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ly and expeditiously and secondly, they must then endeavor as far as possible, to organise and give access to information and make the selection and control as easy, acceptable and quick as possible.

The Kothari Commission on Education (1964-66) has laid stress on the proper development of university library system in the country and has recommended that the library should provide resources necessary for research in fields of special interest to the university;aid the university teacher in keeping abreast of development in his field;provide library facilities and services necessary for the success of all formal programmes of instruction;open the doors to the wide world of books that lie beyond the borders of ones’ own field of specialisation; and to bring books,students and scholars together under conditions which encourage reading for pleasure, self-discovery, personal growth and the sharpening of intellectual curiosity.

Laying stress on the role and utility of a university library, Paul Buck [1] 6 has given the following credo:

‘First, the library is the heart of education. Every educational advance depends upon its resources and, in large measure, the degree of advance is proportionate to the potential of the library to respond;

‘Second, methods and fashions in education change from generation to generation, but each generation uses the library as a means of realizing its aims; hence the library remains a great conservator of learning. An investment in a library is a permanent investment, guaranteeing returns for centuries to come;

‘Third, a quality education is impossible without a quality library;

‘Fourth, you cannot have a quality faculty without a quality library;

‘Fifth, a library is vital to proper exploitation of our intellectual resources; and
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‘Sixth, the library is essential to maintenance of free access to ideas, and to the functioning of untrammeled mind. Though control will never be successful so long as books are freely and widely available. Here the laboratory can never take the place of the library.

Thus the functions of the library in a university can be summed up; that it serves the adult scholarship-that is the faculty to help them develop the sense of first rate, and that to provide the young scholars, graduates and post-graduates, with a type of reading material which may help them to gain the sense of first rate, because ‘the sense of the first rate will not be developed in students’ minds through the minds of faculty members which are themselves second-rate’ [1] 7. And it is all this stage that the library comes to their help. It is the library that helps them of become productive scholars of one sort or other, or creative artists, musicians or writers, philosophers or scientists, engineers or technologists.

3 Factors necessary for the development of proper library system

In order to make the university library the heart of the institution, it is necessary that the authorities, the faculty, the librarian and the publishing-trade realise their obligations to the objectives of higher education and try to cooperate as much as possible. Their obligations may be distinguished as follows: [1] 8

the authority i.e., the university, the University Grants Commission and