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1. Institutional Repository Software Packages – they
help in managing and capturing intellectual assets
as part of the information strategy. It also provides links to
other repositories.
Proprietary Software – are those software that are
owned by a company and cannot be used without license.
Open-source Software Package – are those software
whose source code is available for changes. They are
developed as public collaboration.

2. Types of Libraries
1. 1. TYPES OF LIBRARIES
2. 2. Types of Libraries Broadlythere are four types of libraries :1. Public Library 2. Academic Library : It can
be categorized in to three types a) School Library b) College Libraryc) University Library 3. Special Library ;
and 4. National Library
3. 3. PUBLIC LIBRARY •Definition/s •Objectives •Functions
4. 4. DEFINITIONS UNESCOPublic Library Manifesto 1949 – revised -1972,a public library is- • established
under the “clear mandate of law”; • maintained whollyfrom “public fund”; • levies no “direct charge” (fees)
from its users;• open “for free and equal “ use by all members ofthe community.• Agent for the fostering of
peace and spiritual welfare through the minds ofmen and women.
5. 5. Dr. S.R.Ranganathan -Public Libraryis “a public institution or establishmentcharged with the care of
collection of books and the duty of making them accessible to those who require the use of them.” This
definition describes two functions ofa library: i) the care of a collection of books means protection and
preservation of collection.ii) to make them accessible in real sense so thatthe right person can get right
information atthe right time.
6. 6. In other words,A Public Library is A social institution established bylaw, financed by public fund, open for
all without any discrimination,for general and free diffusion ofknowledge and information in the community.
It is the obligation ofgovernmentto establish a public librarysystem throughoutthe country at national,state
and local levels. Besides this,the rural and suburban areas should also be covered by branch and mobile
libraries.
7. 7. OBJECTIVES The main objectives are 1. To provide up-to-date and authentic information 2.To provide
services free of cost;3. To provide a harmless and elevating use ofleisure;4.To be responsible for
preservation and developmentofcultural and antiquarian heritage ofthe community.
8. 8. FUNCTIONS A modern public libraryperforms differentfunctions in the society to achieve its objectives
and works as:A. Information Dissemination Centre B.Life Long Learning Centre C. Community’s Intellectual
Centre D. Recreation Centre E. Community’s Culture Preservation Centre F. InstrumentofSocial Change
9. 9. A) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION CENTRE For this purpose itcollects,processes and then
disseminates up-to-date and authentic information on all subjects according to the information needs of
Information the local community.For example:Illiterates AUDIO-VISUAL Aids Visually-impaired (Blind)
AUDIO-VISUAL Aids and Braille Books It also provides mobile services to those members ofthe community
who are incapable to come to the library in urban as well as in rural areas.For example,patients,old age
persons,prisoners and persons with disabilities etc.
10. 10. B) LIFE LONG LEARNING CENTRE 1) Peoples University2) Provides a strong base for adulteducation
programmes.To cultivate reading habits among children atan early age. 3) Acquires documents for all
modes ofeducation systems especiallyfor adult education,non-formal,and selfeducation systems.4) It
provides latestinformation for competencyby selflearning.For example,documents on methods of
agricultural operations,poultry, bee- keeping;marketing the local products etc. so that people engaged in
these occupations would be benefited.
11. 11. C) COMMUNITY’S INTELLECTUAL CENTRE By organizing seminars,debates,exhibitions,lectures
etc. it tries to involve each and every person ofthe society in such activities so that they can exchange their
ideas,experiences,suggestions etc.and thus develop their interestto perform as an active part of the
society. D) RECREATION CENTRE A public library performs this function also.It provides refreshmentfor
man’s spiritby the provision of documents like fiction,audio visuals etc.for relaxation, pleasure and
entertainment.
12. 12. E) COMMUNITY’S CULTURE PRESERVATION CENTRE A public library works as a cultural centre
also.It promotes differentcultural activities of that locality by organizing cultural programmes such as
dramas,music concerts,folk dances,puppetshows etc.in its premises.These programmes provide
entertainmentas well as develop communal harmonyin the society. It conserves culture and art and also
makes its further transmission.
