2. •The tool for mending thoughts.
•The base for checking thoughts.
•The life long unforgettable Companion.
•The pole for supporting the climber.
•The walking stick that safeguard before falling
down.
•The master to bolster and give courage if fall
down.
•The good friend to rebuke with the intention of
correcting when flurried.

3. • Friends for those who feel loneliness.
• Dispel grieve and give pleasure and peace of mind
• Clear confusion and provide courage.
• Act as guide to decide one’s own future
• Help to improve progress by sowing self confidence
• To live with oneness of mind for few hours with scholars,
good people who lived thousand years back.
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5. Smell
Smelling
Sound
Listening
Body
Touching
Light
Viewing
Taste
Reading
Man

7. Obsolence of materials
Information overload
Language difference
Reliability
Information scatter
Information explosion

9. • Pictorial recording
• Handwritten recording
• Print recording
• Micro recording
• Electronic recording

11. Pre historic society
Hunting
Pictorial
recording
Human
energy

12. Feudalistic
society
Agriculture
Handwritten
recording
Land

13. Industrial
society
Industry
Print
recordings Machine

14. Knowledge
society
Research
activities
Micro
recordings
Research

15. Information
society
Information
Industry
Electronic
recordings
Information

16. • Stone
• Clay
• Leaves
• Cloth
• Wood
• Metals
• Papers
• Photographic materials;
• Others

17. My
Body
• Stone
• Clay
• Leaves
• Cloth
• Wood
• Metals
• Papers
• Photographic materials;
• Others

18. Pre historic
cave paintings

19. Inscriptions
Stone painting

29. My
Format
• Realia and Artifacts
• Models
• Materials
– Tablet
• Paper based
• Non Paper based
– Scroll
• Paper based
• Non Paper based
– Codex
• Paper based
• Non Paper based

36. My Size
• Miniature,
• Small,
• Medium,
• Large,
• Oversize

38. My
Style
• Soft bound
• Hard bound
• Publishers bound
• Quarter bound
• Half bound
• Full bound
• Section bound
• Spiral bound

40. My
Content
• Primary
Information Resources
• Secondary
Information Resources
• Tertiary
Information Resources

41. Primary Information Resources
– Original Findings of research
Secondary Information Resources
– Compilations of facts
Tertiary Information resources
- Recompilations

42. Reference resources
• Source Types
– Dictonaries
– Encyclopaedias
– Year books
– Almanacs
– Directories
– Current reference
sources
• Directional types
– Bibliographies
– Abstracts
– Indexes
– Accession lists
– Book reviews
– Book exhibitions

43. Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias

44. Year books
Almanacs
Directories

45. Guiness records
Biographical resources

46. Hand books and manuals

47. Atlases

48. Bibliographies
Periodical directories

49. My
Concept
• Reading for Recreation
• Reading for
Information
• Reading for Inspiration

50. • Reading for recreation
–Resources that provide new feeling of
recreation , sensation, excitements, ect.
• Literatures – Poetry, Drama, fictions,
short stories.
• Arts- Paintings, Sculpture
• Classics- puranas, Ithigasas

51. • Reading for Information
– Information resources that provide general and specific
information about each topic.
• Monographs in a particular subject
• Text book for educational fulfillment
• Reports, Theses, Research articles
Periodicals that help for research
• Reference books

52. • Reading for Inspiration
– Resources that motive, stimulate, induced
knowledge, thoughts in every human and
ultimately develop the society as a whole.
• Wealth of nation- Adam smith
• Das Capital- Karl marx
• Principles of Evolution – Charles Darwin
• Population theory- Malthus
• Prince- Machiavelli
• Volga to Ganga- Ragula Sankrithiyayan

53. •Elementary materials
•Seminal materials
•Research Materials
•Expository materials
•Condensed materials
•Reporting materials
My
Standard

54. Elementary materials
• Children books;
• Text book for
–primary
–Secondary education

55. Seminal materials
• Materials that provides the deep concepts
and description in a particular topic.
• Topics related to Principles and
philosophy
• Pictures, Paintings, Drawings

56. Research materials
• Theses
• Dissertations
• Primary periodicals
• Reports
• Unpublished documents
• Pamphlets
• Monographs
• Government documents

57. Expository materials
• Text books
• Hand books
• Manuals
• Dictionaries
• Legal documents

58. Condensed Materials
• Abstracts
• Indexes
• Technical reports
• Trend reports
• State-of-the-Art-Reports

59. Reporting materials
• Government and non government
reports
• News lettersmur mwpf;iffs;>
• News Bulletins
• Year books
• Almanacs

60. My
Nature
• General Purpose
• Reference purpose

61. Nature
Normal book; Reference books

62. My
Help
• Know what Information
• Know why Information
• Know how Information
• Know who Information
• Know where Information

63. Know What Information
Dictionaries
Encyclopaedias
Year books
Almanacs

64. Know Why
Information
•Philosophical books
•Historical books
•Scientific books
•Research books

65. Know How
Information
•Handbooks
•Manuals
•Practical books

66. Know Who
Information
Biographies
Auto biographies
Directories

67. Know Where
Information
•Atlases
•Guide books
•Gazetteers

68. My
Home
• Academic libraries
– School libraries
– College libraries
– University libraries
• Public libraries
– Municipal council libraries
– Pradesha sabas libraries
– Rural libraries
– Community centre
libraries
• National libraries
• Special libraries

69. London public library
Idea Stores

70. British library

71. Oxford University library

72. University of london library

73. New york public library

74. France National library

75. Library of Congress

76. Public library, Jaffna

78. National Archives , Britain

79. Library, University of Jaffna

80. School libraries

83. My
Location
• Book shelves
• Periodical Shelves
• Pamphlet boxes
• News paper stands

84. Lending section

86. Chilren section

87. Display shelf for magazine

88. Display shelf

89. Newspaper stand

90. Map section

91. Training materials for teachers

92. Notice boards

93. Computer services

94. My
Protection
• Environments
• Physical form
• Content
• Handling

95. Pamphlet Box

96. Boxes rare materials

97. Picture Folders

98. Picture covers

99. Acid and Acid free paper
Try to avoid acid paper

100. Photocopying
Try to avoid
Photocopying

101. Non quality binding
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102. Mishandling

103. Heavy use
Folding the corner of the page

106. “Library is like Sea.
Take sands those who may want
Pick up the shell, conch shell those who may want
take bath those who may want
Enjoy fresh air those who may want
Fish variety of fishes those who may want .
Sit in the coast and see only the waves those who
may want
Dive to collect pearls those who may want .
Achieve according to the purpose of visit.
-M. Shanmugalingam-