| Article Name : | |
| SERVICES IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES |
| Author Name : | |
| Mohite Vishwas , Mugade V.S. |
| Publisher : | |
| Ashok Yakkaldevi |
| Article Series No. : | |
| ISRJ-538 |
| Article URL : | |
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| Abstract : | |
| Modern society is known as information society. The society has recognized that information is most valuable to the success in any field. Information is treated as an economic commodity and the society treat it as the prime mover of the society. Investments in information generation and dissemination are becoming an engine of economic growth. Production, distribution and consumption of information have increased enormously. Information is now an international public good and its benefits extends to all those who can access it irrespective of geographical boundaries and time. It is said that the investment in information generation gives much higher returns that in the production of industrial goods. Institutions of higher education and research through research and development activities mainly bring information generation. |
| Keywords : | |
- public libraries
- modern society
- information society
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