CIRCULATION WORK -OBJECTIVES

Lending documents for home reading is a normal, regular and on-going activity of most modern service libraries. When hundreds and thousands of documents are on circulation among readers, it is necessary to design a system to operate and control the movements of documents in a library. The work of circulation has, therefore, to be planned and managed with efficiency. This Unit discusses all these aspects.
After reading this Unit, you will be able to:

• identify the factors with reference to which circulation work can be planned; 
• design a circulation system suitable for a library;
• describe policy guidelines with reference to all aspects of circulation work;
• organise and manage the various functions of circulation work.