Status of Government District Libraries of Uttar Pradesh A State of India in 21st Century: A Study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Library and Information Science - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 2
Abstract
District library is an apex body of the district generally located in the district center. It functioning as a leading and reference library for the district, books and other reading materials are purchased, technically processed and distributed to all public libraries in a district by the district library authority. The administration, inspection and monitoring of various public libraries located in district are carried out by the district library authority. This study is limited to the Librarians/ Library In-charge working in Government District Libraries of Uttar Pradesh. The study illustrates that out of 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 70 districts are providing a facility of government district libraries. It was also examined by the study that only 41 Librarian are working in 68 district libraries of U.P. In the context to know the status of Satisfaction towards the ICT facility only Unnao district library of Uttar Pradesh was satisfied with their ICT facility out of 68 libraries. The overall satisfaction rate about the library budgets received by the Librarian/ Library incharge was shown that 91.17% respondents of government district libraries were not satisfied with their library budgets. This study has a great importance, interest and great significance, not only for the scholars and professionals associated with government district libraries of Uttar Pradesh, but also to the policy makers, planners, state library authorities and the State Government. On the behalf of this study the State Government can take a positive decision for the betterment of the government district libraries.
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Anubhav Shah
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- DOI 10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.11217.1
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