The National Library of Romania and its users
The National Library of Romania and its users
Author(s): Elena TîrzimanSubject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Asociația Bibliotecarilor din România
Keywords: National Library of Romania;functions and competences;National Heritage;business users;individual users
Summary/Abstract: The role of a national library in society is to capitalize on and preserve the national intellectual heritage by organizing, processing, access and disposal, preservation, national documentary heritage in all media. The mission, functions and the specific prerogatives of the National Library of Romania determine a special type of users. When the library meets its patrimonial function the beneficiary is society as a whole; acting as methodological body, customers are libraries of the National Library System and the system as a whole. A specific category of users are businesses mainly editorial environment, education, research and media. Individual users is an extremely heterogeneous group and come from all walks of life and all ages as an encyclopedic library.
Journal: Revista Română de Biblioteconomie și Știința Informării
- Issue Year: 6/2010
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 11-14
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English