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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes the College Humanities and Social Science Programme (COHSSIP) and College Science
Improvement Programme (COSIP). As a result, the classroom teaching using latest teaching
methods and techniques, this provides exhaustive knowledge of the subject to the students. The
UGC has also provided assistance for introducing community Service Scheme and Summer
Institute for development of college libraries in India.
A well-established library with qualitative collection suitable for study and research is a sine-
qua-non for modern higher education like in University. There are many college libraries,
which provide education to the students up to graduation levels in order to achieve the objective
of college education. College libraries should redesign their activities in such a way that they
may prove to be significant partners in conservation of knowledge in the form of information.
Libraries of today have assumed a new role in modern society, by that they integrate educational
technology, information and communication technology and the new media. The libraries since
their existence have also adapted to changes that have influenced them from outside as well as
within. The moveable type brought the first landmark change in the content of libraries. Since
that time the libraries started acquiring new media and also a new role to support academic
programmes of all educational Institutions. Libraries with changing media enhanced the needs
and wants of the learners and the facilitators of learning – the teacher and the librarian. This
implies, the changes seen in the education have definite impact and brought transformation in
every domain of libraries. The knowledge resources of libraries have changed from time to
time, the methods of handling have also undergone significant change, with the changing
media and the users also adopted this process of continuous change.

Did u know? Needless to say the new media in which knowledge resources are emerging
are equally accepted by the users of today.
In the late 1990s, the Internet became the life blood of information sharing not just for libraries,
but for commerce, education, government and the general public. High-speed networking
availably created an efficient and fast way to move both text and graphics from one server to
another in a matter of nanoseconds. The Internet is the most democratic, yet confusing information
tool ever devised. On one hand, storage and access issues are eliminated, yet since anyone can
place anything they want on the World Wide Web, users frequently find erroneous or false
information and use it as “fact”. While the Internet is a wonderful thing, it is not a substitute for
the campus library, or more importantly, the librarian. Librarian’s guide and teach students and
other users how to find the best sources of information, whether print or online. In fact, most of
the world’s knowledge before 1970 does not appear on the Web in any organized or holistic
fashion.
Briefly speaking education aims at (i) the imparting of knowledge and skills; (ii) the inculcation
of values; and (iii) the imparting of vocational skills.
There is both formal and non-formal education. Formal education is the one that an individual
attains by enrolling himself in an educational institution like a school or a college or a university
and through constant teacher-student contacts. In non-formal education, there is no such
institutional base for education; you educate yourself through courses offered by distance
education mode, with the help of either other methods of learning or through self-study.

3.3.1 Formal Education

Every institution of formal education; be it a school, a college or a university, should have a
library attached to it. It should have a collection of books relevant to its courses of study.
Students should be encouraged to read books and imbibe the knowledge contained in them.

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