1Library Assistant, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies University of Mysore, Mysore
2University Librarian, University of Mysore, Mysore
Online published on 1 February, 2017.
The paper depicts the trends in maintaining personal library collections of popular Kannada writers. The way they organise and use their library collections, means of preserving the collections and the decisions pertaining to weeding out of obsolete and mutilated books, handing over of library collections to other libraries are discussed. The responses were gathered from the popular Kannada writers in the form of questionnaire. The problems faced by the writers in maintaining the library resources are projected in this survey research.
Personal Library Collections, Personal Library, Kannada Writers, Personal Library Collections, Preservation
