LIBRARY SERVICES EVALUATION IN MADHYA PRADESH COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Abstract : LIBRARY SERVICES EVALUATION IN MADHYA PRADESH COLLEGES OF EDUCATION Dr. Amit Kumar Patidar Associate Professor Sri Aurobindo Institute of Library and Information Science Librarian SAIMS, Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Science and P. G. Institute (SAIMS&PGI), Indore Library services are one major component of education system. This article attempts to describe the services in the library. The libraries status was colleges of education Madhya Pradesh. Provides, a list of colleges of education and their affiliation to the universities. Also gives their status as government / university / private Studies staff, furniture and A.V. aids available studies their building and budget of libraries, other aspects such as library committee, circulation, number of books issued etc. have been studied concludes with revival of these colleges by providing ore staff and funds. Introduction : The aims and objectives of teachers are to develop the personality of students. The training of education makes a teacher good and competent to do his/ her duties. The trained teachers help to students and increase the knowledge. Teachers need to be well trained and prepared to deal with extremely diverse classrooms of mostly first generation learners. education system in the world has excelled without making a significant investment in building a cadre of quality teachers. Yet, teacher education in India is a weak link in the education system. My research is based on the research topic Madhya Pradesh Ke shiksha Mahavidhyalaon me Granthalaya Sevayen : Ek Samikshatmak Adhyayan has bee awarded Ph.D. degree in library and information science from Vikram Ujjain. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY : data. The questioner was sent to colleges of education libraries, Personal visits to libraries were also made to collect AREA OF RESEARCH : The 23 colleges of education running B. Ed. and M. Ed. Courses have been selected. The list provides universities and affiliated colleges of education selected in the study : Table 1 : List of the Universities and colleges of education as responded : Sr.. 1 2 3 4 5 6 University College of education Abbreviation Avdesh Pratapsingh Rewa (1968) Avdesh Pratapsingh Rewa (1968) EDUCATION, REWA KAMLA NEHRU MAHILA MAHAVIDYALAYA, SATNA EDUCATION, BHOPAL JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU SMRITY EDUCAITON MAHAVIDHYALAYA, GANJBASODA NARMDA EDUCATION SOCIETY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HOSHANGABAD RAJEEV GANDHI COLLEGE, BHOPAL Establishment year Managed by JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 878 B. Ed. M. Ed. GCER 1956(1958) Government KNMMS 1971 GCEB 1956 Government JLNSEMG 1989 NESCEH 1971 RGCB 1994

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 (1964) (1964) (1964) Dr. Hari Singh Gour Sagar (1946) Jiwaji Gwalior (1946) Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakut Gramodaya Chitrakut (1991) Vikram Vikram Vikram Vikram SAFIA COLLEGE OF SCIENCE & EDUCATION, BHOPAL EDUCATION, KHANDWA INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (CENTRE OF EXELENCY), INDORE ISHAQUE PATEL WOMENS TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGE, INDORE EDUCATION, CHATTARPUR REJEEV GANDHI VOCATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAINING COLLEGE, GWALIOR DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CHITRAKUT EDUCATION, JABALPUR HITKARNI WOMENS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, JABALPUR KESARWANI MAHAVIDYALAYA, JABALPUR LATE MUKEEM PATEL SHIKSHAN MAHAVIDHYALAYA, BALAGHAT STATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION