Standards for library work and service
form an essential base for planning of library and documentation systems. Areas amenable for standardization a rementioned.
Forms of standardisation, methods of setting up standards, impediments for performance standards are presented. Some important standards for the provision of library staff on the basis of library stock, current acquisition rate, number of readers to be served and financial provision in different countries, are given. Suggests a conscious utilisation of techniques in work study, time study and the principles of economics for the development of performance standards. Planning of library and
documentation systems can be made more reliable if we have a well tested performance
standards
