期刊名称：DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology
电子版ISSN：0976-4658
出版年度：2013
卷号：33
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：DESIDOC, Ministry of Defence, India
摘要：Social responsibility encompasses the sectors like health, education, employment, income and qualityof life. It should be binding on the corporate sector to work on the above aspects, which are thought to beprimary social indicators. The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in India is in a very nascent stage.It is still one of the least understood initiatives in the Indian development sector. The CSR represents aninteresting evolution and culmination of philanthropy and ethics. It is regarded as vehicle through whichcompanies give something back to the society. It involves providing innovative solutions to societal andenvironmental challenges. The corporate sector has a pivotal role to play in ensuring private investmentfl ows to those rural areas that have been left out of the development process so far and also to workfor sustainable development of rural areas in general. Public library can act as an agency for social andpersonal development and can become a positive agent for bringing change in the community. http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/djlit.33.1.3723
关键词：Corporate social responsibility, public libraries, rural development
