Community library's structural and institutional exploration: Sarvodaya Pustakalaya tatha vachanalaya
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2023-10-02
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Central Department of library and information science
Abstract
A community library is established to serve specific communities. Most of the
community libraries are financially supported by the community, NGOs/INGOs, etc.
Sarvodaya Pustakalaya Tatha Vachanalaya is one of such community libraries. This
library has been serving its community since its establishment. No matter how well
these community libraries serve, they have a common problem for sustainability;
hence, they are facing the question of their future continuity. It has been a dire need to
investigate on how communities’ libraries are operated in a sustainable and durable
manner in Nepal. Sustainability requires library operating law, institutional set-up,
and perceptions of its services and functions in the community. Keeping sustainability
at the center, the study has set three goals: to explore structural elements, to find out
the organizational and institutional set-up, and to explore the perceptions of its
services and functions in the community. This is purely qualitative research. Data is
collected by using both primary and secondary sources. The finding of this research
shows that the library having its own building, the interest’ of landowners’ families in
upgrading and maintaining this library, the interest of conscious citizens, love for
reading, periodic or yearly financial support from the municipality, people, stationary,
etc., coordination within the executive members, co-ordination with the municipality
and state government, reciprocal relationship between community and library, no
political intervention within the institution etc. are its strong point for its sustainability
and durability. Though library legislation is not formulated by Nepal, every library
should have an operating rule. So that each one’s duties and responsibilities are
defined and work can be carried out easily within the library
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. Public Library, Libraries and Community
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Adhikari, Bindu (2023).Community library's structural and institutional exploration: Sarvodaya Pustakalaya tatha vachanalaya [Master's Thesis ,Tribhuvan University ] .TUCDLIS elibrary. https:// elibrary /