Unit 1 - Role of Libraries in Society. IGNOU CLIS I BLII - 011 I #CLIS #ignou

Certificate Programme in Library and Information Science (CLIS) The CLIS Programme comprises four courses . The courses are as under: BLI-011: Libraries: An Introduction BLII-012: Document Processing and Organisation BLII-013: Information Sources and Services BLII-014: ICT in Libraries 1. E - Gurukul CLIS Students WhatsApp Group Link👇🏻- https://chat.whatsapp.com/DccjRTrprPV... 2. E - Gurukul WhatsApp Channel Link👇🏻- https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va4K... 3. All in One LIS Course Link - https://zmxyg.courses.store/367664?ut... 4. IGNOU BLIS Course Link - https://zmxyg.courses.store/369918?ut... 5. IGNOU CLIS Course Link - https://zmxyg.courses.store/369919?ut... This Unit introduces you to some of the basic concepts of society, its composition and the major transformations that society has gone through the last few centuries. A general level of understanding is given about what libraries are, what is their need, purpose, value and importance in the society. Further, the Unit explains how library as an institution serves the society focussing in particular on roles that libraries play in the cultural, educational and research institutions and in all such other institutions that are vital to the mankind. In this Unit, you are introduced to the important roles that libraries play in the societal institutions engaged in formal and non-formal education, research and development, cultural activities, in the spiritual and ideological realms and in recreation and entertainment, etc. You are introduced to the various meanings of societies, why societies are important to the mankind, how have societies changed over centuries. In this Unit you are introduced to the concepts of what libraries are, why are they necessary, what purpose do they serve in the society, how libraries function to serve persons with different needs and purpose. You must have come to understand and appreciate that libraries are undergoing transformation in their basic characteristics and features with the growing use of ICT applications in managing library services.