A Study on the contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for Providing the Community Information Services (CIS) through Public Libraries

Subrata Das; Sunil Kumar Chatterjee

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.43270

A Study on the contribution of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) for Providing the Community Information Services (CIS) through Public Libraries

Author(s)	Mr. Subrata Das, Dr. Sunil Kumar Chatterjee
Country	India
Abstract	There is a close relationship between NGOs and public libraries for providing CIS to all irrespective of caste, creed, religion, age, gender etc. Public libraries extend and expand human knowledge by providing CIS to every person in the society individually or collectively. NGOs can play an important role for filling the gap in the public library system for providing CIS according to the needs of the society. NGOs can play an important role for the development of public libraries as part of their social service by providing land for public libraries, construction of library buildings, providing furniture, books, newspapers, computers etc. NGOs can help for removing the financial constraints of public libraries and enable them to provide better CIS to the society. Librarians of public libraries can take advantage by contacting different NGOs for providing library services to common people of the society. According to the Darpan portal of the Government of India, there are a total of 1.87 lakh registered NGOs in the whole of India. Using various newspaper articles, journal and magazine articles, Google search engine etc., it has been found that although the number of NGOs in India is more than lakhs, there are only 30 to 35 NGOs which work for the development of various types of libraries. NGOs mainly support libraries by donating books, book reading and exchange programmes, donating mobile book vans, providing library furniture and training the librarians etc. The article describes about the active NGOs which are actively related to the promotion, expansion, development and provision of CIS of public libraries. The role of NGOs for providing CIS through public libraries, the types of information services and facilities provided by NGOs have also been highlighted. Finally, suggestions have also been given on what kind of programmes NGOs can take to provide CIS through public libraries.
Keywords	Public libraries, Public library services, Community Information Services (CIS), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Rajib Gandhi Foundation (RGF), Ranganathan Society for Social Welfare and Library Development (RSSWLD), Sanmati Pustakalaya Trust, Rural Library Foundation (RLF)
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 2, March-April 2025
Published On	2025-04-30
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i02.43270
Short DOI	https://doi.org/g9g786

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