P.K. SUDHI LIBRARIAN,Govt. College of Teacher Education, TRIVANDRUM
Most of the Teacher Education College Libraries in Kerala are not seen to be catering the needs of students and teachers. This is due to the non-availability of reading materials, new information sources and techniques. The reluctance in the application of modern library operations by the librarians and the poor library-using habit of the teacher education students also worsens the condition.
The poor use of libraries creates so many bad effects in our education system. These teacher education students without any experience in library have no idea about the various information sources and the mode of information seeking. More than that presently they are not using any learned journals textbooks having nascent ideas for their assignments. They are copying the so-called cheap guidebooks.
A well-organized Teacher Education College Library can play a very significant role in the teacher education system. Classic book collection related to all branches in education faculty, collection of digital materials forming part of the digital library e-journals and periodicals would expose the Teacher students to the immense world of information. This will improve not only their ability but their examination results also. They can transmit this quality to their future students when they work as teachers. They can also promote the value and the importance of libraries in the education system.
These libraries also have another important function. An ideal teacher education college library with qualitative collection of resources, the computerized library operations and other library services including the documentation work, will impart very good library sense among the teacher students. As the part of their curriculum, during the library hours these students will acquire some knowledge about the library operations. These also help them to develop the school libraries when they work in a village schools.
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