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Research Paper | Library Science | India | Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024

Traditional Libraries are at Forefront in Accepting New Concept of Hybrid Library - A Survey with Special Reference to the Government District Libraries in Marathwada Region

Bhalerao Sanjeevanee Balaji

Abstract: While providing any service facility, libraries rely on both traditional and modern. And able to provide more complete and quality services with their help. It mainly considers the local conditions in the traditional way. Whereas in the modern system more emphasis is placed on using technology more and more. In both approaches, libraries are engaged in providing effective service facilities to their readers and are constantly striving for greater accuracy. In short, many services are provided to the readers through the library, for some reason these services have to be changed, but this does not change the basic service facilities and concept of the library. Libraries are fundamentally established to provide best services to their Users. With the advancement of computerization, Services traditional Libraries been passed through different phases. That is Manual to Automation and then slowly the concept of database and use of e - resources has been continuously increasing maximum libraries particularly special and Academic libraries incorporating various concept related to ICT and thus it is resulting into collection of e - resources, offline and online, open and paid Databases, Consortia are continuously occupying space in libraries. Therefore these type of libraries are known 'Hybrid Libraries'. In brief we can say that Hybrid libraries can be described as The Libraries have print and e - resources, Manual and Advanced automated services.

Keywords: Traditional library, Hybrid Library, Library Automation

Edition: Volume 13 Issue 3, March 2024,

Pages: 776 - 783