Session on Library Literacy held at Primeasia University Library

Shagufta Hussain, Deputy Librarian, Primeasia University

14 March 2019

Primeasia University Central Library (PAUCL) organized a discussion session on the library system and use on February 26, 2019.

The session was focused not only the user’s library facilities but also focused more than just a place to find a good book and a quiet place to read.

Students of EEE and BBA were accustomed to a collaborative group work setting. This setting goal was to how university students can improve their knowledge through library-based individual or group study for class assignments and receiving other information.

Ms Zebunessa, Sr. Officer of Circulation explained how a student can be a member of the library. During the session, membership forms and rules of PAU Central Library were also distributed to the students.

Mr Uttam, Officer of Reference Section explained about the reference library services. This session was clearly outlined about how the library provides several types of services such as Referral, Photocopy, News clipping, Internet and so on. He also introduced about Book, Report, Journal, Thesis, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus.

Ms Afroza practically demonstrated the services of the IT Section. She focused on the limitation of resources of this section as to follow ‘FIRST COME FIRST SERVICE’.

Ms Kulsum, Senior Officer discussed on the Library Catalogue. In this session, she explained how Knowledge is divided into 10 main classes and how the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) system works in the library to find the resources.

Dr Nasrin Akhter Head of Humanities Department urged the importance of the use of Library.

Ms Shagufta Hussain, Deputy Librarian explained the mission and vision of Primeasia University Central Library and gave the vote for thanks to all the participants who attended the program.