Audio-Visual Libraries at Doordarshan Centres of Gujarat: A Study

Abstract

Public Service broadcasting is an important instrument for any country for total development of society. The developing countries like India have a special vision to utilize the capabilities of two main entities of public broadcasting i.e. all India radio and Doordarshan (Television). Doordarshan is one of the most popular instruments for the development of the nation.

The network of DD centres is established throughout the nation to cover maximum population at a time. All DD stations with studio centres are producing programmes for telecast. The programmes are preserved in libraries at particular centre. Doordarshan Libraries have a rich collection of Audio Visual materials. Gujarat is one of the most developed states of India with a national heritage of Art and culture. The Tape Libraries with audio-visual materials at Doordarshan Centres of Gujarat are observed here. Audio-Visual materials need a special treatment, physically and content wise. Extra care is required for maintaining the materials in these libraries. The materials, the content and the users of these libraries are special. The content management system and the information retrieval system of the libraries are different from other audio-visual libraries and also from other telecast media libraries. How the tape Libraries are managed in DD Centres of Gujarat is explored in this study and the working system of audio visual libraries is discussed in detail.