Colleges of Education in Gujarat have been in existence since 1948, the oldest one being A.G. Teachers Training College Ahmedabad. They were established with a view to building future generation of teachers. The College library contributes crucially towards achieving this goal. There is a widespread feeling that the resources and services of the libraries of these colleges of education have not been put to the optimum use. There may be many reasons to explain this lacuna. In order to get the feedback information of the stakeholder, user surveys were used. The feedback helps in presenting the state-of-the affairs as well as in chalking out the future planning."Resources and Services of College of Education Libraries of Gujarat: A Study" has been undertaken for the pursuit of doctoral research. Though conducting user survey is quite a daunting task, it provides the overall picture of the use of the resources and services of the libraries of the colleges of education under study.

This seven-volume set offers a core collection of hand-selected titles in 58 curriculum-specific subject areas. Volumes are organized into broad subject areas such as Humanities, Languages and Literature, History, Social Sciences and Professional Studies, Science and Technology, and Interdisciplinary and Area Studies. The seventh volume provides helpful cross-referencing indexes which explain the relationship between RCL subject taxonomy and LC ranges. New to this edition are the inclusion of interdisciplinary subject areas and the selection of electronic resources and web sites essential for undergraduate library collections. Non-book selections will be easily identified by a graphic indicator included in the item record. All selections will be assigned an audience level marker indicating whether the title is most appropriate for lower-division undergraduate, upper-division undergraduate, faculty, or general readership. Records will also include a notation if they previously appeared in BCL3 (Books for College Libraries, 1988) or have been reviewed by Choice.