Library Science Report.mam Rose

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Library inSociety



• Library in society may be created and at

least partly supported by thegovernment.

• An increasingly popular modernvariation of this type of library is the

establishment of an academy of sciences,

a network of research institutes coveringmost fields of learning.



• The library is seen as a component part

of the history of civilization.

• It’s story appears through the story of

the people it has served. Thus no one canexpress the form, nature, purposes and

service of the library throughout the

history for they have been determined bythe needs of the people who have used



“the book” is its multiple form in

which come from the clay tablet to the

original scientific report and themagnetic tape and disc of today..







Recurring Basic

Needs



• The need is served also by state and

national libraries which preserve the

government documents and other kindsof materials that are necessary to the

conservation and transmission of local

and state.



• The need for libraries appears in thestory of library development.

• It is noted in relation to the Sumerianschool which came to be the center of

culture and learning in the communityand also the center of creative writing, inwhich the literary creation of the pastwere studied and copied and new literarywere produced.



• Alcuin made the library an indispensable

aid to the school in the eight and ninth

centuries and this function has becomethe basic purpose of all school and

academic libraries.





• The American public library comes

quickly to mind as the instrument whichhas have it’s fundamental purpose the

serving of this crucial need.

• The desire and need for some means of

self improvement and self education

prompted the founding of sociallibraries.



• Self education at practical nature wasmade possible by specific types of social

libraries, such as the mechanics,

apprentices, libraries and the mercantillelibraries and both self education and self

improvement are too integral parts of

the program of the American public

library.



• The type of library was organized

specifically for this purpose which is the

lending library or it means rental library

as it is often called a still providesmaterials at small cost not only for

recreational enjoyment but for cultural

and educational improvement as well.



• From the time of Rameses the Great to

the present day, libraries have bought

personal pride and satisfaction to theirowners, and during the Renaissance they

were the source of both spiritual and

intellectual sustenance for the Humanist

collectors.



• Many of the treasurers collected by

booklovers for their personal enjoyment

have been given to the rare-book

collections of our libraries, where they

strengthen our cultural heritage, provide

invaluable resources for the scholar,

afford aesthetic enjoyment to all who seethem.



ConditionsFavorable to

LibraryDevelopment



1. In societies of political and cultural

maturity with recognized the

necessity of preserving,transmitting and enlarging the

body of knowledge.



2. During the period of relatives

peace and tranquility which afford

time to plan and pursue culturaland intellectual activities.



3. When individuals have both the

leisure and the means to cultivate

the fine arts and improve the

common stock of knowledge.



4. In period of intellectual creativity

and scholarly activity, when largeand varied collections of materials

are required for study research.



5. When there is large societal

emphasis on self-improvement and awell-informed citizenry.



6. During revivals with learning

which center around and depend

upon accumulations of graphicmaterials and access to them.



7. When institutional stability and

security of tenure offer permanence

and continuity.



8. In areas with concentrated population

and specially in an Urban environment

which can provide the leadership, thefinancial means to support libraries and

the cultural and intellectual interest to

stimulate their use.



9. When economic prosperity provide

sizeable individual and corporate

wealth and encourages

philanthropic giving.



10. In times, in recent decades, economic

growth and national power and status

are considered to be dependent upon thewide dissemination and use of

information and knowledge which have

utilitarian value.



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