IGNOU MLIP-02 Project – Law Library of Jamia Millia Islamia and University of Delhi

Law is regarded as the cement of society. It is an essential medium of social change. Knowledge of law increases ones‟ understanding of public affairs. Its study promotes accuracy of expression, felicity in argument and skill in interpretation of the written word, as well as understanding of social values (Williams, 2002). ALA Glossary of Library and Information Science (1983) has defined library as, “a collection of materials organized to provide physical, bibliographical and intellectual access to a target group, with a staff that is trained to provide services and programs related to the information needs of the target group.”

Objectives

• The main stay and the core area of the present study is to determine the collection development operations like acquisition, budgeting, organization, maintenance, weeding out, etc. in the law libraries in Delhi along with the services provided by them.
• For mining out the same, the following objectives have been pursued for the purpose of the study on collection development and services of select law libraries in Delhi:
• To bring out information regarding the collection and also examine the budget of the libraries under study.
• To examine and study the method of selection of study materials, tools used for material selection,modes of acquisition,criteria of evaluation of documents, provision of library committee, criteria for weeding out of reading materials, etc. in libraries under study.;
• To study and examine about the collection development policy used in libraries under study
• To know the collections and use of legal databases in libraries under study;
• To find out electronic information sources provided i.e. online databases and CD- ROM databases, e-books, e-journals, e-cases, e-reports, etc.;
• To find out the use, awareness, level of satisfaction, etc., of the users regarding the various services provided by the libraries, i.e. circulation service, reference service, CAS and SDI services,bibliographic service,reprographic service,translation service, etc.;
• To collect suggestions from the librarians/head of the libraries and users for further development of libraries, its resources, facilities and services.
• To suggest measure to make library services more effective and efficient.

Topic Covered

• Introduction
• Review of Related Literatures
• Profile of the Libraries Under Study
• Objectives and Methodology
• Data Analysis and Interpretations
• Findings, Conclusion and Recommendations
• Bibliography
• Appendix