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Academic Library System

Notes 2.7 Summary

• Career guidance is not a new concept and its roots can be traced back to ancient times.
However, career guidance, in its present form, owes its origin to US and other developed
countries.
• Information and communication technology has influenced the way in which career
guidance is provided to the graduates and other adults.
• During the British rule in India, many academic institutions were established by the East
India Company, and by the Christian missionaries.
• There are near about more than 4000 colleges including madrasa, technical and vocational
educational institute in Bangladesh.
• The UGC INFONET Digital Library Consortium is major initiative of University Grants
Commission (UGC) to bring qualitative change in academic libraries in India.
• An academic library is a library that is attached to academic institutions above the
secondary level, serving the teaching and research needs of students and staff.
• The first colleges in the United States were intended to train members of the clergy.
• Open education is a collective term that refers to educational organizations that seek to
eliminate barriers to entry.
• Distance Education courses have helped people to extend a dynamic personality for
themselves as they help them to connect in several activities.
• A lot of universities in India have a section for distance education that presented courses
in various streams.
• Distance education courses are becoming trendy in India and the number of institutes
present distance education courses is also growing correspondingly.
• In Tanzania, Tanzania Library Services (TLS) which was established in the early 1960s
and its network of regional libraries have had a role in supporting distance learners.

2.8 Keywords

Monastery : A community of monks living under religious vows.
Trendy : Very fashionable or up to date.
Familiarize : Publicize.
Counselors : Analyst.

Proximity : Immediacy.

2.9 Review Questions

1. Explain in brief about colleges and university libraries.

2. Write the role of college librarian in career guidance.
3. Discuss on the development of university libraries.
4. What is meant by imperial libraries?

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