Papers by Basudeb Adhikary
Multiculturism is a very important concept in library and information science, and it has emerged... more Multiculturism is a very important concept in library and information science, and it has emerged recently. The Santal tribes are one of the largest tribal groups in South Asia and Santali female students are not much progressive. Therefore, to bring them in the mainstream, and to socially include them there, the academic libraries play an important role. A college library has been chosen to demonstrate how these students are helped by the librarian and his staff to be made socially inclusive. The role of this library in solving the multicultural issue is reflected in this paper.
India is the home of about 1.21 billion populations originating from various ethnic as well as ra... more India is the home of about 1.21 billion populations originating from various ethnic as well as racial groups like Indo-Aryan, Dravidian, Mongoloid, Aryo-Dravidian, Mongolo-Dravidian, Scytho-Dravidian, Turko-Iranian etc. Among these populations, we have approximately 540 tribal groups representing about 8.6% of the total population. Each of these tribal groups has their own indigenous culture, social structure or religious belief. It is easy to understand the difficulty in living together peacefully with so much diverse cultures. The cementing substance which binds these diverse communities together is known as the social cohesion. In this paper, we will discuss about social cohesion, various problems of hetero-ethnicity and lastly we will try to identify various
International Journal of Research in Library Science, 2021
Public libraries are cultural centres. They serve as a catalyst for socio-cultural and educationa... more Public libraries are cultural centres. They serve as a catalyst for socio-cultural and educational development by providing access to information and knowledge. Therefore they can play a vital role in country's development .Tourism is a large industry and is an integral part of the development of the economic condition of a country. Local tourism benefits local infrastructure and local community. The paper aims to find the importance of public library in local tourism and designs a local history collection format for a public library.
Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science, 2016
In the present world, the chief concern of all countries is to minimise the societal difference b... more In the present world, the chief concern of all countries is to minimise the societal difference between people and to provide a sustainable development to all of them. All social organisations are working towards achieving the objectives. In this respect, a term is being used repetitively by social development theorists and policy-makers-social cohesion. In this paper, we will introduce the concept of social cohesion and find out the cohesion indicators. In the later part, we will introduce another social organisation-community library. Then, we willtry to find out how these social cohesion indicators can be enhanced by the activities of community library.
International Journal of Research in Library Science, 2021
Trust is an important binding force in society. Without the presence of it, the relational fabric... more Trust is an important binding force in society. Without the presence of it, the relational fabric of the society would be distorted. Trust can be present among individuals as well as between individual and institutions. In the present study, we are interested in the relation between trust and academic librariesone of the oldest social institutions of the world. We have done our study upon students of an undergraduate college and their responses were recorded regarding twenty six variables in a four point Likert scale. We did correlation analysis of the data set and tabulated them. We found a strong to moderate correlation between academic library outcomes and trust.
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Papers by Basudeb Adhikary