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Use of Gram Panchayat Libraries in Gulbarga District:A Study


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga – 585 106, Karnataka, India
2 Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Torvi Campus, Bijapur, Karnataka, India
     

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An attempt has been made to understand and evaluate the use of gram panchayat libraries in Gulbarga district by the users with respect to their personal characteristics, frequency of using library, purpose, information services and efficiency of gram panchayat library system. The results call for building a functional and sound gram panchayat libraries and emphasis on user education programs for optimal utility of Gram Panchayat libraries

Keywords

Rural Libraries, Gram Panchayat Libraries.
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About The Authors

Anupama Shivalingappa
Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga – 585 106, Karnataka
India

P. G. Tadasad
Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Torvi Campus, Bijapur, Karnataka
India


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Authors

Anupama Shivalingappa
Department of Library and Information Science, Gulbarga University, Gulbarga – 585 106, Karnataka, India
P. G. Tadasad
Department of Library and Information Science, Karnataka State Women’s University, Torvi Campus, Bijapur, Karnataka, India

Abstract


An attempt has been made to understand and evaluate the use of gram panchayat libraries in Gulbarga district by the users with respect to their personal characteristics, frequency of using library, purpose, information services and efficiency of gram panchayat library system. The results call for building a functional and sound gram panchayat libraries and emphasis on user education programs for optimal utility of Gram Panchayat libraries

Keywords


Rural Libraries, Gram Panchayat Libraries.

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