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Unit 11: Library Rules and Maintenance Work

Book Bank Notes
SC/ST students of college can become a member of the book bank giving application along with
caste certificate, by paying refundable membership fee of ` 100 for UG ` 200 for PG for the full
duration of course. Members of the book bank will be issued 4 textbooks for each semester.
Book shall be returned within two days after the theory examination, otherwise a fine of ` 1
per day will be charged.
Reference Section
This section has encyclopaedia, dictionaries, text books reference books etc. which are only
available for reference. User can make use of these resources.
Journal Section
In these section journals, general magazines and newsletter are available. They are arranged
alphabetically. The latest issues are displayed on display rack and other previous issues are
arranged in the drawer. Bound volumes of periodicals are arranged in rack alphabetically and
are meat only for reference with in the library.

Did u know? Encyclopaedia is a book or set of books containing detailed knowledge and
information about a variety of fields or subfields.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
5. While browsing books, no book should be replaced by the user on the .............................
themselves.

6. ……………. for bag will be issued only for library use hour.
11.4 Maintenance Work

Of all the functions in a library, the maintenance work is the least discussed in professional
literature. However, the importance of maintenance work cannot be over emphasised. In fact,
the ultimate success of various other functions like acquisition, classification and cataloguing
rests on the efficiency of maintenance work. No matter how well a collection is classified or
catalogued, books cannot be serviceable to users unless proper care is taken to organise and
maintain the book collection. It is one of those less glamorous, nonetheless, very important
tasks in a library. Now let us discuss what constitutes maintenance work. Maintenance work
involves continuous monitoring of the proper stocking, arrangement and display of books on
the shelves in the stack rooms and taking care of them. This essentially implies two aspects:
(i) Organisation of the stack room and arrangements of books on the shelves
(ii) Conservation of books i.e. overseeing and supervising the physical conditions of books,
overall cleanliness of the stack areas, etc.

Organisation

In an open access library which allows users to browse, choose and select books of their interest,
shelf organization and arrangement of books are of primary importance. Books on different
subjects that are constantly on demand are to be easily accessible to readers. This means that the
professional classification schedules are rarely in tune with the layman’s expectations of sequence

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