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Library Administration and Management

Notes Conservation of Documents: Preservation of documents from loss, damage, decay etc.
Open Access: Readers are free to move into the stacks for browsing and selecting any desired
item.

Paging: The job of locating a required book, taking it out from the shelves and giving to the
requester.
Shelf Register: Shelf register or shelf list is an important record of books; which shows the
position of any book on the shelves.
Stock Verification: Stock verification means to have an assessment of the collection of documents.
Tiers: Rows of shelves in a library.

Weeding: It refers to the removal of unwanted or out-dated books from the library.

11.7 Review Questions

1. Describe the factors affecting the library rules.
2. Elaborate the Model Library Rules.

3. Explain the Maintenance Work of a library.
4. Describe the functions of Maintenance Work.
5. Define Shelf Register.

6. What are the duties of routine maintenance work?
7. Describe the tools needed by the maintenance section.
8. Describe the daily routine of maintenance section of a large library.
9. Distinguish between open access and closed access libraries with reference to shelf work.

10. What are the methods of Stock verification?
11. List the various advantages and disadvantages of stock verification.
12. Define the following terms:

(a) Withdrawals
(b) Weeding

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Curbing 2. reference books
3. True 4. False
5. stack 6. Token

7. classification scheme 8. open access
9. shelf worker 10. Shelf guide
11. Shelf register or shelf list 12. Book tags

13. Stock verification

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