JABALPUR EDUCATION, DEWAS JAIN EDUCATION MAHAVIDHYALAYA, MANDSOUR LOKMANYA TILAK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, UJJAIN ROYAL COLLEGE OF TEACHERS EDUCATION, RATLAM SCSEB 1972( Government Financial Aided GCEK 1956 Government IEI 1964 IPWTTCI 1998 University Department GCEC 1961 Government RGVETCG 1995 DEC 1991 University Department GCEJ 1889 Government HWCEJ 1969 KMJ 1964 LMPSMB 1995 Government Financial Aided SESEJ 1968(1966) Government GCED 1949 Government JEMN 1973 LTCEU 1971 RCTER 1999(1986) 23 Vikram EDUCATION, UJJAIN GCEU 1955 Government The Summary of responded universities and by types of colleges of education Sr.. 1 Name of University Avdesh Pratap Singh Rewa Establishment year Colleges of education B. Ed M. Ed. 1968 2 2 1 Government University Aided Private 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 Bhopal Dr. Hari Singh Gour Sagar 1970 5 5 1 1964 3 3 2 1946 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 6 Jiwaji Gwalior Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakut Gramodaya Chitrakut 1946 1 1 0 1991 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 879

7 Jabalpur 1957 5 5 2 2 0 1 2 8 Vikram Ujjain 1957 5 5 1 2 0 0 3 Total 10-23 23 7 8 2 2 11 1. In all there were 23 colleges of education. 2. There were 8 government colleges, 3. There were 2 university departments, 4. There were 2 government aided colleges. 5. There were 11 private colleges 6. 23 colleges have B. Ed. Courses. 7. 07 colleges have M. Ed. (Post Graduation) courses also. 8. These 23 colleges were affiliated with 8 different universities. Table 2 : Availability of library staff in the libraries :. Sr.. Response Librarian post Librarian Asst. Librarian Other Total 1 Total Available = 13 13 Librarian 6 Asst. Librarians 43 71 2 Total Vacant = 10 6 Incharge 4 Asst. Librarians are Incharge The details of available library staff in the all 28 colleges of education are as follows: 1. 13 (57%) colleges of education libraries have librarians. 2. 10 (43%) colleges of education libraries librarians posts were vacant. 3. 6 Professors were incharge of the libraries. 4. 4 assistant librarians were incharge of libraries. 5. 6 assistant librarians were subordinate of librarians. Total 10 assistant librarians posts were available. 6. 43 others library staff was also working in the libraries. 7. In all 71 professionals were working the all 23 libraries. LIBRARY STAFF MEMBERS ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : 1. 1 librarian had Ph. D. and 1 M. Phill degree. 2. 9 librarians had M. Lib. qualifications. 3. 4 asst. librarians had M. Lib. qualifications. 4. 1 library had appointed non qualified person as librarian. Tabel 3 : Library Building : Sr.. Details Separate Building Stack Reading Room Periodical Room Librarian Room 1 YES 14 19 21 20 15 2 NO 9 4 2 3 8 1. 14 (61%) colleges of education had separate library buildings. 2. 19 (83%) colleges of education libraries had separate stack rooms. 3. 21 (91%) colleges of education libraries had separate reading rooms. 4. 20 (87%) colleges of education libraries had separate periodical sections. 5. 15 (65%) colleges of education libraries had a separate librarians rooms. Table 4 : Library furniture : Sr.. Details Library Furniture as per requirement Catalogue Cabinet Periodical Display tice Board 1 YES 16 18 19 22 2 NO 7 5 4 1 JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 880

