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Unit 4: Types of Library

the first attempt by any Library Committee in India to systematically survey the academic libraries Notes
on a national basis, and it was also the first time that the government of India had decided to seek
advice from a professional librarian regarding academic libraries. The committee was to advice the
UGC on the standards of libraries, building, pay scales, and library training. Some of the
recommendations of the Committee included the provision that the UGC and the State Government
should help the college and the university libraries in the collection development of both books and
periodicals. The Committee strongly recommended that an open access system be introduced in
every academic library. The recommendations of the committee had a far-reaching effect on the
development of the university libraries later.

Kothari Commission (1964-66)
The Education Commission under the chairmanship of Dr. D. S. Kothari (1964-66) marked another
important stage in the history of university libraries in India. The Commission devoted considerable
attention to the development of the university libraries and made suitable recommendations on the
following points: (i) norms for financial support; (ii) long range planning for library development;
(iii) the need for the establishment of a well equipped library before the starting of a university,
college, or department; (iv) suitable phasing over of the library grants; (v) encouraging the students
in the use of books; (vi) inter- disciplinary communication; and (vii) documentation service in libraries
etc. he Kothari Commission recommended that a long range plan for library development should
be drawn up for each academic institution taking into consideration anticipated increase in
enrollment, introduction of new subjects and research needs etc., and documentation service be
encouraged in libraries, and documentation experts be appointed to help researchers and do indexing
and abstracting. It was further recommended that “the book selection should be oriented towards
supporting instruction and research.”

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
8. The report of the UGC library committee was published by the University Grants Commission
in 1959.
9. Kothari commission devote considerable attention to the development of the university
libraries.

4.7 Summary

• A library is collection of sources, resources, and services, and the structure in which it is
housed; it is organized for used and maintained by a public body, an institution, or a private
individual.
• 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.
• 1876 is a wellknown year in the history of librarianship in the United States.
• In 1979 and 1991 White House Conferences on Library and Information Services were held to
demonstrate the key role libraries play in American Democracy.
• An academic library is a library that is attached to academic institutions above the secondary
level, serving the teaching and research needs of students and staff.
• In 1766, Yale had approximately 4,000 volumes, second only to Harvard.
• The basic form of library instruction is generally known as information literacy.
• A national library is a library specifically established by the government of a country to serve
as the preeminent repository of information for that country.

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