What will be the role of librarians and libraries in Nepal?
The emergence of libraries is a result of the noble ideas of civilized members of
society to improve society.
The educated the community felt the need for a place where they could preserve all the written
records/information.
The
responsibility of such cultural institutions and libraries is to create,
select, acquire, preserve, store, process, retrieve, disseminate information
such as music, film, radio, television programs, CD ROMs, floppy disks, books,
magazines, newspapers.
Nepal the government established the Nepal National Library on 2 January 1957 at Hariharbhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal. Nepal National Library is a Public type legal deposit and copyright library.
Nepal
National Library works under the Ministry of Education, Science, and
Technology, Nepal.
Initially,
Nepal National Library was established as a private collection of Rajguru Hem
Raj Pandey, advisor to King Mahendra of Nepal.
Initially, A total of 34,292 book materials was brought to the Central Secretariat Library.
Nepal
National Library is located at Pulchok near the UNDP campus. Currently, the
library has about 84,000 volumes of books, magazines, and other materials in
various languages.
Considering
this, the educated community can be an effective tool for libraries to collect
human-generated information for the present and subsequent years.
With the
passage of time, the library became an essential organization of educated and
civilized society.
A
scientifically developed and designed library and information system is the
duty of a cultural institution to establish a good relationship between the individual, nation-state, community for information services.
Such
institutions are public, semi-public, governmental, or private, performing a
mission beyond commercial interests, in which cultural services are to be
provided.
Libraries
and museums have been an authentic means of creating a global village of
information.
Literature
and cultural information are increasing in Nepal due to the development of highly
educated citizens of Nepal.
The government of Nepal has provided some facilities for the dissemination of information to the general public through various channels, methods, media, and technologies.
There is a
constitutional provision for free access to information to all citizens of
Nepal.
The
constitution of Nepal State has given many fundamental rights to the people of
Nepal. In this case, Article 16 is "Right to Information".
An article, every citizen has the right to demand and receive any information of
public importance.
Nepalese libraries and information systems can be considered the basis for fulfilling the purpose of the right to information.
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