1. 16 (71%) libraries had furniture as per the requirement. 2. 18 (78%) libraries had catalogue cabinet. 3. 19 (83%) libraries had periodical display racks. 4. 22 (96%) libraries had notice boards. Table 5 : Audio Visuals (A.V.) Aids in library Sr.. Details A. V. Aids RADIO TELEVISION VCR/VCP COMPUTER SLIDE P. OHP OTHERS 1 YES 16 10 14 10 10 9 2 2 2 NO 7 1. 16 (70%) libraries had audio visual aids as per the requirement. 2. 10 (36%) libraries had radios. 3. 14 (61%) libraries have televisions. 4. 10 (43%) libraries had VCR/VCPs, computes and slide projectors. 5. 9 (36%) libraries had over head projectors (OHP). Table 6 : Library grant : Sr.. Details RESPONSE UGC NCERT STATE GOVERNMENT OTHERS 1 YES 12 11 13 4 7 2 NO 11 1. 12 (52%) libraries have received financial grants. 2. 11 (48%) libraries have not received any grant. 3. 13 (57%) libraries received grant from UGC. 4. 4 (17%) libraries received grant from NCERT. 5. 7 (30%) libraries received grant from state government. 6. 9 (39%) libraries received grant from others. Table 7 : Library Budget : The status of library budget expenditure allocation in percentage given : Sr.. Abbreviation BOOKS JOURNALS / MAGAZINES FURNITURE OTHERS 1 DEC 60% 10% 10% 20% 2 GCEB 60% 15% 15% 10% 3 GCEC N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 4 GCED N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 5 GCEJ N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 6 GCEK N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 7 GCER 70% 10% 10% 10% 8 GCEU 60% 20% 10% 10% 9 HWCEJ 50% 10% 40% 0% 10 IEI 40% 20% 10% 30% 11 IPWTTCI 60% 20% 10% 10% 12 JEMN N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 13 JLNSEMG 70% 15% 10% 5% 14 KMJ 70% 10% 10% 10% 15 KNMMS 60% 10% 10% 20% 16 LMPSMB 50% 15% 15% 20% 17 LTCEU 80% 10% 5% 5% 18 NESCEH N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 19 RCTER 50% 20% 20% 10% 20 RGCB N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. 21 RGVETCG 40% 30% 15% 15% 22 SCSEB N.R. N.R. N.R. N.R. JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 881

23 SESEJ 80% 10% 10% 0% N. R. = t Respond Libraries spent grants as follows : 1. 40% - 80% budget on books. 2. 10% - 20% budget on periodical/ magazines. 3. 5% - 15% budget on furniture by the libraries 4. 8 (35%) libraries have not responded on this question. Table 8 : Library committee : Sr. Details Response Book Selection Purchasing Books written off Planning / other work 1 YES 14 11 13 14 12 2 NO 9 1. 14 (61%) libraries had the library committee. 2. 11 (48%) libraries had book selection process through library committee. 3. 14 (57%) libraries had written off policy. 4. 12 (52%) libraries had planning / other works through library committee. Table 9 : The status of classification and schemes :: Sr.. Response Classification Classification Scheme COLON / DDC 1 YES 20 CC = 9, DDC = 11 2 NO 3 CC = COLON Classification, DDC : Dewey Decimal Classification 1. 20 (87%) libraries had classification of books. 2. 9 (39%) libraries had adopted Colon Classification. 3. 11 (48%) libraries had adopted DDC Classification. 4. 3 (13%) libraries did not have any classification. Table 10 : The status of Cataloguing and schemes used : Sr.. Details Cataloguing CCC AACR 1 YES 15 6 9 2 NO 8 CCC = Classified Catalogue Code, AACR : Anglo American Cataloguing Rules 1. 15 (65%) libraries have cataloguing of books. 8 (35%) libraries did not have catalogue. 2. 6 (26%) libraries have used CCC cataloguing scheme. 3. 9 (39%) libraries have used AACR cataloguing scheme. Table 11 : Library Books Circulation Methods Sr.. Details Methods Browne Newark Register 1 Response Total 8 5 13 1. 8 (35%) libraries had used Browne system. 2. 5 (22%) libraries had used Newark system. 3. 10 (43%) libraries had used register system. Table 12 : Issue of Books : Sr.. Abbreviation Teachers Researcher M. Ed. Users B. Ed. User Others staff 1 DEC 8 6 N. R. 2 N.R. 2 GCE A. P. R. 4 4 2 N.R. 3 GCEC 8 N.R. N. R. 4 N.R. 4 GCED A. P. R. N.R. N. R. 8 N.R. 5 GCEJ 10 N.R. 6 2 N.R. 6 GCEK 2 2 2 2 N.R. JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 882

