Managerial Skills Required for Library Professional to Generate Rural Library Sources and Finance

INTRODUCTION

Librarianship is a noble profession. Service of mankind is its motto. It is not a business and those who entertain mercenary outlook and habits may not be fit for this emulated profession. The worth ethics is derived from Ethas which means custom or character. Ethics of Librarianship, an essential element of Library profession, denotes, the conduct and behaviours of those who adopt the profession. A Librarian is called the guide, the philosopher and the friend of the uninitiated and the scholar alike. As a duty of librarian, he should follow the second law of library science. It means librarian should try to provide necessary materials to the users.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Kennedy (2004) examined in his thesis entitled “Utilization Behaviour and Socio Economic conditions of the users of the Central Public Library in Tiruneleveli District”, stated that the availability of library sources and services might be enhanced by socio economic conditions of the users of the Central Public library in Tirunelveli District. The study revealed that most of the users were satisfied with library services and facility. The researcher suggested that library building might be expanded for more users’ utilization and parking area might be provided for vehicles. The library might be fully computerized.

Ramesha (2004) examined in his paper entitled “Performance Evaluation of Karnataka State University Library Resources and Services: A Librarians Approach that the University library was essential on the part of the library professionals to evaluate and asses the usability of the library resources in the light of the vast amount of investment made in acquiring the information resources and the cost of the manpower in managing the library activity. This paper revealed one such attempt with reference to the university libraries in the state of Karnataka which was a part of Independent India. The present study had seriously considered the lack of manpower as the main cause for the decline in the quality of library and information services.

RESEARCH DESIGN

This topic deals with the content and the meaning of the undertaking study in terms of objectives and process of analyzing the formation of hypothesis. It also explains the methodology of study with respect to sampling from interview schedule, sources of data, method of data analysis and limitation of study.

Objectives

The main aim of the study is managerial skills required for library professional to generate rural library sources and fiancé.

The following are the subsequent objectives:

1. To study the rural libraries in present seenario

2. To know about duty to profession

3. To identify the seven lamps of conduct and important skills required for the librarian

4. To study the managerial skill required for generating finance and source.

Methodology

For realising the objectives of any study data, it is required and in turn, for the collection of data, a field is selected to realise the objectives of the study to collect data required for the purpose, the researcher chooses managerial skills required for library professional to generate rural library sources and fiancé.

Method of data collection

For collecting the data the researcher has prepared interview schedule for the users and distributed to them. The empirical research design and random sampling technique was applied to select the sample.100 questioners were distributed to the samples and 91 were received back. Out of the 91 samples taken from four rural libraries in Alangulam Taluk.

RURAL LIBRARIES IN PRESENT SEENARIO

 The number of news papers available in the library is not sufficient.

 The required books are not available in the library.

 The required GK books are not available in the library.

 The number of reference books available in the library is inadequate.

 The number of periodicals available in the library is not sufficient.

 The furniture’s are uncomfortable in the rural libraries.

 The space of reading hall is very small.

 The parking facilities around the library are inadequate.

 The working hours of the rural library in convenient.

 The ventilation facilities are poor in the rural libraries.

 The cataloguing facilities are not systematic in the rural library.

 The facilities for accessing the books are improper in the rural library

DUTY TO PROFESSION

The exalted profession of librarianship, being a learned profession, has public service as its ideal. To maintain the high ideal, a librarian should cultivate professional habits. A librarian should never do anything which mars the professional or which undermined its foundations. Every librarian should try to help his fellow professionals and maintain cordial relation with them.

SEVEN LAMPS OF CONDUCT

 Impersonal Book selection

 Service Before self

 Split mind

 Sympathetic Behaviour

 Tact

 Industries

 Scholarship

IMPORTANT SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THE LIBRARIAN

 Organizational skill

 Environmental skill

 Physical Environmental skill

LIBRARY FINANCE

To run or manage any kind of library, finance is a backbone of it. If it is a rural library, finance is generated from public funds or taxes.

Finance Resources Generation

The main sources of public library revenue will be as follows;

1. Subscription fee

2. Endowments and private donations

3. Library rates

4. Library taxes(Library cess)

5. Government Grants

6. Gifts

7. Fees and Fines

MANAGERIAL SKILLS REQUIRED FOR GENERATING FINANCE

The library staff should be polite and cooperative. The librarian should have attended many festivals and functions in the village. He must avoid hesitation and speak without shyness. The library professionals have to learn about all information in the village. The library staff should satisfy all requirements of the users and to arrange extension activities such as reader’s forum, reading circle, books exhibition and library week celebration. The librarian must know the users psychological behaviour and their attitude. Staff is regarded as most important part of any type of library. The success of the library also depends upon the efficient staff.

SUGGESSTIONS FOR IMPROVING FINANCE

1. The library staff must be polite

2. To speak boldly

3. To use word is an attractive manner.

4. The library staff members may involve all functions in the village

5. The librarian must find out requirement of the users as well as fulfill their requirements

6. The library professional should have efficiency to guide the reader in proper way.

7. The attitude of library staff should be very friendly with users and rural people.

8. To create awareness about library service and facilities for rural community.

9. The library staff should provide extension service in rural libraries

CONCLUSION

From the study, the investigators observed that the success of the library also depends upon the efficient staff. The library finance is generated from public funds or taxes. The Generation of Library finance and resources depends upon the well qualified managerial skill staff members with efficient managerial skills. The library staff should have attended many festivals and functions in the village and know the users’ psychological behaviour and their attitude for generating finance and resources.

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