Evaluation of Organization and Management Of University Libraries in North India With Special Reference to Uttar Pradesh

Abstract

Without books, God is silent, Justice dormant, natural, science as newlinestand philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in Cimmerian newlinedarkness. But books by themselves fail to serve any purpose unless they are newlineput to effective use. Therefore, arose the need for providing channel through, newlinewhich such accumulated wealth of knowledge as it contained in the books newlinemay be disseminated and it is a library, which can provide such a channel. newlineUniversity libraries in India have originated for several decades from newlinethe primordial concept of preservation of reading materials, for several newlinedecades since their inception, most of the universities in India continued to newlineremain only as examining bodies without any teaching or research activity. newlineThey have therefore no organized library survives, even though they have newlinecertain book collection of their own, these collections were let in the charge newlineof door keeper or at the best some clerical staff, to keep them clean and in newlinesome kind of order. With the explosion at information, the university newlinelibraries have replaced the old concept of being mere store house of newlineknowledge by extending their sphere of activity to provide timely newline2 newlineinformation to the user, thus satisfying the motto of right information to the newlineright person at the right time. newlineNow an university libraries is no longer part of an ivory tower world; newlineit is a practical service institution, accountable for every aspect of its newlineperformance as M.A. Gel fond in book states, the fundamental role of the newlinelibrary is educational. It should not be operated as a mere storehouse of newlinebooks attached to a reading room , but as a dynamic instrument of education. newlineUniversity is an integral part of the society; therefore these have social newlineobligations to solve social, economical and political problems. University newlineresearch facilities are being increasingly used towards this aim. Besides this newlineuniversities are also providing extension lectures, correspondence courses. newlineradio talks public lectures, T.V programmes, adult education programmes newlineetc. The univ