library sections.pptx

Library Sections

1. Introduction to Library Sections: Lecture Delivered by: Miss Kiran Government Graduate College (W), Chishtian

2. Acquisitions Section: Technical Section: Circulation Section: Newspaper & Periodical Section: Reference Section:

3. Acquisitions Section: This section is mainly responsible for acquisition of books. This section acquire the documents by the following process:  by purchase, gift or exchange; At first, the library collects the recommendation from faculty members of different departments. Based on the recommendation, the library interacts and places order with selected vendors. Then, the books are accessioned in this section and transferred to the Technical Processing Section for cataloguing, classification and indexing & database entry.

4. Technical Section: This section is  mainly responsible for processing of obtain books and acts as a bridge between Acquisition and Circulation Section. This section classifies the documents, catalogues them and finally sends these books for display in New Arrivals Display Area for a week.

5. Circulation Section : This section is  mainly responsible for circulation of documents to the users of the library. This section acts as a bridge between users and books. The following tasks are performed by this section: Membership Registration Issue/Return                                             Reserve/Renewal Issue No Dues Certificate Overdue Fine Collection Alert Services such as overdue, collect notice etc.

6. Newspaper & Periodical The  Periodicals Section  is the place where needed information could be found in journals, magazines, newspapers, and other serial literature. There is a growing demand in the areas of newspapers, journals and magazines research. The following tasks are performed by this section: Print Journals Subscription E-Resources subscription and its management (Full Text & Abstract Databases)

7. Reference Section: This section is  mainly responsible for keeping reference books in different stacks of the Library subject-wise. An area of the library with materials that provide quick and easy-to-understand information on a topic. For example, a dictionary provides information on the meaning of words. An  example  of  reference sources is an encyclopedia, Dictionary, Almanacs, Atlases.