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The history of the development of the public libraries is as old as the education in India. Here, public libraries are treated as the property of the common man. The public libraries have developed enormously in India right from the early period till date in different stages and different paces. But it is not the case with district libraries in India. The district public libraries have badly failed in serving its clientele as much as these were expected to serve due to several reasons. A vast explosion in Information, a big increase in the resources of knowledge materials readily available for each and every minute requirements, a rapid development in Information and Communication Technology, and a huge change in information seeking behavior of the people have made it compulsory to modernize the district public libraries, so that they can serve the users of these libraries in an effective way as per their likings and needs. The present study has focused on the problems of district public library services in Punjab and their prospects due to which these libraries are unable to reach the common people in the state. It also highlights the challenges of public libraries in the present day context of modern technology and throws light upon the present status of services imparted by public libraries in the state in actuality.
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