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Article Name :
A SURVEY ON THE PRESENT STATUS OF MANAGEMENT COLLEGE LIBRARIES IN SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY AREA, ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA
Author Name :
M. Eswara Reddy , V. Pulla Reddy
Publisher :
Ashok Yakkaldevi
Article Series No. :
ISRJ-337
Article URL :
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Abstract :
Analysis of data collected from 27 librarians of management college libraries located in S.V. University area, Andhra Pradesh, India, using a questionnaire indicates that all the management college libraries work from 8-10 hours a day on working days. Most of the librarians (77.8%) possess M.L.I.Sc. degree along with another post-graduate degree. Most of them (85.2%) are getting consolidated pay. Most of the libraries (88.9%) follow open access system. The majority of the libraries acquire books from local distributors / agents (66.7%) and procure periodicals directly from publishers (85.2%). More than half of the libraries (51.9%) classify books using Dewey Decimal classification. All the libraries offer circulation and reference services.
Keywords :
  • management college libraries
  • academic libraries
  • library surveys
  • sri venkteswara university area
  • andhra pradesh