13. 13. F) INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL CHANGE It works as an effective instrumentto create awareness in the
society. By organizing seminars,debates,workshops,exhibitions etc.it creates awareness regarding
contemporarypolitical and social issues and stigmas in the society.
14. 14. G) REPRESENTATIVE OF DEMOCRACY A public library represents the real meaning ofdemocracy.
By providing equal access to all communitymembers withoutanybias it enhances equalityand social
justice,promotes intellectual freedom and advancementofknowledge,generates in the young generation a
sense ofpurposefulness dedication and confidence in themselves and faith in democracy’s future.
15. 15. ACADEMIC LIBRARY
16. 16. An Academic Library has been defined as:“a library which is associated or attached with any
educational institution to supportits educational programmes”.Academic libraryis an integral part of formal

3. education system which provides time bound education from primaryschool level to university level. Three
categories- 1.School Library 2. College Library3.University Library.
17. 17. SCHOOL LIBRARY • Definition • Objectives • Functions
18. 18. DEFINITION A library associated or connected with a school and used by the students,teachers and
staff of that school is called a SCHOOL LIBRARY.
19. 19. OBJECTIVES A school libraryhas the following objectives - 1.It supports all educational programmes of
the school;2. It cultivates reading habits in school children;3.It develops interestto use the library for their
overall development;4.It inculcates the habit of seeking help ofadditional sources other than text books;5.
It develops self-learning skills ofstudents;Contd…
20. 20. Contd… • It nurtures good moral values and principles in the children;• It cultivates a feeling of respect
and love for nation andIt helps teachers to improve their teaching expertise;its culture in the students;• • It
keeps the teachers and managementinformed with the latestupdates in education sector.
21. 21. FUNCTIONS To achieve the above said objectives a school libraryperforms the following functions - 1) It
provides suitable documents 2) It makes available text books and other additional reading material 3) It
procures handydocuments,illustrated picture books with bold and large fonts to create the interestof
children in reading.Contd..
22. 22. Cont… 4. It procures latestteaching learning material - CD,audio-visuals etc.to improve the teaching
skills ofteachers.5. It keeps reference books,dictionaries,year books,directories,encyclopaedias,travel
books.
23. 23. Cont… 7) It makes available biographies,autobiographies offreedom fighters and other national and
international personalities to develop respectand love for nation and humanity. 8) It procures magazines like
India Today, Readers Digestetc., differentnewspapers,and other lightreading material like fiction books,
general knowledge books,poetry books.9) It provides books of simple and meaningful stories ofclassics,
panchtantra,animals and birds to give moral values and ethics to children.
24. 24. COLLEGE LIBRARY • Definitions •Objectives • Functions
25. 25. DEFINITION A library attached or associated with a college and used by teachers,students and staffof
the college is known as COLLEGE LIBRARY. For example:DAV College Library,Ramjas College Library,
Shyamlal College Library;Delhi College ofEngineering Libraryetc.
26. 26. OBJECTIVES The objectives of a college library are as follows:• It helps in all educational and
instructional programmes ofthe college;• It develops a habit of deep and advanced studies ofsubjects
beyond the text books of subjects,in students;•It informs the teachers with latestup-dates in their
respective subjectarea;
27. 27. FUNCTIONS To achieve its objectives a college libraryperforms the following functions:1.Develops
collection by acquiring differentdocuments like textbooks,audio-visuals etc.related to various courses
offered by the college ; 2. Procures advanced books other than text books develop a habit of advance d
studies among college students.
28. 28. 3. Acquires reference books 4. Competitive exam books etc. are provided by the library; 5. Procures
newspapers,weeklyand monthlymagazines
29. 29. 6.Subscribes useful journals,research bulletins on differentsubjects as per the recommendations of
faculty (teachers).7.Practice inter-library loan on demand ofits users.8.Provides light reading material like
fiction, biographies,magazines,travel book guides,audio-visuals etc.to give healthy leisure time to its
users;
30. 30. 9.Procures general reference books such as dictionaries,directories,encyclopedias,yearbooks as well
as some subjectspecific reference books.10.Proper classification,cataloguing,shelfarrangement,display
of new arrivals.11.Provides orientation training to its new users to use the library and disseminate
information time to time regarding new library services and latestbooks.
