Social Responsibility Of Academic Library: A Study On Role Of College Libraries In Assam
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2018-11
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INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar
Abstract
Academic libraries are rich in terms of resources and infrastructure in comparison to the public
libraries in Assam. The resources and infrastructure of the college libraries in Assam can effectively
use in providing community service in the locality. National Assessment and Accreditation Council
(NAAC) in its assessment guidelines clearly mentioned about the social institutional responsibility
of the colleges. The college libraries as a part of its social responsibility should engage in activities
such as extension of reading facilities to the general public and allowing them to use existing
physical infrastructure, Internet facility, e-resources access facility of the college library. Extension
of these facilities of the college libraries will definitely benefit the needy peoples of the society.
The paper intends to identify the availability of resources and other infrastructural facilities in some
randomly selected college libraries in Assam and observes how these large quantities of resources
be effectively make open to the other needy people living in the society.
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11th Convention PLANNER 2018, Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, November 15-17, 2018
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College Libraries, Social Responsibility, Community Service