ALAP(2021-22)

 

ANNUAL LIBRARY ACTIVITY PLAN (ALAP)

                                                     SESSION : 2021-22

 

S. No.	Event	Proposed Months/ Periodicity	Activities
01	IMPORTANT DAYS CELEBRATION A)     International Children’s Book Day (02 April) B)     World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) C)     Hindi Fortnight (September) D)     International School Library Day (ISLD) & Month (Oct)	As and when they fall	Exhibition, Book competition, Discussions, Meet the Author programmes, literary activities, assembly programs etc.
02	Book Exhibitions Birthdays of important laureate may be celebrated	As and when they fall	Exhibition of books in the library.
03	Functional Activities	April	i.        Library Orientation sessions ii.      Preparation of Book Issue Cards iii.    Constitution of Library Committee and Reader’s Club iv.     Preparation of the List of books/ documents recommended for condemnation/ weeding out. v.       Issue of books for Class Libraries vi.     Final reminder of overdue books vii.   Preparation of List of books for binding
		May-June	i.        Preparation and display of List of defaulters ii.      Auction of written off books iii.    Submission of defaulter’s List to the office, iv.     Data collection for updating the member database v.       Preparation of Library/School ID Cards
		July	i.        Starting the circulation of books ii.      Meeting of Library Committee iii.    Meeting of Reader’s Club iv.     Meeting of Class library Book selection Committee v.       Renewal of subscription to periodicals vi.     Publication of Library Bulletin/ Newsletter
		August	i.        Preparation of book suggestion/ recommendation Lists ii.      Selection of books by visiting the local book shops by the Committee members
		September	i.        Career Development Programme ii.      Meeting of Library Committee

		October	i.        Publication of Libr ary Bulletin/ Newsletter ii.      Preparation and display of List of defaulters
		December	i.        Updating student’s database ii.      Organizing programmes for class Libraries
Next Year
		January	i.      User awareness programme on Exam oriented resources in the Library
		February	i.        Returning of class library books ii.      Reminders to defaulters iii.    Stopping the circulation of books to students iv.     Meeting of Library Committee
		March	Stock verification
4	Other Routine Functional Activities
	Book Fairs	03 times a year	In collaboration with external agencies
	Preparation of Library statistics	Quarterly	As per the Library Policy
	Checking of Library note books	Regularly	Class VI-IX
	Display of New Arrival List	Regularly	As and when needed
	Retro conversion of documents	Regularly	As and when needed and parallel to other activities.
	Disposal of old newspapers and magazines	Quarterly	As per the rules
	Books/document selection and accessioning	As and when needed	Acquisition of resources shall be a dynamic activity and followed under the supervision of Library Committee
	Screening of VCDs	Once in a month	Screening of Educational and issue based VCDs for primary children
	Reader’s Club activities	Whole academic year	Seminars, Exhibitions, displa ys, competitions, Meet the Author, Book discussions
	Know your Library Programmes (Library orientation)	Once in a month	Tour to the library to understand its resources and activities
	Library Blogs, Digital library	Regularly	Updating and maintenance
	Best Reader Awards	Once in a year	For best library users from each class. Distributed on the Annual Day function