A Study Of RRRLF Ngo’s Beneficiaries Public Libraries In Manipur

Abstract

Public libraries are institutions of national importance which can be termed as the people’s university. Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata is operating as an important agency for promoting the public libraries service in India. Rural people of Manipur which is financially poor, hillock areas, poor information communication provider, poor road connectivity, electricity, etc need an information support system to breach the information shortage among the people through public libraries services. The RRRLF beneficiary libraries in Manipur need an urgent up-gradation in their building infrastructure, trained staff, collections of books, and ICT integration to enhance and meet the people information needs in the rural. A survey method is used, for this structured questionnaire is set up for data collection for the set study. There are 101 RRRLF beneficiary public Libraries in Manipur of this 71 libraries were considered for the study. Based on the finding of the study it is suggested that the majority of the libraries face inadequate finance, Staff, library building, books collection, and electronic items. Libraries are supposed to play a very important role in providing community information services to the masses particularly in rural areas.