A college is considered as an institution of higher learning offering three year degree courses. In colleges, the library occupies a prominent position and it is an important and integral part of the teaching programme.
It is not merely a depository of books, but an active workshop instrument in the production of or original thinking. The aim of college education and college libraries in inter-related. College library extends opportunities for self-education to the deserving and enthusiastic students without any distinction.
These libraries develop in each student a sense of responsibility in the pursuit of knowledge. College library stimulates the students to obtain, evaluate and recognize knowledge and to familiarize themselves with the trends of knowledge for further education and learning new disciplines.
The objectives of college libraries are based mainly on the objectives of the institution itself. The college library must, therefore, reflect the purpose of the institution of which it is part.
To bring books, students and scholars together under conditions, which encourage reading for pleasure, self-discovery, personal growth and sharpening of intellectual curiosity.
Provides a comprehensive selection of authoritative books and documents needed by the faculty members to pursue their research programmes.
The huge amount of information that a person acquires from education and from life that may or may not have practical use in routine life may be called as General Knowledge to the masses.
This awareness cannot be limited to a particular sphere of life. It is the knowledge which one has in addition to the awareness of the field of one’s profession or interest but surely it has a definite bearing on everybody’s personality.
It may engulf knowledge of current affairs happening around us in daily routine, knowledge of historic events, discoveries and the persons associated with these events or happenings, knowledge of places, personalities and their contribution to the society as a whole.
