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
