The library is an important social Institution, serving society in several ways. It has various functions including Educational, informational, economic and cultural aspects. A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing. It provides physical or digital access to material and may be a physical building or room, or a virtual space, or both.
A library may have collections of printed materials like books, Periodicals, journals, newspapers, maps, manuscripts, and microforms, etc and E-resources like E-books, E-journals, E-databases, and other formats.