Collection development

¢ Collection management policy

¢ Content of the policy

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Range of resources

¢ Collections

° Formats

¢ Collection development

¢ Criteria for collections

¢ Collection maintenance principles

¢ Acquisitions and discards

¢ Standards for book collections

¢ Special collections

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Book donations

¢ What is the content of book donations

¢ Criteria for book donations

¢ The effect of book donations

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The Book Chain

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To identify special target groups

¢ Meeting the needs of the users

¢ Identifying potential users

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Services to special target groups

Potential users, who for whatever reason, are

unable to use regular services of the library have

a right to equal access to library service The

library should, therefore, establish ways of

making library material and services accessible for these users (/FLA Guidelines for Public

Libraries, 2000)

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Library statistics and

measurement

¢ Performance indicators

¢ Usage indicators

¢ Resource indicators

¢ Human resource indicators

¢ Qualitative indicators

¢ Cost indicators

¢ Comparative indicators

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Performance measurement

¢ Input

¢ Output

° Benchmarking

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Module 2:

Library management

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