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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes Audio visual aids such as motion films, animated films, tape-slide its, video cassettes;
Models, charts, maps, globes, pictures, photographs, toys etc.;
Other learning apparatus and equipment; and

Computers with software for play.
Besides children’s books and materials, the teaching staff would need reference books of different
types such as instructional materials, books on children’s psychology and other similar book.

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Caution If funds do not allow acquisition of such materials, these items could be borrowed
on inter-library loan from bigger libraries in the vicinity.

7.2.4 Secondary School Libraries

If primary school libraries are designed to function and operate as integral parts of the educational
programme at that stage, the secondary school libraries maintain their specific educational
identity in fulfilling all academic requirements of the young students for learning and of the
teachers for effective teaching and their own development. Secondary school libraries support
school programmes at three stages, viz. middle-classes 6 to 8, secondary classes 9 to 10, and
higher secondary-classes 11 and 12; constituting a total period of seven years of the school
programme. These are crucial formative years of the children and good habits formed at this
stage would be everlasting. The library has a very positive educational role to play and to
achieve the following aims:

inculcate the habit of using the school library, not only with reference to their learning for
course requirements but also by learning reading for pleasure, general knowledge and
recreation;
development of learning skills for collecting information on any topic by consulting
reference books and other material;

provide opportunities to students to visit other academic, special and public libraries to
get an idea of the library system in the country, as major resource for learning and use
them at later stages of life.
The primary responsibility of the secondary school library is to build-up a stock of books and
kindred material relevant to the learning and teaching needs; of the students and teachers
respectively. The collection should adequately represent:
an excellent stock of text books, both prescribed and others, (in multiple copies, if necessary)
on all subjects;
relatively more advanced books on all subjects for brighter students and teachers;
general books on popular science, biographies of great persons, travelogues, geographical
explorations, sports and other areas that would create interest in learning;
standard children’s literature; fiction, collection of short stories and other light reading
materials;

carefully assorted reference books such as encyclopedias (junior levels), illustrated
dictionaries, both general and technical, yearbooks on various subjects, guides to literature,
reference books in different subjects, video and audio visual materials, computer-based
study materials, and similar others material.

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