State and explain FIVE types of Libraries.

      

State and explain FIVE types of Libraries.

  

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sharon
i. Public library:
serves the general public at all levels. It provides information over a
whole range of human knowledge. It promotes culture and plays a plays a positive role in
encouraging active use of leisure and recreate times.
ii. Academic library:
it is found in institutions of higher learning. It supports teaching,
learning and research. The purposes, the services, the equipment and other physical
facilities of this library are determined by the nature of the curriculum and the size of
faculty and the student.
iii. National library:
ensures all the publications of a particular country are acquired and
preserved for posterity. The law requires all the publishers to deposit copies of their
publications with the national library.
iv. Special library:
it serves subject fields. They include libraries in government ministries,
parastatals, research institutes and international bodies.
v. Digital library:
accessed via the internet. It stores data from diversified fields and is
usually provided at a fee in most institutions of higher learning.
sharon kalunda answered the question on February 27, 2019 at 14:25


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