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Indian Journal of Library and Information Science

Volume  10, Issue 3, Sept - Dec 2016, Pages 229-237
 

Original Article

Library Services and Facilities in the Christian Missionary Colleges in Chennai in the ICT Environment: Implications for the Empowerment of Higher Education in Tamil Nadu

M. Mahalakshmi*, P. Nageswara Rao**

*Research Scholar, External Part-Time Ph. D,Bharathiar University, Coimbatore - 641046. Librarian, Stella Maris College, 17, Cathedral Road,Teynampet, Chennai, 600086. **Head - Knowledge CentreSociety for Electronic Transactions and Security (SETS)

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DOI: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijlis.0973.9548.10316.3

Abstract

 The Christian missionaries occupy the most important place in spreading education among the public. Colleges form the vital part of Higher education and libraries in colleges are the primary source of Information for all the learning activities. The colleges established by the Christian Missionaries contribute to the empowerment of higher education in India in general and Tamilnadu in particular. This paper presents a survey of 14 libraries attached to the Christian Missionary colleges in and around Chennai with the following objectives such as, To present the state-of-art- of the Libraries attached to Christian Missionaries in and around Chennai; To survey the library resources, services, manpower, and other infrastructure facilities available in the colleges under survey; To find out the extent of library automation in the colleges under survey and To offer suggestions for the improvement of libraries and in turn the implications for the empowerment of higher education in Tamil Nadu. Based on the survey a few suggestions are given that contribute for the empowerment of higher education in Tamilnadu.

Keywords: College Libraries; Christian Missionary College Libraries; ICT Environment; Higher Education; Tamilnadu; Chennai; Survey.


Corresponding Author : P. Nageswara Rao**