Organizational Learning, Transformational Leadership and Quality Improvement of Library Services With Special Reference To IUB

Abstract

The word “LIBRARY” is derived from the Latin liber, meaning, “book”. The library actually precedes the book, as collections of clay tablets, papyruses, and scrolls were housed in libraries long before the concept of the book emerged. In the English-speaking world today, library connotes a body of recorded information brought together for a specific purpose, organized for use, and made available to users. [1] Although the format of the printed world has changed considerably over the centuries, the basic functions of the library have remained constant. The first printed book of Bengal, Bengali Grammar written by Nathaniel Brassey Halhed, appeared in 1778, while the Serampore Mission established the first library of printed books in the early 1780s. [2]