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1.       Radhakrishan Committee on higher education (1948) recommended  6 % of total college budget for college librarian

2.       Mudaliar commission on secondary education (1952- 53)

3.       Kothari  commission on education (1964) recommended 10% of total college budget for college library

4.       K. N. Raj Commission recommended 20% of total college budget for college library

5.       Karnataka State University Review Committee , headed by K. N. Raj (1979)

6.       All India seminar on School libraries in 1962 in Bangalore which was directed by Ranganathan

7.       Four important characteristics of services and non-profit organizations are-

-          Intangibility

-          Inseparability

-          Heterogeneity

-          Perishability

8.       ‘Service management’-

-          Libraries are basically paternalistic, service oriented and not for profit organizations , so it’s called Service management.

9.       Three important characteristics for a library manager-

-          Interpersonal role

-          Informational role

-          Decisional role

10.   Grapevine means-

-          The informal means by which information is transmitted in an organization

11.   What is Span management-

-          The no. of direct subordinates reporting to any manager

12.   Synergism means-

-          The cooperative action of two or more persons coming together to accomplish more than they could do separately

13.   Clue page –

-          A secret page chosen and uniformly used in all documents belonging to a library for writing the acc. no. This will be unnoticed by readers but could be used in identified the document in case of theft etc. even if the title has been removed.

14.   Nomenclature means-

-          A set or system of means as used in a particular science or art

15.   Schematic means-

-          A generalized diagram of a scheme

16.   Fly leaf means-

-          A blank page in the front or the back of a book

17.   Inventory means-

-          A detailed list

18.   Patron means-

-          Users, clientele of a library

19.   Physical facilities and environment are three types –

-          Marketing of services

-          Quality of services

-          Customer (user) studies

20.   Principles of organizational structures are two-

-          Principles of unity of objectives

-          Principles of unity of efficiency

21.   Normally a book self of standard –

-          85cm run, can hold 25 books or 15 bound volumes of periodicals

22.   A standard library rack is 145 cm height and self depth is 25 cm

23.   Gangway space minimum 1.30 meter distance between the centre of two rows of double sided racks

24.   An economic catalogue cabinet required about 1.75 sq.mtr (20 sq.ft) area.

25.   General norm is to provide about 250sq.ft areas for librarian

26.   125-150sq.ft for deputy librarian

27.   50 sq. ft for clerical staff

28.   Law book get higher discount

29.   Govt. publications carry no discount at all

30.   Four types of book orders are-

-          Specific order

-          Blanket order

-          Standing order

-          Pre-paid order

31.   NBA-  The NBA is an agreement signed in 1929 (revised 1933) by the library association, the publisher association and the association of book seller of Great Britain and Ireland. This trade agreement prevents price cutting in books by prescribing a uniform commission for libraries.

32.   Full from of NBA is –

-          Net book agreement