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Library and its Users

Notes This Evaluation was asked both to look at the efficiency and effectiveness of how the Library has
achieved its developments, along with a strategic consideration of the organizational and operational
environment within which the Library can best innovate for the future needs of its user community.
The specific evaluation objectives were to:
• Assess the current services of the Library in view of its place in the current global information
environment;
• Provide the Library with a strategic focus for the expansion of documentation, and the quality
of direct services for the target user populations;
• Define the technical and human resources, and budget that would allow the Library to achieve
these goals. In addressing the objectives the evaluation methodology used the following
information gathering activities:
• An Online Survey, and Focus Groups where users and non-users were able to provide opinions
about their information needs, (for users) their experiences when using Library services, and
their recommendations about how the Library could develop services to meet their information
needs;
• Interviews with an extensive range of Library staff, and with information specialists in other
Commission Libraries and Information Centers.
• Desk Research including documentation/Information provided by the Central Library and
material gathered to ascertain how other institutional libraries were developing their services.

Self Assessment

Multiple Choice Questions:
4. The first textbook on library science was published in the year:
(a) 1808 (b) 1916

(c) 1812 (d) 1807.
5. Which university was the first in Asia to begin teaching library science:
(a) University of Punjab (b) University of Delhi
(c) University of Carneige (d) None of these.
6. The Five Laws of Library Science, published in the year:
(a) 1931 (b) 1808
(c) 1916 (d) 1925.
7. A reworking of Raganathan’s laws was published, which removes the constant references
to books in the year:
(a) 1995 (b) 1931
(c) 1916 (d) 1808.

4.2 Periodicals

Periodicals include newspapers, journals and magazines, and collections and bulletins published
in series. Serials and yearbooks are grouped together with periodicals in library classifications,
catalogs, and holdings. The chief characteristics of periodicals are their regularity and continuity of

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