Growth developments are two different terms. The terms growth means quantitative change, where as development includes quantitative as well as qualitative changes. Education is the backbone of development. The continuous process of education is based on students, parents, teachers, various media and more importantly books. There is need of books on very large numbers of subjects and equally large number of specialization. The continuous research in all areas gives rise to birth of many books. The
Maharaja Sayaji Rao Gaekward has introduced free compulsory elementary education backed by libraries in 1883 in the district of Baroda and henceforth for the first time in India free public library services were introduced as a system in 1907 and extended to the entire state. It can, therefore, be traced out that 2007 is the centenary year of free public library services in India. 2. Public Libraries Movement in India: Public library is largely regarded as the People’s University. It has tremendous developments
CENTRAL LIBRARY NIMS UNIVERSITY CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The fundamental purpose of the University Library is to support the aims and objectives of the University, for which is to develop teaching, research and learning. University library is meant to serves all the categories of its users; undergraduates, post-graduates, lecturers and other members of the university community. The reputation of a university is measured largely by the quality of its library standard
higher education. The major aim of this study was to find out use of periodicals are PG students in Periyar Maniammai University. A well-structured questionnaire was circulated to collect the needed information from Seven PG Branches. This study examines several aspects of library use, including frequency of visiting the library, satisfaction with library hours, library collection and level of user satisfaction from library services, and cover the use of reference sources in the library. The
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction This chapter will discuss more about the effectiveness of information literacy in academic libraries. Information literacy is a term that we have been hearing for a several decades, but do we know what it means and how to achieve it? Without a clear definition, we have no roadmap to begin the journey to achieve an information-literate society. In addition to the term information literacy, we have heard about media literacy, technology literacy, computer
retain it. Education for all Egyptians is no longer an option; it is the only way to survive the economic crisis. The aim of this paper is to clarify the importance of e-learning tools for education in Egypt, discussing e-learning tools categories in education, the paper also will review developing countries experience in e-learning, the opportunities and challenges offered through e-learning. Finally we are going to highlight
Puritan’s Education Long ago, American’s educational system was developed by the Puritans. Education was very important to Puritans. The early development of education was slowly making its way to the education America has today. The colonies in New England demanded education to the citizens. In 1642, Massachusetts passed a law which parents were ordered to teach their children how to read and how to ply a trade (Chitwood 455). Parents who couldn’t teach their children would have to send their children
Information Literacy Skills & Research Supporting activities. Information Literacy Skills are ability to access, evaluate, organize, and use information from a variety of sources. Librarians need to play an important role as Facilitators in the education process by making students to aware and to use of information technology. Another important role of Librarians
geographically defined place, that is the national library building itself, but rather a state of mind – which in this case, refers to the social meanings that the library symbolized (Chua, 1995). The national library building which previously garnered little, if any, interest among people became elevated to the status of a national monument, albeit unofficially, in the face of demolition. Nostalgia was enhanced even further when the national library building was seen as a site of memory due to its
For example, in 2012, the novel was removed from Dade County libraries due to being “vulgar, racist, and anti-christian”. It was also challenged by Cedar Grove Middle School in Wilmington, North Carolina in 2015 for having “racism, bullying, violence, and sexual behavior” (Marshall University). There are many schools within the United States that have tried to ban the novel from their libraries or curriculums because of things discussed. The novel includes sections discussing