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Library Administration and Management Reena Kapoor, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 13: Records and Reports

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
13.1 Library Records
13.1.1 Forms of Library Records

13.2 Report
13.2.1 Importance of Reporting
13.2.2 Features of a Report

13.3 Bibliographic Production and Maintenance
13.4 Summary
13.5 Keywords

13.6 Review Questions
13.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

Define library records
Explain the various forms of Library records

Define reports and features of a report
Discuss the importance of reporting
Describe Bibliographic Production and Maintenance

Introduction

The principal records to be maintained in the Periodicals Department are those concerned with
the payment of subscriptions and the receipt and registration of the current issues. The work in
the department has a sufficient scope for the use of various forms and stationery. These have to
be evolved from experience according to the needs of the individual library. A report or account
is any informational work (usually of writing, speech, television, or film) made with the specific
intention of relaying information or recounting certain events in a widely presentable form.
This unit will give you a clear understanding about the library records, importance of record
keeping in a library and also the concept of reports. It also covers the idea of Reporting as a
device for evaluation of Library Services and procedures, need of Annual report and its functions.

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