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Unit 7: Development of Libraries in India

Assam, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Notes
Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. From a mere handful of
books in a year to about 800 titles a year now, the publishing profile of NBT has grown by leaps
and bounds. In its formative years the Trust did not have its own editorial and production units.
Manuscripts in different languages were got ready and assigned for printing and marketing to
other agencies, like the Publication Division and other publishers in the respective of language
regions. In late 60’s the Trust stated its own editorial and printing activities. In the year 1969-70, the
number of books published was 106. Ten years later, In 79-80 it was 188 and in 1989-90 the number
was 851. From then on an average of about 600 to 700 titles are brought out every year which
include originals, translations and reprints and cover 18 languages.
During the last few years the Trust got into publishing useful books for the benefit of neo literates.
There was a large segment of society that had just begun to read and providing books for them was
a challenging task. With a lot of research and cooperation from experts, the Trust has been able to
sustain their interest in reading by reaching out to them. Many of these books were prepared in
workshops and field tested before the intended readers before publishing. While this was a unique
effort to bring a marginalized segment of readership to main stream reading the Trust continued to
look at other similar such segments. Books for visually handicapped and mentally challenged were its
other priority areas.

The rendering of some of the Trust’s finest publications into Braille has met with tremendous
success and popularity among the visually handicapped. the success of the initial attempt in this
the direction has encouraged the Trust to render many more titles into Braille. Activity based
books for children with disabilities is another prime area which the Trust in now exploring. Not
only is some of existing NBT’s titles for children being adopted but also new titles are being
developed to cater to them. In a few years from now, the Trust will be fully equipped to fulfill their
special needs. Constantly endeavoring in identifying newer areas of publishing the Trust could
not ignore the rapid strides that technology has made in all spheres of our life, particularly the
World of books. The Trust is exploring the possibilities of electronic publishing, has already
brought out a few titles on CD-Rom in English and Hindi.

7.2 Accessioning

Accessioning is the process of officially accepting items into National Park Service (NPS) museum
collections. Accessioning establishes legal custody and ownership and provides information on
how the NPS acquired the items. This chapter discusses the various ways to acquire collections and
explains the basic procedures for documenting accessions. The staff person responsible for the
museum collection must follow this chapter to accession museum objects and archival collections.
You must accession all items that are part of the park’s permanent museum collection and all
incoming loans.
An accession is the acquisition of a single item or a group of items:
from one source
under one type of transaction (for example, gift)
on one date.
For example, an individual may sell a rifle to the park, and at the same time donate twenty Civil
War documents. You would record this as two accession transactions: a purchase and a gift. If the
same individual donates additional material one month later, this would be a third transaction.
An accession can have one object or thousands of objects. Accession records document the legal
transaction that establishes ownership (title) and custody of museum objects. Accession records
also document general information about the accession. They consist of the accession book, the
accession file, and the Automated National Catalog System (ANCS) accession database. The accession
file contains all pertinent documentation about the accession. It’s important to keep records of all
the steps you take in the acquisition process.

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