This document defines and describes special libraries. It notes that a special library is established by an organization like a business, government agency, or association to meet the information needs of its members or staff. It pursues the goals of its parent organization. Special libraries have collections focused on the subject interests of the hosting body. They are staffed by specialized librarians and support staff. Their mission is to provide current information to users, and their vision is to serve as the center of information for the organization.

1. WHAT IS SPECIAL
LIBRARY
PREPARED BY
BABUU .I. KISSOKY

2. CONTENTS
 WHAT IS LIBRARY
 WHO IS LIBRARIAN
 TYPES OF LIBRARY
 WHAT IS SPECIAL LIBRARY
 TYPES OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN SPECIAL LIBRARY
 COLLECTION OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 USERS OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 STAFFS OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 VISION AND MISSION OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 OBJECTIVES OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 FUNCTIONS OF SPECIAL LIBRARY
 CONCLUSION.
 REFERENCES

3. WHAT IS LIBRARY
 What is Library - A building or room
containing collections of books, periodicals
and sometime films and recorded music for
use or borrowing by the public or the
members of an institution.
 - A collection of sources of
information and similar resources made
accessible to a defined community for
reference or borrowing .It provides physical
or digital access to material, and may be
physical building or room or a virtual
space.

4. WHO IS LIBRARIAN
 Is the information resource experts
dedicated to put knowledge to work to
attain the goals the organization.

5. TYPES OF LIBRARIES
 Academic library
 Special library
 School Library
 Public library
 National library

6. WHAT IS SPECIAL LIBRARY
 A library established, supported and
administered by a business firm, private
corporation, association government agency
or other special interest group or agency to
meet information need of it’s members or staff
in pursuing the goals of the organization .
Scope of collections and services is limited
to subject interest of the host or parent
organization e.g. National science library
,National library of medicine, Libraries of
government and non-government
organizations like parliament library e.t.c.

7. TYPES OF SPECIAL
LIBRARY
Examples of special libraries
 Law library
 Medical library
 Military library
 Transport library
 Museum library

8. SOURCE OF INFORMATION
IN SPECIAL LIBRARY
There are so many sources of
information in special library but we can take a
look at few of them.
 Books – It provides summaries of research to
support an argument
 Newspaper - To find current information
about International, National and local events
 Magazines - To find information or opinions
about popular culture.
 Internet Site -To find current information
 Research paper -

9. COLLECTION IN SPECIAL
LIBRARY
Special library materials can be in
any format, such as following.
 Books
 Periodicals
 Journals
 Maps
 A.V materials
 Reference materials
 Rare materials

10. USERS IN SPECIAL
LIBRARY
 Special libraries are not usually open to
the general public it’s user are specific.
In which the worker/trainee of the
specific organization

11. STAFF OF SPECIAL
LIBRARY
 They are generated staffed by
librarians and other supporting staff,
although many librarian employed in
special libraries are specialist in the
library’s field rather than generally
trained librarians.

12. VISION AND MISSION OD
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
Mission and Vision may be different it
depends on the type of organization .But
the main
Mission -is to provide the current
information to it’s staffs and users
Vision- Is to stand up as the centre
of information to the Organization

13. OBJECTIVES OF SPECIAL
LIBRARIES
 It serves the information needs of it’s
parent body
 It disseminate updated and significant
information in the concerned field
 It gives pinpointed information promptly.
 It provide desire information to it’s users
on demand and mostly in anticipation.
 The users also get new ideas and
inspiration to initiate new projects.

14. FUNSTIONS OF SPECIAL
LIBRARY
 It supports researches when doing their
research.
 It also provides internet as well as internet
facility to the users in order to access the
library collection and catalogue at their
desktop
 It provides inter library loan facility to the users
 It act as leisure and recreation to the staffs
 Provide selective dissemination of information
(SDI) services to the users as per their subject
interest and requirements.

15. The role and importance of
special library
 Is to store and archive very important
information .The information can then be
used as a reference in the near future

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20. CONCLUSION
 I would like to finish by reminding
everyone that library plays a big role in
developments of any kind of
organization.

21. REFERENCES
 http:/en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/library
 http:en.wikipedia/wiki/special library
 http:/www.merriam-
webster.com/dictionary/special%20library.

22.  THANK YOU