Public Libraries and Community Information Services: An Experience in Blocks of Sundarban Region, South 24 Parganas

Public libraries are called people’s university. The objective of this paper is to examine the relationship between public library and Community Information Services (CIS) in various blocks of Sundarban region, of South 24 Parganas district. Community Information Services is one through which a public library provides community information to members of the community it serves. This paper also discusses Community Library cum Information Centres (CLICs). Examining the librarians’ as well as users’ perspectives, an effort has been made to offer some suggestions.