Socio-economic Development and Responsibilities of the Public Libraries: A Micro Level Study

Abstract

The saliently the public libraries work for the betterment of socio economic development of the society. But the contributions to the society of the public libraries are not being recognised by the society to focus on the contributions of these libraries for these developments. This study reveals that mostly the readers are visiting these libraries to seek information on women development, health and family welfare religious movements and information on un touchablities, self-employment, and information on entrepreneur loans. Therefore, this paper studies social and economic developments responsibilities of the public libraries of Vellore District.