My ContentNational Library Association, ILA, IASLIC, IATLISLibrary Associations of IndiaIndian Library Association (ILA) - 1933 ILA office Organization Objectives Training and Development programmes Publication ILA bulletin NewsletterIndian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre (IASLIC) 1955 Objectives Organization Activities Publication Other Important PublicationIndian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) 1989 Aims and objectives Publication International Library Association International Federation of Library Association and Institution (IFLA -1927) Objectives Publication American Library Association (ALA) Chicago 1876 Objectives Publication Chartered Institutes of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) London 1877 United Kingdom Objectives Services and Products Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (ASLIB 1924, London UK) Organisation Objectives Publication Special Libraries Association (SLA) 1909 USA Role of UGC (1953), RRRLF (1972) and UNESCO (1945) in Promotion and Development of Libraries UGC for Academic Library (1953) Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) 1972 Kolkata, Salt Lake City, 700064 Objectives United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Paris 1945 United General Information Programme Publications related LIS International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID). 1895 Brussels
National Library Association, ILA, IASLIC, IATLIS
The term "association" is used to denote a group or body of individuals or institutions associated with a common purpose revolving generally for the two main purposes. Association may be of different kinds with different objectives and categories, professional or non-Professional. However, by considering its nature, pandey S. K. Sharma defined library associations as a group or body of libraries or librarians and user of libraries formed with the common purpose of advancement of library profession including service and also for protection of interests of the members including raising their capabilities to serve more effectively.
Library Associations of India
We have historical records of early library associations in India such as Baroda Library Association 1910, Andhra Desa Library Association 1914, Bengal Library Association 1927, and Madras Library Association 1937. The Indian Library Association was founded in 1933.
We have at present, many national and state level library Associations. ex.
Govt. of India Libraries Association (GILR) Indian Associations of Teachers of Library and Information Science (IATLIS) Micrographic Congress of India (MIC) Society for Information Science, etc. Indian total 23 library Association.
Indian Library Association (ILA) - 1933
Indian Library Association was founded on 13 september 1933 at calcutta at the first all india library conference attended by a galaxy of intellectuals, educationists and librarians. A. C. Woolner, vice chancellor of punjab university was the founder president, Dr. M. O. Thomas was the first president and K. M. Asadullah, librarian of imperial library and was the first secretary of the Indian Library Association.
ILA office
The office of ILA was housed in the Imperial Library at Calcutta for the initial 12 years since 1933. It was shifted to Delhi in 1946 and remained in the university of Delhi till september 1953. Thereafter, it shifted back at calcutta. In August 1964, the office moved to Delhi again and was housed in the building of Delhi Public Library. An extra-ordinary general body meeting held on May 24, 1970 made a change in the constitution to made Delhi/ New Delhi as the permanent headquarter of the Association. Now the office of the Association is housed in its own one room f lat located in a commercial building in North Delhi which was purchased way back in 1978. The office was finally moved to the present building in April 1982.
Organization
It has a General Body who appoint a president, a general secretary, a treasurer, 2 joint and assistant secretaries each, 6 vice president, a librarian and council of 25 member. These appointments are valid for 2 years.
Objectives
i. Promotion of library movement and improvement in library service in all its aspects in India.
ii. Promotion of Library Science education and the improvement in the training of librarian in India.
iii. Affiliation of the state and other library associations and co-operation with international organization with similar objectives.
iv. Publication of bulletins, Periodicals, books ect.
v. Promotion of appropriate library legislation in India.
vi. Providing a common forum to all person engaged or interested in library and information work by holding conferences and meeting for discussion of professional, technical and organizational issues.
vii. Promotion of research and bibliographical studies.
Training and Development programmes
Every year All India Library conference is conducted in the country. It is hosted by an institution, an university or a local library association. Other activities are e.g. holding workshop, convention or seminars to promote librarianship in the country. The ILA is the member of COMLA i.e. International fedaration of Library Association and the common wealth library association. In 1992 IFLA conference was conducted at New Delhi by the association.
