Reaching to Patrons: A Case Study of DESIDOC Outreach Programmes
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Date
2014-09-25
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INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the organization and understand the initiatives taken by
Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) which is providing S&T information
required by the S&T community in Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
across the country for R&D purposes as a special library and information centre in the area of
library outreach programmes. The paper also suggests areas where further efforts are required. A
qualitative study was done. It included a survey regarding the work being carried out and methods
adopted by DESIDOC regarding its activities and the initiatives taken for their outreach programmes.
The results of this study identified the different sets of measures taken for different outreach programmes
as per different audience/clients. It also identified certain programmes carried out for the benefit of
society. This study was necessary for the practical purpose of organizing outreach programmes in
context of special libraries. What measures can be taken to reach to specific users. What initiatives
can be taken for society in addition to serving the specific users
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9th Convention PLANNER-2014
Dibrugarh University, Assam, September 25-27, 2014
Keywords
LibraryOutreach,CaseStudy,DESIDOC