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public library

Public libraries are primarily institutions of basic learning having a mission which involves in providing collection and services to meet information needs of local community. These serve as local gateway to knowledge and information and provide conditions for lifelong learning, community development and independent decision making by an individual. Majority of population in India lives in rural areas where new technologies are not within the reach of people, that is why a gap has widened between information rich and information deprived community. The paper also discuss how internet and web technologies have paved the way of interactive communication between libraries and its clients whereby a remote user can be connected by several technical options in a more affordable manner. An attempt has also been made here to provide a futuristic vision of ICT enabled public library services in India to help the entire rural as well as urban community especially unprivileged masses.