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Educational Management

Notes Objectives of the School Library
1. To facilitate the instructional programme for the teacher. With a wide variety of text and
reference books related to various school subjects, library facilitates the instructional
programme. It provides reading materials to the pupil for ‘answering questions, doing
assignments and solving problems.
2. To teach a skilful use of books for self-education.
3. To create an atmosphere conductive to the growth of reading habits.
4. To stimulate literary appreciation.
5. To demonstrate the desirability of books and libraries as companions in one’s leisure.
6. To provide fruitful social experiences.
7. To make the library an agency for :
(a) Curriculum enrichment ;
(b) Pupil exploration ; and
(c) The dissemination of good literature.

Important Library Resources
1. Book Resources : Books are essential for presenting different points of view, for providing
adequate background, for understanding the people, the processes and the places. Book resources
include :
(i) Text-books : The library should contain a variety of most up-to-date text-books in various
subjects.
(ii) Unit Booklets : The booklets on a variety of topics ranging from family life and neighbourhood
to people of other lands and places, should also be available in the school library.
(iii) Literary Materials : Essay biographies, historical series, animal stories are favourites with
children. Travel books lively and ineresting. Therefore, inspirational and imaginative
literature, particularly tales of adventure, should appear prominently along side books of
information on children’s hobbies.
(iv) Reference Materials : The school library should be fairly well-equipped with reference
materials. Which may be divided into the following :

(a) Standard of Conventional Reference Books : Conventional reference books include
dictionaries, encyclopaedias, Directories. Year Books, Atlases, Maps, Charts, Pamphlets,
Handbooks and Manuals. The Dictionary and the Enyclopaedia are basic reference works
which from the ‘look-it-up’ habit. Oxford illustrated dictionary and a set of Oxford
Junior Children’s Encyclopaedia or a Book of Knowledge may be provided in the
school library. Picture collections should include reproduction of well-known
masterpieces and everything to which teachers and children are attracted e.g. animals,
insects, flowers, portraits, seasons, holidays, places of interest and events.
(b) Non-conventional Reference Books : The non-conventional reference material consists
of all other library books that may be employed for reference service of any other kind.
They include books on miscellaneous information and books on special subjects.
2. Non-Book Resources : Modern curriculum is concerned with happenings in the local
community, the state, the nation and the world. Therefore, books should be supplemented
by periodicals, pamphlets, newspapers and other such materials which may vitalise the
teaching of subject. The following are the important non-book resources which should be
available in the school library :

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