Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 3

Collection Development Policy of the Library and its Relevance to the Syllabus: A Study of St. Anthony's College

1Assistant Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya, India

2Elgiva Nadine Sawian, Library Assistant, College of Teacher Education (PGT), Shillong, Meghalaya, India

*Corresponding author e-mail id: ravikumar@nehu.ac.in, elgivanaoline@gmail.com

Online published on 1 July, 2016.

Abstract

This paper discusses the relationship between collection development policy of the libraries and its relation with prescribed books in syllabus in the reference of St. Anthony's College (SAC), Shillong. A case study was carried out to know the impact of syllabus on collection development policy of SAC, and it was found that the prescribed books in the syllabus did not reflect in the library.

Keywords

Collection development, Syllabus, College library, Circulation, Library Collection, Curriculum, Selection policy