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Assessing Indian Academic Library Services with ACRL/ALA Standards for Libraries in Higher Education: a Model


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1 Amrita Deemed University, Kollam, Kerala, India
2 American University of Antigua, Antigua, West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda
     

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A comparison of his library services of the Amritapuri campus library of the Amrita University with the ACRL/ALA standards is made as a case study and presented in this paper. It is found that majority of the rooms given in to standards are followed in the library under study.

Keywords

Academic Library Services, Assessment, ACRL/ALA Standards, India, Case Study, Amritapuri Campus Library, Amrita University.
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Manju Vijayakumar
Amrita Deemed University, Kollam, Kerala
India

J. K. Vijayakumar
American University of Antigua, Antigua, West Indies
Antigua and Barbuda


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  • Libraries in Higher Education, Standards for. [June 2004]: ACRL. http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlstandards/standardslibraries.htm: accessed on May 6, 2007.

  • Amritapuri Campus Library. Online at http://amritapuri.amrita.edu/library/index.htm: accessed on May 6, 2007.


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  • Assessing Indian Academic Library Services with ACRL/ALA Standards for Libraries in Higher Education: a Model

Abstract Views: 318  |  PDF Views: 11

Authors

Manju Vijayakumar
Amrita Deemed University, Kollam, Kerala, India
J. K. Vijayakumar
American University of Antigua, Antigua, West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda

Abstract


A comparison of his library services of the Amritapuri campus library of the Amrita University with the ACRL/ALA standards is made as a case study and presented in this paper. It is found that majority of the rooms given in to standards are followed in the library under study.

Keywords


Academic Library Services, Assessment, ACRL/ALA Standards, India, Case Study, Amritapuri Campus Library, Amrita University.

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