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1 The Role and Purpose of The Public Library

The document outlines the role and purpose of public libraries. It discusses how public libraries are established and funded by communities to provide access to knowledge and information through various resources and services. The primary purposes of public libraries are to provide education, information, personal development, and support to all members of the community regardless of age, background, or beliefs. Public libraries also play an important role in local culture and bringing economic and social benefits to the communities they serve.

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1 The Role and Purpose of The Public Library

The document outlines the role and purpose of public libraries. It discusses how public libraries are established and funded by communities to provide access to knowledge and information through various resources and services. The primary purposes of public libraries are to provide education, information, personal development, and support to all members of the community regardless of age, background, or beliefs. Public libraries also play an important role in local culture and bringing economic and social benefits to the communities they serve.

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1 The Role and Purpose of the Public Library

4. An Agency for Change: bringing Economic


1. Introduction: General Statement on the Role and Social benefits; contributes to the
and Purpose of the Public Library  creation and maintenance of a well-informed
and democratic society and helps to
2. Defining the Public Library: an empower people in the enrichment and
Organization established, supported and development of their lives and that of the
funded by the community (local, regional, community…
national gov. or other form of community
organization); it provides access to 5. Freedom of Information: should be
knowledge, information and works of the available to represent all ranges of human
imagination through a range of resources and experience and opinion, free from risk of
services and is equally available to all censorship.
members of the community…
6. Access for All: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE:
3. The Purpose of the Public Library: the its services must be available to all and not
PRIMARY PURPOSES are to provide directed to one group in the community to
resources and services in a variety of media the exclusion of others; PROVISION should be
to meet the needs of individuals and groups made to ensure services are equally available
for education, information and personal to minority groups; the development of
development (recreation and leisure). collections should be based on the
3.1. Education: the Public Library should PRINCIPLE OF ACCESS FOR ALL and include
provide material in the appropriate media access to formats appropriate to specific
to support formal and informal learning client groups – BRAILLE and TALKING
process; provide facilities that enable BOOKS for blind…
people to study; support actively literacy
campaigns… 7. Local Needs: the services and collections
3.2. Information: KEY ROLE in collecting, they provide should be based on local needs,
organizing and exploiting information, and which should be assessed regularly…
providing access to a wide range of
information sources; a MEMORY of the past 8. Local Culture: should be a KEY AGENCY in
by collecting, conserving and providing the local community for the collection,
access to material relating to the history of preservation and promotion of local culture
the community and of individuals. in all its diversity…
3.3. Personal Development: providing access to
MAJOR COLLECTIONS of the world’s 9. The Cultural Roots of the Public Library:
literature and knowledge, a UNIQUE LONG-TERM-SUCCESS – should be based on
contribution of the public library; make a the culture of the country in which it
fundamental contribution to daily survival, operates.
social and economic development…
3.4. Children and Young People: those who 10. Libraries Without Walls: to take library and
experience difficulty in learning to read information services direct to the home and
should have access to a library to provide the workplace…
them with appropriate material.
3.5. Public Libraries and Cultural Development: 11. Library Buildings: should be designed to
providing focus for cultural and artistic reflect the functions of the library service, be
development in the community and helping accessible to all in the community and be
to shape and support the cultural identity sufficiently flexible to accommodate new and
of the community… changing services…
3.6. The Social Role of the Public Library : a
PUBLIC SPACE & MEETING PLACE…
12. Resources: must have adequate resources on
a CONTINUING BASIS, to enable it to sustains
and develop services that meet the needs of
the local community…

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