Points: Libraries : • storehouses of books
• libraries perform various tasks like collecting books, arranging them systematically, conservation and preservation of these books, dissemination of information sources etc.
• many of these tasks are completed with the help of computerised systems.
• to make a book available to reader as per his/her requirement is the most important aspect of library management. Archives :
• old, rare documents - then conservation
• preserving documents with important content in their original condition, preparing, indexes and creating accurate system of its retrival are important tasks in management of archives.
• archival sources are important and useful for research
• India’* national archives is located at Delhi.
