1. Public
Libraries
Prepared to: Dr. Augusta Rosario A. Villamater
Prepared by: Angelique L. Guce

2. Public libraries
It may be said to have begun in
England in 1850 with the passing
of the first Public Libraries Act.
Public Libraries Act
- This permitted towns and
parishes to set up public libraries.

3. Purpose
For the free and restricted of provision
books and related material to members of
the community for study purposes, and for
vocational and recreational use.
They are, and must remain, instruments
of informal education, existing for self-
development in an atmosphere of
freedom.

4. Administration
Number of trustees -It varies
from one library to the next, depending on rules
established by the political jurisdiction the
library serves. Ordinarily, a public library board
consists of 6 to 12 trustees.
Board of trustees- It
establishes the library’s operating policies,
and the director is responsible for
implementing those policies.

5. Director
He/she usually reports to a
board of trustees made up of
citizens interested in improving
local library service.
She manages the staff and
oversees all of the library’s daily
operations.

6. Collections:
It includes printed materials such
as reference sets, paperback
novels, biographies, children’s and
young adult literature, histories,
newspapers, and magazines.
It usually also contain
photographs, maps, art
reproductions, sound recordings,
and video recordings.

7. Departments
 Reference Libraries
Reference Libraries
 Home Reading Libraries
 Children’s Libraries
 Periodicals
 Branch Libraries
 Mobile Libraries
 Gramophone Record Libraries

8. Reference libraries
There are 10,000
volumes public
reference libraries in
Britain and indeed
those below number
.

9. Medium-sized reference
library
It contains 20,000 volumes,
with the stock of such material
directories, dictionaries, atlases,
encyclopedias, bibliographies.

10. Large reference
libraries
It contains all the addition
of monographs on specific
subjects, files of periodicals
and a wealth of pamphlet
and other material.

11. It is divided into
departments:
Commercial
Technical
Foreign
International

12. Home
reading
Libraries
Up to the 1890s home reading or
lending libraries in Britain issued
books on the indicator or closed
access method.

13. They have arrangements
whereby readers may
reserve books, while books
not in stock will either be
purchased or borrowed
from another library.

14. Children's
Libraries
Nottingham had the
first separate children’s
library in the 1880s but
the greatest impetus to
library service for young
people was given by
Croydon early in this
century.

15. In most children’s libraries
illustration collection are
maintained, loans being made
from these to teachers and
student.
 In modern times, there are
no age limits in the children’s
library.

16. Branch
Libraries
The term “branch library” includes full-time
branches, part time branches, and what may be
called delivery stations.
Systems with branches in cities and towns are
usually centralized for administrative purposes.

17. Mobile
Library
•It was originated as a
means of supplying a book
service to scattered in rural
communities.

18. •Mobile libraries need to be
careful planning so that the
maximum number of books
can be carried and
displayed.

19. Gramophone
Record
Libraries
Since 1945, gramophone record it
has sprung up all over Britain, through
more particularly in London area.

20. It uses a form of
indicator system to
show which records are
available for borrowing.