PAPER ID:IJIM/V.2(II)/71-86/11

AUTHOR: Mani, M and Dr. Thirumagal, A

TITLE :
BEST PRACTICES & INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMES IN AKY POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE LIBRARY, TIRUNELVELI: A GLANCE OF ONE YEAR SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY

ABSTRACT: The library and information centre of an institution play a central role in facilitating dissemination and creation of new knowledge. In the present learning environment, the library and information centre as learning resource has taken up increasingly more academic space and time in the life of the user, thus it is time to identify and adopt the new ways that will lead library and information centre to improve their process and activities, thereby optimizing the resource utilization and delivering high quality, and value added services to their users. The paper discusses about the best practices implemented in AKYPC library, Tirunelveli during the year 2015-2016. It throws light on various best practices such as information literacy classes, student development programme, faculty development programme, library committee, readers’ forum, files and registers, orientation programme, annual calendar of library activities, online /mobile reservation, library blog and facebook accounts etc being implemented by the founder librarian in the initial years of library development. The librarian was awarded with ‘Best Performer Award 2015-2016’ for his novel initiations.

Keywords :
AKYPC Library, best practices, information literacy, library services, library management, ICT based services, college library

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