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Bengal Library AssociationBengal Library Association: Bengal Library Association (Bangiya Granthagar Parishad), formerly known as All Bengal Library Association, was established in 1925 under the presidentship of Poet Rabindranath Tagore. Presently, the Association is housed in its four-storied building accommodating its office, library, class rooms and computer room at P64, CIT Scheme 52, Kolkata - 700 014. a) Objectives: The Objectives of the Association are: i) Propagating the importance of library and information services for individuals and for the society and developing awareness for the library and information services; ii) Suggesting measures for improvement and expansion of library services for all categories of libraries in the state; iii) Organizing movement for the improvement of the service conditions and proper pay and status of the library workers; iv) Organizing conferences and seminars to enlighten people about the various aspects of the library movement and library services v) Organizing training courses, refresher courses, workshops etc. and publishing books, periodicals, reports etc pertaining to library science and library services. b) Organization: The General Body, the Council and the Executive Committee form the organizational structure of BLA. c) Membership: Anybody interested in the library movement may become a member of the Association. There are five categories of members of the Association i.e. Patron, Honorary Member, Donor Member, Life Member, Personal Member and Institutional Member. d) Functions and Activities: The Association is performing the following functions and activities i) Library Service: The Association has a library of its own with a collection of more than 5 thousand books on library and information science and reference tools. The Library is open to all members and students. i) Publication: The first periodical on Library Science in Bengal was published by the Bengal Library Association in 1937 as “Bengal Library Association Bulletin – Bangiya Granthagar Parishad Patrika”. Presently, the Association publishes a monthly journal in Bengali with English Abstract named “Granthagar”. Besides this, the Association also regularly publishes books on Library and Information Science and library services in English and Bengali. The English collection includes Research Methodology, Book Classification, Phanibhusan Roy Commemorative Volume, Library Movement in India, etc. iii) Seminars, Conferences, Workshops and Training: Bengal Library Conference is a forum of the library users and workers where any person having interest in library services can participate. iv) Course in LIS: It has been conducting a Certificate Course in Library Science since 1937, Special Course on Computer Application in Library Services, and Refresher courses for working librarians. Bibliographic ControlAccording to UNESCO / Library of Congress Survey, bibliographic control means “the mastery over written and published records which is provided by and for the purpose of bibliography”. Effective bibliographic control should be made at subject and national level.
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Bibliography1. History of the Bibliography: the word “bibliography” originated in post classical Greek times. It has been derived from the Greek word “biblion” which means books and “graphein” is to write. So etymologically bibliography changed practically. Since 1763 from “writing of books” to “writing about books”. The term “bibliography” was first used by Louis Jacob de Saint Charles in his Bibliographia parisiana (1645-50) and Konrad Gesner regarded as the father of bibliography, he attempted to list of all scholarly publications in “bibliotheca universities” which appear in 1545. Great German bibliographer Ebert define bibliography as “the science that deals with literary production” Copinger define bibliography as “the grammar of literary investigation” C. W. Claps defined bibliography as “the systematic listing of the records of human communications”. The bibliography as defined by Louis Shores is a “list of written, printed or otherwise produced record of civilization, which may include books, serials, pictures, films, maps, records, manuscripts and any other media of communication”. According to Ranganathan the bibliography “is a list of document listed together for some purpose. The purpose is to bring to the attention of the reader an exhaustive or selective lis of document relevant to his pursuit of study or enquire”. ALA glossary of library and information science defined bibliography as “a list of works, documents or bibliographic items, usually with some relationship between them. E.g by a given author on a given subject or published in a given place and differing from a catalogue in that its contents are not restricted to the holding of a single libraries or group of libraries”. 2. Aims and Functions of Bibliography: Librarianship is a profession in which what is recorded by what so ever of librarianship is bibliographies. Bibliography generally serves the following functions: a) It is a guide to the literature of a subject: bibliography is actually an index compiled systematically on a subject, so it serves as a guide to the literature of the subject. b) Finding the existence: A bibliography enables one to find out what has already been written on his subject and allows him to keep himself well informed and up to date. This avoids duplication in research, saving him both time and money. c) Verification of bibliographic detail: Whenever we are to verify a title or collect information on any subject we are to consult a bibliography (subject bibliography). It also helps us to as certain bibliographical data about an author thus helping in the identification of a document. d) Location of material: A bibliography helps in locating the material or book in terms of place of publication, location in the library on point of purchase. e) Book selection: A bibliography by adding a note to each document being listed, indicate the value of the document to a given type of user. So it helps in books selection i. e. which book should be consulted for a given purpose. f) It preserves documents: bibliography by listing of documents preserve all books, good, bad and indifferent from oblivion. g) It provides list of prior records of civilization: bibliography provide information about the prior records of communication. Thus it is a vital aid to the study of history Directory: 2013 2013 -> Annual InStructional unit plan 2013 -> The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 2013 -> #1 a lifesafer of virginia inc 2013 -> Name(s): your name here team or Group #(if applicable): Professor’s name 2013 -> Alcott Local School Council (lcs) Meeting Minutes 2013 -> Table Of Contents introduction 2 2013 -> Supplemental demographic information 2013 -> 【Education&Working Experience】 Download 0.99 Mb. Share with your friends:
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