Financial problems and strategic planning.

3. College libraries, which are the largest group of libraries
in the country, have also been facing the problem of
poor services, outdated collection of reading materials,
financial constraints and inadquate professional staffs.
-Ministry of Education in National Education Policy, 1988, p.113

4. A library act as a public institution or an establishment
charged with the care of a collection of books the duty
of making them accessible to those who require the
use of them and the task of converting every person in
its neighborhood into habitual library goers and
readers of books
-S R Ranganathan, 1990.

5. Strategic planning for the library is carefully tied to the mission and vision of
the College and the library. The overall strategy involves operational excellence.
This strategy focuses on “providing users with quality services and products
delivered with few inconveniences and minimal difficulty” (Matthews, 2005).

6. 1. To study the financial problems of libraries.
2. To study the strategic planning models for the libraries.
3. To study the budget provision for the libraries.
4. To study the financial sources of funding for Govt. college
libraries in Odisha state.
5. To study the financial expenditure of the libraries in ICT
era.
6. To study the infrasture facilities.
7. To study the library services.
8. To suggest possible measures.

7.  The research study shall be confined to all Govt.
college libraries of Odisha state. In the geographical
jurisdiction of state of Odisha and period covered up
to year 2014.

8.  The research shall be based on survey research
method along with observation by the researcher and
the primary data collection shall be made with the
help of questionnaire, interview supported by personal
visits and observation.
 The secondary data based on libraries literatures and
web resources etc.

9.  The researcher has proposed to organize the entire
research plan in five major chapters. The chapters are
proposed and tentative and shall be altered looking
into constraints and data collection problems. The
tentative chapters are as follows:
1. Introduction.
2. Review of related literature.
3. Financial problems and strategic planning and issues
and challenges.
4. Data analysis and findings.
5. Summary and suggestions and conclusions.

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