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The dissemination of information is conceivable only through a network of a state public library system which in turn acts as the tributary of knowledge. An efficient, effective and adequate public library system, therefore, is sine quanon of social development and cultural maturation. This book is a detailed study of the administrative structure, organisational set up, personnel management, day-to-day functioning, finances, library maintenance, readers amenities and public relations. The book studies the problems related to the public librareies with a view to promote performance standards through reorganisation and re-orientation in order to make the public library system truly effective and service-oriented. The book based on primary and secondary sources of information discusses all the important aspects of a public library system including the historical factors responsible for the growth of the libraries, to review library legislation, to analyse the administrative structure, to assess the organisational structure, to evaluate the personnel policies, to describe the working of public libraries, to test the perceptions of the public towards performance and to discuss the prblems related to the working of public libraries. The addred utility of this book is the suggestions it offers on the improvement of the public library system. PP 27+460. Figures, tables, graphs, size 14 *22 cm. Cloth binding. ISBN 81-7020-841-6
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