MILAN

The Role of the Rural Public Library in Community Development and Empowerment 

It is believed that a rural library has an advantage over other communication channels such as media and printed materials in that it can deliver highly personalized services to the village people by:

• helping the rural children and adults to maintain knowledge gained from their education;

• helping a rural community to understand the social, political and economic endeavours of the country and nation building efforts;

• helping in the development of wholesome family life, providing materials about social, economic and health care development; and

• inspiring members of the community to read, to use books, information and knowledge access,and to enjoy all materials in the library for education and recreation.