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Library and Information Science textbooks of CBSE PLUS ONE and PLUS TWO

 Library and Information Science textbooks of CBSE PLUS ONE and PLUS TWO syllabus +1 textbook , 2014. Also available here . +2 textbook , June 2015 Library and Information Science Class-XI January, 2022, CBSE, Delhi Library and Information Science Class-XII January, 2022, CBSE, Delhi LIBRARY AS LEARNING RESOURCE CENTRE Library as Resource Centre , August 2013 Library Systems and Resource Management Student Handbook, Class-XII December 2016 STUDY MATERIAL Library and Information Science (836) Class - XII (2018-19)

Many quote library is heart of institution. But what is the exact source?

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  THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION COMMISSION (DECEMBER 1948 – AUGUST 1949) CHAPTER IV STANDARDS OF TEACHING XI-Libraries 50. Importance of Libraries The library is the heart of all the university's work … Both for humanistic and scientific studies, a first-class library is essential in a university.   The full text of the document is available at the websites of Education for All in India , Academics-India.com and  St Martin's Engineering College, Secunderabad .

Who said librarianship is a profession in India?

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 THE REPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION COMMISSION (DECEMBER 1948 – AUGUST 1949) VOLUME I CHAPTER VII PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 1. What is a Profession and What is Professional Education? -In a vital and rapidly evolving society the words "profession" and "professional" elude precise definition. For a long period in the West there were three recognised learned professions, theology, law and medicine. These had a prestige which was highly prized and zealously guarded.  Then architecture, and later engineering, came to be accepted as professions. With the recognition that there are numerous callings which demand disciplined and scholarly training, the designation "Profession" has come to be claimed by still other occupations. Dentistry, teaching, journalism, librarianship , forestry and nursing are some callings to which the status of profession is generally conceded in mature societies, and the list is by no means complete. p. 152 (pdf file page-157) The full ...