31. 31. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY • Definitions •Objectives • Functions
32. 32. A library attached or associated with a universityIt is also known as the heartof university. Krishan
Kumar “a university library is a part of a university set up. Therefore,it exists to serve the objectives of its
parentorganization.In other words,a university library should aim to advance the functions of its university.
It should reflectcharacter of the university”.
33. 33. OBJECTIVES • To provide facilities for all teaching,learning,educational and research programmes of
the university; • To cater to the information needs ofteachers,students,researchers associated with the
university; • It provides facilities to its users for intellectual developmentwhich is a power of acquiring ideas
through individual efforts;• Providing latestknowledge to teachers in their field for effective teaching it
makes transmission ofknowledge possible.
34. 34. FUNCTIONS The universallyrecognized basic functions performed bya University Library are: 1. By
procuring comprehensive range of documents including books,manuscripts,journals,magazines,
newspapers etc.on varied subjects,it conserves knowledge and ideas.2.By processing the procured
documents with the help of classification,cataloguing,proper shelfarrangements itgives easy and open
access to knowledge to its users;3. In order to organize huge collection of documents itkeeps them in
different sections on the basis oftheir categorization like text book section,reference section,journal

4. section,thèses section etc.;4. It provides facility of inter-libraryloan to its users ifdocumentdesired byuser
is not available in the library;
35. 35. 5. Modern university library interacts with different information networks.6.It also provides entertainment
and healthy leisure to users by providing different newspapers,magazines,shortstorybooks,fiction,
internetfacility etc. 7. It gives the user orientation training to new enrolled users to make them feel at home
and to acquaintthem with the library system so that they could make maximum use oflibraryservices;8. It
provides reference service through reference section to establish a contactbetween the right reader and the
right documentin a personal way to attract more users;
36. 36. SPECIAL LIBRARY •Definition •Objectives •Functions
37. 37. In 20th century with the developmentof industrial,technological and scientific advances the conceptof
special libraries came in to existence.The growing need for specialized information for further development
and research came to play a vital role in the expansion ofspecial libraries.DEFINITION American Library
Association (ALA ) glossaryoflibrary and information science-SPECIAL LIBRARY is “a library established,
supported and administered bya business firm,private corporation,association,governmentagency,or
other special interestgroup or agency to meetthe information needs ofits members or staffin pursuing the
goals ofthe organisation.Scope ofcollections and services is limited to the subjectinterestofthe hostor
parentorganization”.
38. 38. ON SOME SPECIAL SUBJECT/ FIELD- For example,National Science Library, National Libraryof
Medicine, libraries ofgovernmentand non-governmentorganizations like ParliamentLibrary,library of
Ministry of Law. OF SPECIAL KIND OF DOCUMENTS - For example,National Library for Blind,Dehradun
keeps special collection ofBraille and audio books for persons with vis ual impairment,Libraryof Indian
Standards Institute (ISI) mainlykeeps collection of patents.FOR SOME SPECIAL USER GROUP like
patients,children etc. For example Children’s Section in Delhi Public Library.
39. 39. Examples ofSpecial Library For example : National Libraryfor the Blind,it deals with special kind of
documents i.e.Braille and audio books and also with special user group i.e.persons with visual impairment
or blind.Library of Supreme Courtof India,which keeps major collection ofcourt cases and decisions which
are mainlyused by lawyers and judges,thus the user group is also ofa special kind.Libraryof Indian
Standards Institute (ISI) mainlykeeps patents which are special type of documentand used by some special
user group and related to some specific field or area.
40. 40. OBJECTIVES The main objectives of a special libraryare as follows:1. It serves the information needs
of its parentbody; 2. It disseminates updated and significantinformation in the concerned field;3. It gives
pinpointed information promptly;4. It provides desired information to its users on demand and mostlyin
anticipation;5. The users also getnew ideas and inspiration to initiate new projects.
