Vol. 10(2), pp. 56--60. February, 2022. 

ISSN: 2360-7858

https://doi.org/10.14662/ijalis2021540

 

Full Length Research

 

Abstract

Academic libraries are the treasure house of knowledge which caters to the needs of scholars, scientists, technocrats, researchers, students and others who are in the mainstream of higher education. Education has ever been looked at Indian culture as a holistic effort since time immemorial. Today the Higher Education is controlled and maintained by the University Grants Commission in India. They keep the quality of education on par with the international standards, which is a heritage India acquired since the British occupation. India possesses a highly developed higher education system which offers facility of education and training in almost all aspects of human creative and intellectual endeavors: arts and humanities; natural, mathematical and social sciences, engineering; medicine; dentistry; agriculture; education; law; commerce and management; music and performing arts; national and foreign languages; culture; communications etc. In unit of this Block, you have been exposed to a general level understanding of what libraries are, why they are invaluable and important to society, in particular to institutions engaged in education, life-long learning, research, cultural, recreation and entertainment.

 

Keywords: Academic Library, Higher Education, UGC, INFLIBNET, TYPES OF LIBRARIES, LIBRARY Consortia.

 

	Cite This Article As: Kumar, B.R (2022). Academic Libraries in India. Inter. J. Acad. Lib. Info. Sci. 10(2): 56-60