Role of Library in Modern Society.pptx
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Libraries play an important role in modern society by assembling and organizing information and making it accessible. They help with lifelong learning, cultural preservation, research, education, and disseminating information to help social and economic development. Libraries provide information for formal education, non-formal education, educating illiterates, and assisting those with physical challenges. They aid in research through reference materials, periodicals, and bibliographies. Libraries also support cultural activities, spiritual/religious needs, recreation, and helping solve day-to-day problems in the community.
Role of Library in Modern Society.pptx
- 1. Role of Libraries and Information Centres in Modern Society Dr. Shamim Aktar Munshi Librarian Ananda Chandra College, Jalpaiguri
- 2. Introduction In the modern information society, libraries and information centres have a new role to play. This is due to increasing use of web-based information sources and electronic services. Libraries play an important role in the socio-economic, cultural and educational development of a society.
- 3. Library as a Social Institution i) It helps the life-long self-education of one and all; ii) It furnishes up-to-date facts and information on all subjects to everyone; iii) It disseminates to everyone, in an unbiased and balanced way, all shared recorded views and thoughts; iv) It provides opportunities for positive use of leisure time to one and all; v) It preserves the literary and cultural heritage of humanity for antiquarian research.
- 4. Library and Modern Society To assemble, organize, preserve, socialize, and serve all expressed knowledge; To help in the perpetual self-education of one and all; To help in the contemporary development of knowledge; To conserve the research time of humanity by the separation of literature search from positive search; To increase the economic resources of humanity to the extent necessary to maintain the ever-increasing population, in comfort and free from want of any kind.
- 5. The Role of Library in Education Formal Education Non- Formal Education Education of Illiterates Education for Physically Challenged people
- 6. Role of Library in Research The Information Desk Bibliograp hies The Periodicals The Reference Room
- 7. Role of Library in Cultural Activities These programmes primarily fall in the domain of public libraries. The first cultural role of the library is that it preserves the cultural heritage of the human race as represented by the books and other documents it holds. It should also organise cultural programmes like music concerts, dances, dramas, painting competitions for children, exhibition of paintings, etc. and thus enrich the cultural life of the community.
- 11. Role of Library in Disseminating Information Libraries, through their books, are actually repositories of information and knowledge. Information is indispensable for any human activity aiming at social progress. The researcher, the teacher, the student, the administrator, the industrial and business manager, the artisan, the entrepreneur, the farmer, the worker in the factory and the field, all need the information to equip, themselves better for the fruitful pursuit of their respective vocations.
- 12. Role of Library in Religious and Spiritual Institutions Spiritual and religious books, books that propound ideological themes and other books of permanent value which may be described as classics are books of inspiration. They meet the spiritual, religious and ideological needs of their readers.
- 13. Role of Library in Recreation and Leisure The healthy use of leisure is a matter of great importance in community life so that leisure time is not devoted to negative and destructive activities. Novels and other forms of literature, works of art, books of travels, biographies, popular magazines, etc., are primarily books of recreation and they should have a place in every library. Besides, libraries, especially public libraries are various organise cultural programmes.
- 14. Role of Library for Solving day-to-day Problems Library helps to the local people by providing various types of information such as basic education programme, employment news, local and political news, information regarding livelihood, health information, transport information, consumer information, travel plan, blood donation and health camp and planning for horticulture etc., and solve their day-to-day problems.