Manuscript Number : IJSRST229663

The Role of the Rural Public Library in Community Development and Empowerment

Authors(1) :-Dr. Umesh B. Deshmukh

Public libraries are an important entity in local communities, particularly in rural and disadvantaged communities. They are more than shelves of books. Public libraries offer an ever changing range of cultural resources for the community, and they have become a type of social and cultural institution. This article discusses the broadly accepted conceptualization of information for development which accommodates the concepts of advancement of adult literacy and development information for people to improve their economic and social conditions. It reports on early findings of an investigation into the links between community development, empowerment and rural public library usage in Australia and Malaysia.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Umesh B. Deshmukh
Librarian Shri Vyankatesh Arts , Commerce and Science College, Deulgaon Raja, Dist Buldana, India

Rural Library, Rural Community, Literacy, Information Seeking, Community Development and Empowerment

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 9 | Issue 6 | November-December 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-12-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 744-752
Manuscript Number : IJSRST229663
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Dr. Umesh B. Deshmukh , " The Role of the Rural Public Library in Community Development and Empowerment ", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 9, Issue 6, pp.744-752, November-December-2022.
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