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5. Reference Facility during 2010-11
Annual Report 2010-11
Total Number of Books Issued during 2010-2011 2604
Total Number of Books Returned during 2010-2011 3837
Books Issued on Inter-Library Loan during 2010-2011 192
Books Borrowed on Inter-Library Loan during 2010-2011 10
DLDI as Training Centre
The DLDI has been identified by DLA (Delhi Library Association) as a training
centre for Certificate in Library Science (CLS) students. Besides, the students of
B.L. & I.Sc. of Department of Library and Information Science, Jamia Millia Islamia
University also get training from DLDI as an integral part of their course.
DEVELOPMENT
Preparation of the Book Role of School Libraries in Quality Education—
A Selective Reading
A meeting of the editorial committee for the preparation of the book Role of School
Libraries in Quality Education— A Select Reading was held from 7 to 8 September
2010 at NIE, New Delhi. There are nine members in the editorial committee.
Manuscript of the book is ready for publication. The themes of the book are as
follows: Status of School Libraries in Indian States; Organisation and Development
of School Libraries as Resource Centres; Role, Responsibility and Status of School
Librarians; Reading Habits and Best Practices in School Libraries: Case Studies.
Development of a Library Manual for SCERTs/SIEs/DIETs and school
librarians
An expert committee meeting for preparation and finalisation of training modules
was held from 7 to 9 March 2011. The meeting was inaugurated by Professor G.
Ravindra, I/c Director, NCERT. The experts interacted with him in detail and
expressed their views that it is a hard task to prepare the manual for the target
group. The Director expressed his views that the manual should be developed in
a qualitative manner. The manual comprises the following themes: Library as a
Learning Resource Centre; School Library Governance; Information Resources
Management; Information Services and Products; and Applications in SIET, DIET
and School Libraries.
EXTENSION
Meeting of Professional Library Staff of NIE and its Constituent Libraries
A meeting of professional library staff of NIE, New Delhi and its Constituent
libraries was held at RIE, Ajmer on 5-6 October 2010 to share the ideas, expertise,
innovations, new techniques and methods used in the different constituents of
NCERT. The meeting was organised with the objectives to:
� provide a forum for library professionals to exchange comprehensive views
on the recent developments;
� ascertain the existing state of library automation/computerisation in NIE
and its constituents libraries;
� what extent do the current services of the NIE libraries fulfill user’s
expectations; and
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