Resources and Services of the State Central Library in Tamilnadu

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1A. Balaji and 2Dr. P. Balasubramanian*

Library Progress International

Vol.43, No.1, January-June 2023: P.46-55

DOI: 10.48165/bpas.2023.43.1.6

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Resources and Services of the State Central Library in Tamilnadu

1A. Balaji and 2Dr. P. Balasubramanian*

Author’s Affiliation:

1Research Scholar, Department of Library and Information Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 627012, India.

E-mail: tamilchuvati@gmail.com

2University Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 627012, India.

E-mail: bala_phd2010@yahoo.com

 Corresponding Author: Dr. P. Balasubramanian, University Librarian & Head, Department of Library and Information Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu 627012, India.

E-mail:  bala_phd2010@yahoo.com

(Received on 11.02.2023, Revised on 19.04.2023, Approved on 14.05.2023, Accepted on 24.05.2023, Published on 15.06.2023)

How to cite this article:  Balaji A. and Balasubramanian P.  (2023). Resources and Services of the State Central Library in Tamilnadu. Library Progress International, 43(1), 46-55.

Abstract
ABSTRACT The state central Libraries occupy a cardinal place among all the public institutions in the Modern social system. It plays a crucial role not only in the life of a human being but also in the farthest of the whole community. The researcher made an initiative to examine the users' perception of the resources and services available in the library. The researcher constructed a strong questionnaire and personally distributed it to 250 users of the state central library at Tirunelveli. Then the researcher only received 240 fully completed questionnaires from the respondents. Further, the study revealed that the users' perceptive of the resources and services of the library influence the users’ frequency of visits the library.  KEYWORDS: State Central Library, Infrastructure, Collections, Staff Approaches, Users' Perceptive