Topic 2- Types of Library

Library is___________________________

• A building in which interesting and valuable things (such as paintings and sculptures or scientific or historical objects) are collected and shown to the public.

• —A repository or collection especially of information —which public records or historical documents are preserved.

• A media center, information, documentation and referral centers, and educational resource centers, which organized collections of documents, films, maps, sound-recordings and other form of media, and are designed to meet the informational, educational and recreational needs of a given user population.

• —A building is open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment for the purposes of education, study and enjoyment.

Choose (more than one) the type of libraries as below:-

• Academic Library

• National Library

• School Library

• Institutional Library

• Resource Center

What is the function of National Library?

• A place in which public records or historical documents are preserved

• A place to serve students and faculty in community colleges, undergraduate college or university

• A place to collect and preserve the nation’s literature, though they try to be a international in the range of their collection as possible.

• A place for repository or collection especially documents

Choose (more than one) example of Academic Library.

• Perpustakaan Tun Seri Lanang

• Perpustakaan Tun Abdul Razak

• Perpustakaan Hamzah Sendut

• Siti Hasmah Digital Library

• Perpustakaan Tunku Tun Aminah

The users of Special Library consist of (choose more than one) ___________________

• Members of organization

• Members of ministry

• Members of institution

• Members of industry

Circulation department responsible to?

• Provides access points for easy retrieval of materials

• Provides borrowing, lending and registration of users

• Provides the purchasing of books and serial materials

• Provides gift and exchange for library collections

Choose the three (3) forms of acquisition

• Gift & exchange

• Inter Library Loan

• Purchase

• Donation

Administrative duty covered:-

• Arrangement of library materials

• Handles Inter-library loan

• Policy decisions

• Acquire and organize material

Cataloging is to provide access points for easy retrieval of materials and classify materials together.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Circulation responsible to acquiring library materials, such books, maps, and non printed sources

• TRUE

• FALSE