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Management of Libraries and Information Centres

Notes 7.4 Summary
National Book Trust was inaugurated in August 1957 by the president of India, the great
philosopher and teacher Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
The activities ad programmes of the Trust are initiated, implemented, monitored and
controlled by the EC. Its objectives, activities and the achievements are reviewed from
time to time and designed to meet new challenges which arise in the field of promoting
reading habit.
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.
The Good Office Committee is a voluntary organization formed to establish uniform
terms of book supplies to libraries, and to ensure a fair working margin to booksellers and
an efficient service to the libraries.

7.5 Keywords
National Book Trust India : It was established in August 1957
ANCS : Automated National catalogue system.
ILA : Indian Library Association
GOC : Good Offices Committee

7.6 Review Questions
1. Explain the establishment of NBT.
2. Describe the main objectives of NBT at present.
3. What do you mean by accessioning?
4. Explain GOC.

Answers: Self Assessment
1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru 2. Accessioning 3. Good Committee Office
4. True 5. True

7.7 Further Readings

Books Mittal (RL): Library Administration: Theory and Practice. Latest Ed.
Ranganathan(SR): Library Administration. Latest Ed.
Evans, (GE): Management Techniques for Librarians.
Lock (RN): Brown’s Manual of Library Economy. Latest Ed.

Online links www.hindu.com/2001/08/21/stories/1321017a.htm
www.white-clouds.com/iclc/cliej/c126WBJ.htm

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