What are the National Library & its Functions, & characteristics

What is the National Library? Definition, Functions, & characteristics of National Library

In order to preserve the splendor and history of any country and the knowledge gained by mankind and the achievements achieved by it, a library is very much needed in the center of the country, which is called the National Library.

National Library means a nationally established library to make its citizens study, which is an authorized library of any country, which is run by the central government of that country.

In which all the material published in the entire country is stored and every citizen of the country can be entitled to receive the services. The gates of the National Library are open to every person of the nation independently.

What is the National Library

 

List of National Library of some Countries

(a) National Library (India), Kolkata.

(b) Library of Congress (USA), Washington, D.C.

(c) British Library (UK), London.

(d) The State Lenin Library (Russia), Moscow.

(e) National Diet Library (Japan), Tokyo.

Definitions of National Library

1. The National Library is a library maintained by the nation.

2. The National The Library of a country is responsible for the collection and maintenance of textual production of the entire nation for the use of future generations.

3. The National Library compiles books and other similar material for study.

Characteristics of the National Library

In this way, we can see the following features in the National Library

1. The National The library is a central library of any country.

2. The national government of the country operates with national funds.

3. It compiles all the text published in the whole country.

4. It is an institution of national importance in which any person can be a reader, ie it serves the whole nation.

5. National Library is only a copyright library in which the books are preserved for reference only.

Functions of National Library

Since the national library of any the country is a central library of the nation, it does national-level work for the benefit of the citizens of that country, which are as follows -

1. The National Library collects all the books published in the nation.

2. It also acts as a collection library at the national level for the books received under the Copyright Act for the nation.

3. It also stores a copy of rare books available in other libraries located in the country.

4. Provides reading facility to every citizen of the country without any discrimination.

5. Provides all assistance and guidance to all other Granthalas of the nation.

6. Prepares a national bibliographic reference list of various subjects at the national level.

7. Represents the nation internationally.

8. The inter-departmental provides the facility of granting books to its readers from abroad also through loans.

9. The preparation of the Union, the list is also the task of the National Library.

10. It provides its library service to every person of the nation as well as local people.

11. Maintains coordination and coordination with national libraries abroad.

12. The National Library apprises all the other libraries of the country about the new methods and techniques used in the service. 

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