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Unit 7: Academic Libraries

7.5 Summary Notes

Libraries are the repositories of knowledge and form an integral part of education.
An academic library is a library attached to an academic institution i.e. an institution
engaged in teaching and or research and imparting formal education to students who
aspire to complete a particular course under a prescribed syllabus. Schools, colleges,
universities and technological/engineering/medical institutions are some of such
institutions, which may vary from one another in respect of courses offered by them.

Academic libraries provide support the academic and information needs of their
communities – students, faculty and staff – through provision of physical and digital
resources.

Academic libraries are considered to be the nerve centres of academic institutions, and
must support teaching, research, and other academic programmes.

The school library is central to learning and plays a key role as a place for encouraging
innovation, curiosity, and problem solving.
The school library media centre program is a collaborative venture in which school library
media specialists, teachers, and administrators work together to provide opportunities
for the social, cultural, and educational growth of students.

The school authorities do build a variety of facilities to operate different functions of the
school in order to meet the requirements of its students.
College education provides a totally different environment for boys and girls who go for
higher studies.
A library is more important in a University, because a library can do without a University
where as a University cannot function without a library.

University libraries support and help the university in achieving each of the objectives of
the University.

7.6 Keywords

Academic Library: An academic library is a library attached to an academic institution i.e. an
institution engaged in teaching and or research and imparting formal education to students who
aspire to complete a particular course under a prescribed syllabus.
Consortia: A group made up of two or more individuals, companies or governments that work
together toward achieving a chosen objective.

Documentation: Manuals, instructions, tutorials, procedures, specifications, etc., that accompany
a piece of equipment or software, and provide guidance for its proper use and maintenance.
Education: Education is a process of learning, with the aim to develop the capabilities in the
people at all levels.
Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET): It is involved in modernizing university
libraries in India and connects them through a nation-wide high-speed data network.

Library Network: Interlinking library resources and services by means of computer and
communication technologies.
Resource: A resource is a source or supply from which benefit is produced.

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