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Management of Libraries and Information Centres Jovita Kaur, Lovely Professional University

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Unit 14: Library Building and Equipments

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
14.1 Planning
14.2 Responsibilities
14.3 Education of Library Staff
14.4 Education for Behavior Change
14.4.1 Library Building
14.4.2 Location and Environment
14.4.3 Furniture and Equipment
14.5 Procedures for Maintenance of Library Collections
14.6 Library Furniture and Equipments
14.6.1 Library Stacks
14.6.2 Card Catalogue Cabinet
14.6.3 Bookshelves
14.6.4 Charging Desk
14.6.5 Mobile Library Furniture
14.7 Summary
14.8 Keywords
14.9 Review Questions
14.10 Further Readings

Objectives
After studying this unit, you will be able to:
Discuss about library buildings and equipments
Understand about library furniture.

Introduction

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras, (IIT Madras) is one among the foremost of the institutes
of national importance in higher technological education and in basic and applied research. The
Institute was formally inaugurated in 1959 by Prof. Humayun Kabir, Union Minister for Scientific
Research and Cultural Affairs.

Did u know? The IIT Madras is a residential institute with nearly 460 faculty, 4500 students
and 1250 administrative and supporting staff. IIT Madras is a self-contained
campus located in a beautiful forest land of about 256 hectares.
It has established itself as a premier centre for teaching, research and industrial consultancy in the
country. The Institute has fifteen academic departments and a few advanced research centers in
various disciplines of engineering and pure sciences, with nearly 100 laboratories. The United
Kingdom-based Times Higher Education Supplement has ranked the Indian Institutes of
Technology as the third best technology universities in the world for 2005.

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