Abstract
Non-print materials are formats with special characteristics are need to be discussed in terms of bibliographic control and access but often overlooked An ever-increasing amount of information - covering educational and recreational interests - is being produced in a wide range of Non-print formats. As librarians our duty is to provide free and open access to all information regardless of format in which they are stored. This paper, which is based on a research titled ‘Organizing practices of non-print materials for access in special libraries of Sri Lanka', provides an overview of the availability of nonprint materials and situation of bibliographic and physical organization of non-print collections together with the librarians' attitudes towards media resources. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sllim.v1i2.433 Sri Lanka Journal of Librarianship & Information Management volume1, No.2 pp.69-81 The full text of this article is available on the NILIS website.
Highlights
Today non-print materials (NPMs) such as audiovisual materials, electronic materials etc, are competing with print material in proliferation
The literature carries a wide range of terms such as non-print materials, non book materials, audio visual materials etc when explaining the different media collections
According to Feather and Sturges “Audio visual materials is a generic term to describe information content held in storage and transmission media and formats that use images and sound rather than or sometimes in addition to textual matter
Summary
Today non-print materials (NPMs) such as audiovisual materials, electronic materials etc, are competing with print material in proliferation. According to Feather and Sturges “Audio visual materials is a generic term to describe information content held in storage and transmission media and formats that use images and sound rather than or sometimes in addition to textual matter This includes audio CD, records and tapes; photographs, slides, films and video; and formats that combine two or more of the formats. The information collected during the preliminary survey were number of items in the non-print collection of the respective library and the types (audiocassettes, videocassettes, CD ROMs etc.) of non-print materials available in their collections. The preliminary survey revealed that the availability of non-print materials in Sri Lankan special libraries was at a substandard level. According to the findings of the preliminary survey there were only 31 libraries, which included 100 or above non-print items in their collections.
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