Publication
In 1995 a database of NALANDA of over 10,000 libraries was created.
i. ILA bulletin
ILA bulletin started since 1942. It discounted in 1946. The same was the named as ABGILA and started from 1949 and continued up to 1953. The journal of ILA (JILA) started 1965. bulletin in 1975 and in continued even now. It is quarterly publication it includes various articles on subject relating to LIS and librarianship.
ii. Newsletter
The Association also published ILA Newsletter every month to disseminate current information about the latest trends in the filed to LIS.
Another important publication
• Proceedings of the All India Library Conferences since 1978.
• Indian Library Directory 1987.
• A survey of public library services in Indian.
• Years work on Indian librarianship.
• 50 years of Indian library association.
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centre (IASLIC) 1955
IASLIC is a non profit organisation based in india that supports development in the entire field of librarianship in India. The IASLIC was founded on 3 september 1955 at the lecture hall of the Indian Museum, Calcutta on initiatives and Inspirations of librarians, documentalists, information Scientists, and technologists. Dr. S. L. Hora was elected the first president and Mr. J. Saha the first general secretary of IASLIC. IASLIC maintains its headquarters at Kolkata in a small three storied building of its own at P-291, CIT scheme No 6M, Kankurgachi, Kolkata-700054, West Bengal, India. The office is run by voluntary workers and remains open from 2P.M. to 9 P.M. expect sundays, second saturdays and national holidays.
Objectives
Keeping in view the importance of inter- communication of facts and ideas among scientists, technologists and research workers, and of the collection of specialized information among them IASLIC. formulated the following obectives .
i. Undertake, support and co-ordinate research and studies.
ii. Organize general and special meetings, seminars, workshops and conferences at National and regional level.
iii. Publish Journals, monographs, manuals, newsletters, papers, proceedings and reports.
iv. Conduct short-term training courses.
v. Collaborate with other fraternal bodies in promoting the interests of the library and information profession.
vi. Undertake such other activities which are incidental and conductive to the attainment of its objects.
Organization
The general body of the Association elects a president, six vice president, a general secretary, a treasurer, two joint secretaries, two assistant secretaries, a Librarian and 25 council members for a period in six divisions.
Activities
IASLIC has been organizing seminars and conferences at different parts of the country, which are usually, hosted by university libraries, department of library and information science, institutions, associations, and other information centres. Discussions in the seminars and conference included different areas of current issues on Mechanization of Library Sciences, Training of special librarianship in India. Rendering of Indic Names, Bibliographical control of special libraries, Methods of Scientific Communication, Decentralisation of library and Information services-users and library and information services, Education for Librarianship in India, General versus special classification scheme, Bibliometric studies, Marketing of library and information services in india. Document and data processing, problems and prospects of Library Associations in india, Indexing and Abstracting service in India, Translation service and others.
The association is affiliated with the International Federation of Library Association and Institution (IFLA) and the international Federation for Information and Documentation (FID) and plays an important role for the international cooperation of the two federations.
Publication
i. IASLIC Bulletin Published quarterly Since 1956.
ii. IASLIC Newsletter published 1966, monthly, in Hybrid Mode [Print + online ]
iii. Indian Library Science Abstract (ILSA) Published quarterly Since 1967.
iv. Research in Progress (Rip) from October 2012.
Other Important Publication
• Directory of special and Research libraries in India.
• Glossary of Cataloguing Terms, in (Indian) regional language.
• Education for Librarianship in India.
• Methods of Scientific Communication.
• IASLIC; Perspective, Performance and Promise.-A silver Jubilee commemorative volume, Indexing Systems, and Library Architecture 1980.
Indian Association of Teachers of Library and information Science (IATLIS) 1989
The IATLIS was founded on 19th December-1969, a meething of the teachers of library science attending the sarada Ranganathan Endowment lectures was convened by Mr. P. N. Kaula ait DRTC with Mr. C. K. Langridge in the chair. The general body meeting of IATLIS was held on 21st December 1970 to adopt the draft constitution circulated to member earlier with Mr. P. B. Roy in the chair. Prof. Bashiruddin, was the first president and Prof. P. N. Kaula was the first secretary of the IATLIS.
