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Library Legislation is capable of regulating various organs of public library services. Library legislation is an instrument for the development of public libraries in a planned manner to ensure establishment, development and maintenance of libraries in a uniform pattern. Library legislation can help in promoting a sense of self consciousness among the people who would feel it obligatory on their part to use services offered by the library. Need for Library Legislation Library legislation is needed because: A law helps in creating necessary conditions under which public libraries can be established nation wide. To solve the problem of land, building, legacies, etc. Need for centralised services like acquisition, processing, etc. To  make the public library independent from subscription, donation or private gift and to  save the library from political influence. To put the public library on a sound and sure financial footing by way of levy of library tax. Cha...

Copyright is basically the individual right of an author to dispose of his/her work in return for remuneration. According to Christopher Scarles, " subject to certain exception, it is ownership of and right of control over all possible ways of reproducing a work". Copyright   is a form of intellectual property protection provided by the laws of Indian authors of original works of authorship such as literary works including dramatic, musical, artistic and certain other creative works. Copyright   is an exclusive right of the copyright holder. Its main objective is to encourage the authors, music composers, singers to create their original piece of work by granting them exclusive rights. Copyright helpful for the government in levying and collecting royalty and pay the same to the copyright holder. A copyright holder can prevent others from copying, performing or otherwise using the work without his or her consent. The Copyright Act 1957, this act is applicable fro...

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an inter-governmental specialized agency of the United Nations. UNESCO signed on 16 November 1945, came into force on 4th November 1946 after ratification by 20 countries including India. The UNESCO'S permanent Headquarters is in Paris, France. Objectives of UNESCO:          The main objective for UNESCO is to build a knowledge society based on the sharing of knowledge and incorporating all the socio-cultural and ethical dimensions of sustainable development. UNESCO' s priorities in the field of Communication and Information include: Empowering people through access to Information and knowledge with special emphasis on freedom of expression.  Promoting communication development. Advancing the use of ICTs for education, science and culture.    Membership of UNESCO: In short, UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 193 (As o...

Public Library is a free informational and recreational institution. Its mission is to provide all reading material to all people without any fee. In short, a public library is a free library for the public, by the people and of the public.

National Library:           The national library has a national responsibility. It stands as the apex institution for library services in a country and is founded by National government. Its mission is to preserve the cultural heritage of a nation. The British Library in London, the Library of Congress in Washington,D.C. , the Australian National Library, the Bibliotheque  National Library in Paris, Russian State Library (Formally called the Lenin Library) in Moscow are among the most famous and most important national libraries in the world. Definitions of National Library: According to UNESCO'S definition, "National library of a country is the one responsible for collecting and conserving that country's book production for the benefit of future generation." According to the ALA glossary of library and information science, a national library is "a library designated as such by the appropriate national body and funded by the...

        In modern societies all activities of the people are organised through institutions. These social institutions make a person part of the society. Each institution serves one or few needs of the society.        A library is a social institution and it has been created to fulfill all the needs of the society.  Certainly libraries play an important role in  society:                     1.  Communication of knowledge:    For the growth and development of a modern society, communication of Knowledge has become increasingly important. It is the key raw material and the libraries are the access point to it.   A library is concerned with the communication of information and knowledge and helps in communication through user friendly devices by providing repackaging of information.    2. Information centre : We are living in an infor...

Five Laws of Library Science: Dr.Shiyali Ramamitra Ranganathan conceived the five laws of library science in 1924.The statement embodying these laws were formulated i.e. the laws took the final form in 1928 and a detail account of these laws and their implication were published in the form of a book in 1931 by Bombay Asia Publishing House.   The five laws of library science are: 1. Books are for use. 2. Every reader his/her book. 3. Every book its reader. 4. Save the time of the reader. 5. Library is a growing organism. Implications of Five Laws: First Law: Books are for use               The first law embodies an elementary principle and all the other laws of library science are based on the first law.            In Ranganathan own words the implications of the first Law of library science are : a) Location of the Library :  Location of the library should be the one which is...

Information Society is an economic, social or industrial infrastructure, made up of a varied multitude of individuals who may or may not be from different ethnic groups.

       The Digital Library is a later stage of electronic library. When an electronic library started procuring E-journal and other similar kind of publications and access is over the Web,then it is termed as  "Digital Library ".       Digital library has been defined by a UCLANSF social aspects of digital libraries workshop as "Digital libraries are a set of electronic resources and associated technical capabilities for creating, searching and using information".         In digital library,high speed optical fibers are used for LAN and the access is over the WAN and it provides a wide range of internet based services i.e. audio and video conferencing  etc. the collection of a Digital library is in digital form and is usually served over the World Wide Web. Characteristics of digital library:      Cleveland (1998) describes some characteristics of digital libraries that have been ...