LIBRARY
A library is 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 a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases, and other formats. Libraries range in size from a few shelves of books to several million items. In Latin and Greek, the idea of a bookcase is represented by Bibliotheca and Bibliothēkē (Greek: βιβλιοθήκη): derivatives of these mean library in many modern languages, e.g. French bibliothèque.
Though the Govt. First Grade College for Women is situated in rural area having 705 students, the library is well maintained with the qualified librarian having text books related to B.A., B.Com., B.B.A.,and B.Sc. along with all subjects reference books and subscribing 12 subject related journals and 13 magazines along with 18 newspapers and having more than 50 Maps.
The Five laws of library science is a theory proposed by the father of Library Science Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in 1931 detailing the principles of operating a library system. Many librarians worldwide accept them as the foundations of their philosophy.
These laws are:
A library is 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 a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both. A library's collection can include books, periodicals, newspapers, manuscripts, films, maps, prints, documents, microform, CDs, cassettes, videotapes, DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, e-books, audiobooks, databases, and other formats. Libraries range in size from a few shelves of books to several million items. In Latin and Greek, the idea of a bookcase is represented by Bibliotheca and Bibliothēkē (Greek: βιβλιοθήκη): derivatives of these mean library in many modern languages, e.g. French bibliothèque.
Though the Govt. First Grade College for Women is situated in rural area having 705 students, the library is well maintained with the qualified librarian having text books related to B.A., B.Com., B.B.A.,and B.Sc. along with all subjects reference books and subscribing 12 subject related journals and 13 magazines along with 18 newspapers and having more than 50 Maps.
The Five laws of library science is a theory proposed by the father of Library Science Dr. S. R. Ranganathan in 1931 detailing the principles of operating a library system. Many librarians worldwide accept them as the foundations of their philosophy.
These laws are:
- Books are for use.
- Every person his or her book.
- Every book its reader.
- Save the time of the reader.
- The library is a growing organism.