41. 41. FUNCTIONS Functions 1.It selects and procures documents and other sources ofrelevant information;
2.It processes the procured information or documents with the help of classification,cataloguing,shelf
arrangements etc.to make them easilyavailable for the users;3.It subscribes to a good number of journals
related to its area;Contd..
42. 42. 4.It provides indexing and abstracting services to the users to save their time; 5.It provides reference
services to the users bytelephone,by postor by e-mail;6.It gives currentawareness service (CAS)
regarding new arrivals and latestservices to the users ;7.It provides Selective Dissemination ofInformation
(SDI) service to the users as per their subjectinterestand requirement;8.It also gives documentdelivery
service (DDS) to its users attheir doorstep;Contd..
43. 43. Contd. 9. It brings outlibrary bulletins weekly/fortnightly/monthlyto keep the users up to date with latest
information;10.It gives translation services to provide the desired information to the users in their
convenientlanguage.;11. It also provides intranetas well as internetfacility to the users in order to access
the library collection and catalogues attheir desktop;12. It responds to the reference queries and make
retrospective search of literature as per the users’ demand;13.It compiles bibliographies,union catalogues,
documentation lists,newspaper- clippings,accession lists etc.to save the time of its users;14.It provides
inter library loan (ILL) facility to the users;15.It gives user orientation training through personal interaction
with users and by library brochure and pamphlets to make the users familiar with the library collection and
services.
44. 44. NATIONAL LIBRARY • Definition • Objectives • Functions
45. 45. DEFINITION A NATIONAL LIBRARY keeps all documents ofand abouta nation under some legal
provision and thus represents publications ofand aboutthe whole nation.For example:National Library of
India-Kolkata,British Library-London,Libraryof Congress- Washington,The Russian State Library-Moscow,
The Bibliotheque Nationale-Paris.
46. 46. The UNESCO defines Libraries which,irrespective of their title, are responsible for- 1. Acquiring and
conserving copies ofall significantpublications published in the country; 2. Functioning as a 'depository'
library, whether by law or under other arrangements.And performs the following functions also:1.producing
a national bibliography;2. holding and keeping up to date a large and representative collection offoreign
literature,including books aboutthe country; 3. Acting as a national bibliographical information centre;4.
compiling union catalogues;5.publishing the retrospective national bibliography.

5. 47. 47. objectives:1. It procures nation’s all literaryoutput under legal provision as well the foreign literature
aboutthat nation;2. It works as a depositoryhouse.3. It disseminates information aboutthe stored and
procured literary wealth through different publications and services;4.It works as a national referral and
bibliographic exchange centre;5. It coordinates with the other libraries in a country to develop a national
library system.
48. 48. Functions 1. It works as a national depositorylibrary for all literary work published in the country; 2. It
freely collects copies ofall published material in the country under legal provision or by law; 3. It also
procures foreign publications aboutthe country; and by the authors ofIndian origin living abroad;4. It
compiles national bibliographies to disseminate information aboutliteraryoutputof the country; 5. It works
as an apex body of the national librarysystem and coordinates with other libraries in the country; 6. It
develops and maintains differentbibliographic data bases and works as a national bibliographic centre;
49. 49. Contd… 7. It also exchanges data and documents atnational and international level;8.It produces
national union catalogues,current,retrospective and subjectbibliographies;9.It makes provision for
practical training of library professionals ;10.It procures and preserves manuscripts;11.Itworks as a
national referral centre of authentic information for all literary work of the country and responds to all national
and international queries from individuals as well as from private and governmentorganizations.
50. 50. Sl. No. Type of Library Example 1 Public Library a) Delhi Public Library, b) Trivenrum Public Library c)
GovernmentMaulana Azad Central Library d) Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library(Patna) 2 Academic
Library: School Library College Library University Library a) Delhi Public School Libraryb) Ramjas College
Library (Delhi),c) Jawahar Lal Nehru University Library (Kurukshetra University).3 Special Library a)
ParliamentLibrary(Delhi) b) National Dairy Research Institute’s Library,c) HRD Ministry’s Library (Delhi),d)
National Institute of Visually handicapped Library(Dehradun).4 National Librarya) National Library,
Calcutta (India), b) British Library (U.K.), c) Library of Congress (USA)