7 GCER 3 N.R. 10 8 N.R. 8 GCEU A. P. R. N.R. 10 3 N.R. 9 HWCEJ 15--20 N.R. N. R. 4 N.R. 10 IEI 25 N.R. 3 2 N.R. 11 IPWTTCI A. P. R. N.R. N. R. 2 N.R. 12 JEMN 10 N.R. N. R. 2 N.R. 13 JLNSEMG 6 N.R. N. R. 2 2 14 KMJ 10 4 N. R. 2 N.R. 15 KNMMS 8 N.R. N. R. 4 N.R. 16 LMPSMB A. P. R. N.R. N. R. 3 N.R. 17 LTCEU 20 5 N. R. 3 4 18 NESCEH 10 N.R. N. R. 2 N.R. 19 RCTER A. P. R. S N. R. A.P.R. N.R. 20 RGCB 4 N.R. 4 2 2 21 RGVETCG 5 N.R. N. R. 2 N.R. 22 SCSEB A. P. R. N.R. N. R. 2 N.R. 23 SESEJ 6 4 4 2 3 A.P.R. = AS PER REQUIREMENT N. R. = NOT RESPONSE 1. Most libraries provided books to teachers as per requirement. 2. There were very few research scholars most libraries. 3. For M. Ed. 3 10 books were allowed for issue. 4. For B. Ed. 2 4 books were allowed for issue and for other staff 2--3 books were allowed. LIBRARY WORKING HOURS : Table 13 : The Library working hours : Sr.. Abbreviation Open Close Total Working Hours 1 DEC 10.00 A.M. 5.00 P.M. 7.00 2 GCEB 10.30 A.M. 05.00 P.M. 6.30 3 GCEC 10.30 A.M. 05.00 P.M. 6.30 4 GCED 10.00 A.M. 05.00 P.M. 7.00 5 GCEJ 10.30 A.M. 05.30 P.M. 7.00 6 GCEK 10.30 A.M. 05.30 P.M. 7.00 7 GCER 11.00 A.M. 04.30P.M. 5.30 8 GCEU 10.30 A.M. 05.30 P.M. 7.00 9 HWCEJ 11.30 A.M. 04.30 P.M. 5.30 10 IEI 09.00 A.M. 05.30 P.M. 8.00 11 IPWTTCI 09.00 A.M. 03.00 P.M. 6.00 12 JEMN 12.00 A.M. 04.00 P.M. 4.00 13 JLNSEMG 11.00 A.M. 04.00 P.M. 5.00 14 KMJ 08.00 A.M. 02.00 P.M. 6.00 15 KNMMS 10.00 A.M. 04.00 P.M. 6.00 16 LMPSMB 08.00 A.M. 01.00 P.M. 5.00 17 LTCEU 11.30 A.M. 05.30 P.M. 6.00 18 NESCEH 11.00 A.M. 04.00 P.M. 5.00 19 RCTER 10.00 A.M. 03.00 P.M. 5.00 20 RGCB 10.00 A.M. 05.00 P.M. 7.00 21 RGVETCG 10.00 A.M. 03.00 P.M. 5.00 22 SCSEB 08.00 A.M. 02.00 P.M. 6.00 23 SESEJ 10.30 A.M. 07.30 P.M. 9.00 1. 13 Libraries worked 4 to 6 hours per day. 2. 8 Libraries worked 6 to 8 hours per day. 3. 1 Library worked 8 per day 4. 1 Library worked 9 hours per day. JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 883

5. The maximum college libraries open 10.30 A.M. to 5.00 PM. 6. Few libraries open early in morning. ne after 5.30 pm Table 14 : Open access system facility service Sr.. Details Open access 1 7 2 16 1. 7 (30%) libraries had open access system. 2. 16 (70%) libraries do not have open access system. LIBRARY STOCK VERIFICATION : Table 15 : Stock Verification : Sr.. Details Response One Year Two year Three Year Other 1 YES 23 19 0 3 1 2 0 1. 23 (100%) libraries verify the Stock.. 2. 19 (83%) libraries verify stock every year. 3. 3 (13%) libraries verify stock in every 3 years. 4. 1 (7%) libraries verify irregulars. Conclusion : With the above discussions it is evident that libraries of colleges of education need revival. They require more staff so that better library services can be provided. The libraries should be provided more staff and funds. References : 1. Audunson, R. et al (2003) The complete librarian- an outdated species? LIS between profession and discipline. New library world 104 (11), 195-202. 2. A report, 1964-66, Indian commission: p271. 3. Aurora, G. L. (2002) Teachers and their teaching, Ravi Books, National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE).1998. 4. Brine, A. & J. Feather (2003) Building a skills portfolio for the information professional. New library world, 104 (11/12), 455-463. 5. Dhiman, Anil K. and Sinha, Suresh C. 2002. Different types of academic libraries in academic libraries. New Delhi : Ess Ess. P.52-53 6. Singh, L. C. (1990) Teacher education in India : a resource, Delhi, NCERT. 7. UGC (INDIA) : University and college library report of the library committee. New Delhi. 1965. JETIR1711144 Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR) www.jetir.org 884