Training programme for library staff

Financed by
The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

In cooperation with

The National Library of Sweden,

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam
and The Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos

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Module 1:

Role of the library in Society

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 Defining the public library

A public library is an organization established,

supported and funded by the community, either
through local, regional or national government
or through some other form of community
organization.

(Public Library Manifesto, 1994)

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 The purposes of the public library

The primary purposes of the public library are to

provide resources and services in a variety of
media to meet the needs of individuals and
groups for education, information and personal
development including recreation and leisure.

(IFLA Guidelines for Public Libraries, 2000)

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 The Public Library

• The public library is the local centre of

information, making all kinds of knowledge and
information readily available to its users
• (Public Library Manifesto, 1994)

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 Library users and non users

• Meeting the needs of the user

• Identifying potential users

• Analysing user needs

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 Access to information

• Access for all

• Local needs

• Local culture

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 Library collections

• Collection development

• Collection management policy

• Content of the policy

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 Range of resources
• Collections
• Formats
• Collection development
• Criteria for collections
• Collection maintenance principles
• Acquisitions and discards
• Standards for book collections
• Special collections

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 Book donations
• What is the content of book donations

• Criteria for book donations

• The effect of book donations

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 The Book Chain

CREATION
Authors

READING PUBLICATION
Readers Editors

DISTRIBUTION PRINTING
Booksellers / Printers
Libraries

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 To identify special target groups

• Meeting the needs of the users

• Identifying potential users

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 Services to special target groups

Potential users, who for whatever reason, are

unable to use regular services of the library have
a right to equal access to library service. The
library should, therefore, establish ways of
making library material and services accessible
for these users. (IFLA Guidelines for Public
Libraries, 2000)
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 Library statistics and measurement

• Performance indicators
• Usage indicators
• Resource indicators
• Human resource indicators
• Qualitative indicators
• Cost indicators
• Comparative indicators

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 Performance measurement

• Input

• Output

• Benchmarking

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 Training programme for library staff

Financed by
The Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

In cooperation with

The National Library of Sweden,

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Vietnam
and The Ministry of Information and Culture, Laos

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Module 2:

Library management
and promotion

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