Aims and objectives
To promote exchange of idea on education in library and information science. To promate the publication of books and periodicals on education in LIS. To hold conferences, seminars and colloquia for the development and propagation of idea on education in library and information science, to give consultation service on education in library and information science, to promote training of the teachers of LIS in India and to promote welfare of teachers of LIS in India.
Publication
IATLIS Journal of library education and research (IJLER) quarterly published.
International Library Association
IFLA -1927
ALA -1876
CILIP -1877
SLA-1909
ASLIB -1924.
SLA -1909.
International Federation of Library Association and Institution (IFLA -1927)
(President barbara Lison Secretary General HaloLocher 1927, Hague)
IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of the library and information services and their users. It is global voice of the library and information profession Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1927 at an international conference. IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971. The Royal Library, the National Library of the Netherland, in the Hague, generously provides the facilities for the headquarters.
Objectives
i. Promote high standards of provision and delivery of Library and information services.
ii. Encourage widespread understanding of the value of good library and information services.
iii. Represent the interest of our members throughout the world.
iv. Providing an opportunity for a regular exchange of information and views on issues of mutual concern.
v. Formal Associate and Relations with UNESCO, observer status with the united Nations, associate status with the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) and observer states with the Word International Property Organization (WlPO) and the International Organization for Standardization (IOS)
Publication
The results of the programmer developed by IFLA professional groups are recorded and disseminated in publications.
• IFLA Journal is published four time a year.
• The Annual Reports records IFLA achievement during the previous years.
• IFLA Professional Reports.
• IFLA first started is ISBD (before 10 digit but 2007 after 13 digit)
• "Internet Governance Guide for Libraries " is publication.
American Library Association (ALA) Chicago 1876
American Library Association (ALA) Chicago 1876 The America Library Association (ALA) was founded in 1876. The association is known as ALA. The ALA has the uniqueness of being The oldest and largest library association in the world. ALTA headquarters at chicago.
Objectives
ALA is an organisation of librarians and libraries having the following objectives.
Increase awareness and support for libraries :
i. Create turnkey tools, resources and materials that could be utilised by all types of libraries.
ii. Provide an apportunity to share public relations / marketing / advocacy best practice within the library community.
iii. Develop more cross-collaboration across the association to ensure that new campaign projects and initiatives are inclusive and effective; work more closely with ALA chapters and Affiliates to help them achieve their public awareness objectives.
iv. Promote the contribution of all library staff, including both librarians and support staff. etc.
Publication
i. American Library Magazine
ii. ALA Award and Notable seals.
iii. ALA year book
iv. ALA hand book of organization and Members : A Directory (Annual)
v. American Libraries (Monthly)
vi. ALA Store
vii. Washington Newsletter.
viii. Laborary Technology Project Report.
Chartered Institutes of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) London 1877 United Kingdom
The Library Association was founded in 1877. The association is know as LA or sometime LA, UK. The CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, informations specialists and knowledge managers in the united kingdom. CILIP was formed in 2002 by the merger of the Library Association (founded in 1877), and the Institute of Information Scientists (founded in 1958). CILIP has its headquarters at London. From 1899 to 2002 the library association published a monthly journal, the library association record (ISSN 0024-2195), since 2002 CILIP has published library and information update (ISSN 1976-7171).
Objectives
i. Set, maintain, monitor and promote standards of excellence in the creation, management, exploitation and sharing of information and knowledge resources.
ii. Support the principle of equality of access to information, ideas and works of the imagination, which it affirms is fundamental to a thriving economy, democracy, culture and civilisation.
iii. Enable its members to achieve and maintain the highest professional standards in all aspects of delivering an information service, both for the professional and the public good.
