Public Library as an Educational Information Centre

Abstract

Public library helps different sectors of the society by providing right information to the right reader at the right time. IFLA has devised four important objectives of Public Library such as education, information, culture, and leisure. The main objective of the articles is to describe educational functions of Public Library in the society. Public Library is a place, which can be approved for serious reading for formal learners, as teachers and students. Public Library should cater distance education students by way of building up its collection according to the need of the students, acting as study centers/ etc. Public Library also provides the means of continuing education, aid adult education. Adult education programme can be implemented through Public library effectively. The article concludes that Public Library is a Library’s library. Public Library has moral responsibility to fulfill the needs of the intellectual requirements of the public.