MANNAM FOUNDATION

CENTRE FOR EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY

(Affiliated to the University of Kerala)

PORUVAZHY, EDAKKAD P.O, KOLLAM-691552

ONLINE ASSIGNMENT

TOPIC

LIBRARY

Submission Details

Submitted by :

RESMI KRISHNAN. BSOCIAL SCIENCEReg. No : 16914373019

Submitted on 24/10/2015

INDEX

SL. NO CONTENT PAGE NO.

1 INTRODUCTION 1

2 LIBRARY 2

3 PURPOSE OF SCHOOL LIBRARY 3-4

4 CONCLUSION 5

5 REFERENCES 5

INTRODUCTION

A good library is one “that keeps book on every subject, but only selected

books; where the librarian is a true devotee, devoid of ulterior seeking, from pride

in the mere loading of shelves, capable of discriminate rejection”. The efficient

running of a school library depends upon many factors such as

1. Role of librarian

2. Role of teachers

3. Location of library room and

4. Quality of books

There should be a trained librarian in every school. He should have

knowledge of contents of every book. He should know the aptitudes and interest of

every student and should help students by suggesting appropriate books to them.

He should maintain a study atmosphere and discipline in his room.

The teachers should also be in the know of the content of the relevant books.

For example, the science teacher should know of all the science books in the

library so that he could advise his students as to what books they should read and

what books they should avoid.

It is necessary that pupils are taught the techniques of locating relevant

reference and resource material quickly. Assignments should be given in the form

of problems. This would compel the pupil to investigate and examine multiple

sources. In the course of all search, pupil will assimilate some of the essential facts

concerning the learning unit. Moreover, they will be using these facts in a creative

and productive to arrive at their own independent conclusions. Thereby, they will

be enriching their knowledge and developing their abilities, skills and interests.

LIBRARY

The Library should be separate from the study hall, but it should be as near

as possible. It should admit plenty of fresh air and sunshine. The floor should be

covered with carpet to deaden sound. All possible surfaces downward from a point

seven feet above the floor should be covered with carpet to deaden sound. All

possible surfaces downward from a point seven feet above the floor should be

utilized for shelving.

Proper attention should be given to the quality of books maintained in the

library. Books for younger children should include well-illustrated and attractive

books of fables and fairy tales. Books for older children should include stories of

travels, explorations, inventions, biographies, source books and dictionaries. Books

for teachers include specific books recommended by the faculty committee. Each

faculty should propose lists of books and periodicals.

The books for the school library should be selected with reference to the

vocational needs and recreational interests of pupils. Reference books including

dictionaries and encyclopedias should be readily made available for teachers and

pupils. Adequate copies of important books should be secured. There should be a

liberal supply of current periodicals and newspapers, which would be useful to

pupils and teachers.

Purposes of School Library

It provides self study and self education.

It supplements class work and increases pupil vocabulary

It broadens the outlook of students by placing before them a vast store of

useful information

It develops new interests in children and motivates them to write poems,

stories, essays and plays.

It helps pupils to improve their performance in debates, declamation contests

and literary activities

It gives them pleasure in leisure hours. Many pupils cultivate ‘reading

hobbies’

It helps children to maintain good discipline in their life

It imparts training to pupils incomprehension, notes taking and keeping

books clean

It imparts training in punctuality borrowing and returning books in time

It develops the habit of silent reading

Teachers should give occasional talks to pupils on the importance of extra

reading. As far as possible, the open shelf system should be introduced so that

students may have free access to books. Each student should be asked to maintain a

library note book in which he may enter date wise, the name of all the books he has

read. He should also write brief quotations that might appeal to him. He may also

write short reviews and appreciations of those books. A book lower’s club may

constituted, and the students asked to give a short review of the interesting stories

or events read by them. The library must be made the most attractive place in the

school, so that students will be naturally drawn to it. Books are essential for

presenting different points of view that would cultivate in the students a critical

attitude and a capacity for independent judgment. It help to create in the minds of

the learners intellectual curiosity and disequilibrium and also to help them

equilibrate by gaining new ideas and experiences.

The library should be fairly well equipped with reference materials. Standard

or conventional reference books and nonconventional reference books are equally

valuable. Conventional reference books include dictionaries encyclopedias,

yearbooks, atlases, maps, charts, pamphlets, hand books, manuals, syllabi of

different classes and books of knowledge. There should be some picture

collections which would included well-known masterpieces and other items to

which teachers and children are attracted. The non-conventional reference material

consists of all other library books that may be approach for reference service of

any other kind. They include books on miscellaneous information and books on

special subjects – History, Economics, Civics, Sociology, Anthropology, Political

Science etc.

Library also helps students to supplements class works, it helps to widen

knowledge, develops the ability of silent reading, it increases the punctuality by

borrowing and returning books in time. A library should be organized to cultivate

reading habits among students.

CONCLUSION

Library is considered to be the intellectual laboratory of the school. It is

being rightly felt that text books are no longer ‘Educational Bibles’ to be used as

the only source for study.

They need to be supported, supplemented and reinforced by other sources of

information. A library is the treasure vault of ideas, store-house of information and

the flowing stream of dynamic knowledge. If social science and any other subject

is to be a living and vital discipline, the library must be accepted as an integral part

of its learning. It is necessary that pupils are taught the techniques of locating

relevant reference and resource material quickly. There by, they will be enriching

pupil’s knowledge and developing their abilities, skills and interests.

References

1. Social Science Education – Dr.K.Sivarajan

2. A design for change – Khan Rashivuddin

3. www.google.com