Services and Products
• Emerald Journals
• IRGI (Information Research Watch International)
• LISA (Library and Information Science Abstracts)
• LISTA Proquest • JOLIS (Journal of Library and Information Science)
• Facet Publishing
Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (ASLIB 1924, London UK)
The ASLIB was founded in 1924 with the aim of co-ordination the activities of specialist information services in the UK. It is presently known as Association for Information Management. It's members are privat and public sector companies and organisation throughout the world. ASLIB tagline is "managing information". ASLIB headquarters London, United Kingdom.
Organisation
The IBLIS special interest group network provides invaluable support to members in the pursuit of their professional duties within their organisation large and small. One of the most important aspects of group membership is the invaluable network of contacts formed between members that creates an effective information resource as wall as providing business and career opportunities.
Objectives
i. Stimulate awareness of the benefits of good management of information resources, and its value.
ii. Represent and lobby for the interests of the information sectors on matter which are of national and international importance varying from copyright and data protection to the role of scientific journals.
iii. Provide a range of information related products and services to meet the needs of the information society.
Publication
ASLIB Publications are an important element in Aslib mission of supplying practical, leading edge support in managing information and knowledge. ASLIB titles are produced by Emerald and Europa Publication. ASLIB Publish a long range of journals.
• 'Managing Information' magazin published 10 times a year.
• ASLIB Proceedings : New Information Perspectives.
• Journals of Documentation.
• Library Hi Teach News : incorporating online and CD Notes.
• Performance Measurement and Matrices.
• Program : electronic library and information systems.
• Records Management Journal.
• Reference Reviews : incorporating ASLIB Book Guide and contributes to the database.
• Current Awareness Abstracts.
• ASLIB Directory of information sources in the united kingdom.
Special Libraries Association (SLA) 1909 USA
The SLA is a non-profit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners in business, government, academic and other "specialized" settings. The SLA founded in 1909 in the united states by a group of libraries working in specialized settings, led by John Cutton Dana, who served as the first president of SLA from 1909 to 1911. SLA tagline is 'connecting People and information'. The SLA is now an international organisation with member in over 75 countries and is organized by 55 regional chapters. PsycTESTS and PsycTHERAPY database are products of SLA.
Publications SLA Publishes 'Information outlook' (Formerly Special Libraries), a bimonthly online Professional / trade magazine.
• Awards : The SLA presents several a words
• John Cotton Dana Award
• Presidential citations Rose L. Vormelker Award
• SLA Hall of Fame
• SLA Rising Star Award
Role of UGC (1953), RRRLF (1972) and UNESCO (1945) in Promotion and Development of Libraries
UGC for Academic Library (1953)
UGC was established in December 1953 and was made a statutory body in November 1956 by an Act of the parliament to maintain the standard of higher education in India. The UGC has been functioning as an autonomous advisory organisation since its inception. It has much wider functions to perform than its liternal meaning suggests i. e. disbursing of grants to university. Realising the value and importance of a well-organised and well-equipped library and its role in higher education, the UGC accepted most of the recommendations of the several committees and commissions. It played an extraordinary, developmental role by providing financial assistance for collection development, acquisition of books and journals, purchase of furniture and equipment, construction of the new library building and so on. The central Govt. through the UGC allocated adequate and appropriate grants for various important schemes namely : Wheat Loan Educational Exchange Programme (1951-61); Book Banks; Regional Library Centre; Study Centre: National Information Centre; Area study centre; etc.
Wheat Loan Educational Exchange, Programme (1951-61)
The WLEEP came into existence in 1951 when the american congress passed the public law 480 (P.L. 480). Under this Acts, a loan of $190,000,000 was provided to India for the purchase of wheat from America to relieve acute food shortage in India after Independence, The Act further specified that a sum of $5,000,000 of the interest accruing from the loan should be used for promoting higher education by purchasing books and journals scientific equipment, and also for the exchange.
Book Banks ( 1963-64)
In 1963-64, the UGC introduced a new scheme of 'Book Bank' and provided grants to acquire multiple copies of costly textbooks, recommended in all the disciplines. The objective of this scheme was to provide textbooks to the poor, needy and deserving students for home study on long basis charging nominal deposits.
Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) 1972 Kolkata, Salt Lake City, 700064
The year 1972 is a significant year in the history of library movement in India. The country was celebrating the Silver Jubilee of it's independence. It was the bicentenary year of the birth of Raya Rammohan Roy, a pioneer social reformer who had stressed the need for modern education for the progress of the nation. The year was also being celebration as an International Book year with the slogan "Books FOR ALL" It was in this auspicious year that Raja Rammohum Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established in May, 1972 by the Department of culture, Govt. of India. RRRLF is a central automomous organization established and fully financed by the Ministry of culture, Govt. of India. RRRLF is registered and the west bengal societies Registration Act. 1961. It is the nodal agency of the Govt of India to support public library services and systems and promote public library movement in the country commensurate with the objectives as embodied in its Memorandum of Association.
Since 2005-2006 the foundation has also taken up the initiative to develop the District Youth Resource Centre (DYRC) in collaboration with Nehru Yuvak Kendra sangathana, , an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of sports and youth affairs. Its headquarters is located at kolkata.
Objectives
i. To promote library movement in the country.
ii. To enunciate a national library policy and to help build up a national library system.
iii. To provide financial and technical assistance to libraries.
iv. To provide financial assistance to organizations, regional or national engaged in the promotion of library development.
v. To publish appropriate literature and to act as a clearing house of ideas and information on library development in India and abroad.
vi. To promote research in problems of library development.
vii. To advise the government on all matters pertaining to the library development in the country;
viii. The propagation the adoption of library legislation in the library.
The scheme of assistance is of two types a. Matching b.Non- Matching.
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Paris 1945 United
UNESCO is a specialized agent of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris.The constitution of UNESCO was signed in London on 16 November 1945 by 37 countries and come into force with its 20th ratification on 4 november 1946. In 1949 UNESCO published the first of several 'Public Library Manuals'. The UNESCO School Library Manifesto adopted in 1999, aims to define and advance the role of school libraries.
The plan for the Delhi Pilot Public Library had been to establish a 'typical Public Library on western lines' . When it was founded in 1951, the Delhi Public Library's purpose 'were to provide the people of Delhi with a public library service using modern techniques and to demonstrate the use of modern library techniques under Asian situations.
UNESCO International Initiative for Community Multimedia Centre (CMC) promotes community empowerment and addresses the digital divide by combining community broadcasting with the internet and related technology.
General Information Programme
The General information programme was created brining together two series of activities so for separately conducted by UNESCO : the UNISIST intergovernmental programme dealing with scientific and technical information, on the one hand and NATIS, UNESCO concept of integrated national information concerned with documentation, libraries and archive, on the other hand.
Publications related LIS
• Informatics.
• Unistist News letter,
• Transitationium
• Unesco journal of information science
* UNISIST programme start. in 1971
* Bibliography of Interlingual scientific and technical dictionary" Published by UNESCO. 1953, Author John Edwin Holmstorm.
* Inter Library Loan Start .
International Federation for Information and Documentation (FID). 1895 Brussels
FID was established on 12 september 1895, in Brussels, as the International Institute of Bibliography (originally Institute International de Bibliographic, IIB) by two Belgian lawyers, Paul outlet and Henri La fontaine. In 1905 the IIB published the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) a classifications system for publication that was an expanded version of the DDC.
The IIB was renamed the Federation International de Documentation in 1938, The FID current aims are to promote, through international cooperation, research in and development of information science and documentation management in the physical science, social sciences and humanities. It is concerned with problems in the organisation, storage, retrival, dissemination and evaluation of information by both mechanical and electronic means. The FID has consulting status with many international organisations. In the late 20th century it had national member in more than 65 countries and more the 300 affiliated organizations and individual. Its headquarter was changed to the Hague after 1934. In 2002, FID dissolved. The changes in names and years are
i. 1931- International Institute for Documentation (Institut international de Documentation (IID)
ii. 1937- International Federation for Documentation (Federation International de Documentation, FID)
iii. 1988 — International Federation for Information and Documentation (Federation International de information et de Documentation, FID).
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