Friday, January 8, 2010

Importance of libraries

Research conducted by human beings for knowledge has led to the creation and accumulation of large amounts of information. This quest for knowledge knows no boundaries, its limits and is never satisfied. It has since the dawn of the civilization of modern times continues. This hard-won knowledge and information society is valuable to humanity and therefore likely to be retained. With the invention of paper was the man in a position to transfer this knowledge to others to write books. Thousands of manuscriptswritten by the sages of the past, but many of them have been destroyed due to lack of adequate storage.

The libraries are established for the systematic collection, organization, storage and dissemination of knowledge and information. It is very important for people to protect and maintain relevant knowledge and information contained in the books and records because we want to preserve our knowledge and wisdom for future generations. Conservation "Documents in a library of such knowledge can be shared with others so that they can benefit. Creating libraries is not a new concept. The oldest dates from the library about 2700 years ago in the palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, which shows how long the idea, so a little of your wisdom behind began in an organized form of maintenance of employment.

With the invention of printing, it was easier to gain knowledge in the form ofprinted materials. This led to the generation of a large number of pounds. The need for the preservation and dissemination of information has led the creation of more libraries. While libraries acquired great importance in the civil society for education and research. Libraries play an important role in the development of any society, improving the cause of education and academic research. Meeting the information needs of thousands of people.

In DevelopmentScience and technology (S & T) has in the past two centuries led to an explosion of information. Rapid changes within a short time taken. To meet the increasing needs of users of library system to meet is greatly improved and updated to respond to new challenges. The services offered by libraries also have a big change.
With the advent of new technologies incorporated in data processing and telecommunications, "" revolutionary changes in the field of library andInformation Science. The shape of the traditional libraries, which are printed a large number of, is less paper to libraries with a large number of scanned documents. The services offered by the library system left intact. Modern libraries are not just scanned, but also on the network. This led to the creation of virtual libraries ie libraries without walls, through which the user has access to information held anywhere and anytimein the world with the help of modern communication tools such as computers and the Internet.

User demand is rising and exert pressure on the librarians. Therefore, an urgent need for modernization of libraries step with modern times is held. New challenges in the field of library and information science can, by his process of digitization and networking content. Current time librarians face many problemsdue to the limitations of time and space. User satisfaction is the main goal of a good library. It can not be achieved without the adoption of modern techniques of instruments made available by modern technology in the field of information and telecommunications. These developments did the creation of digital and virtual libraries, led the major benefits for traditional libraries. Therefore, digital libraries are becoming very popular because of the benefits andStructures, which are offered by them to their users.

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