The Vital Role of Leisure Time in Enhancing Life Quality

Introduction

This is importance of recreational activities essay that will help to recognize changes recreational activities have brought in the perception of public towards visiting library and how the libraries are conducting recreational activities in public library.

The public libraries are social organizations or entities formed out of public funds which supports the life long learning process. They plays a vital role in the community life, and renders services. public libraries provide various functions for their users. The Public libraries provides recreational activities for public which help the users to get rid of the stress and strain of modern complex, mechanical life. The leisure activities of public library are observer and discussed in unesco's manifesto, which was literary revised in 1973 by IFLA. 

Review of Literature

Nicholson, Scott presented an article in The Library Quarterly, under the title “Playing in the Past: A History of Games, Toys and Puzzles in North American Libraries”. The aim of the article is to present the different ways the libraries have used toys, games and Puzzles over last 150 years through both collections and services. The gaming activities are major recreational media for public libraries to attract young generation to the library. The article states that gamification is an upcoming area of gaming in libraries. These gaming program have been used by libraries as a lure for patrons.

M. Satyanarayana in his book Public Library and Community Analysis included a chapter library in the community, in which he States that recreation is a fourth function of library, first education function, second information function, and third cultural function.

Recreational function is closely related to cultural function and people embrace this function when there is a leisure time to spend. Magazines and newspapers are providing in public library for recreational reading.

Studies of importance of recreational activities helps us to identify the importance of recreational activities in public library. How the recreational activities become relevant in this mechanical hurry- skurry life. This study helps to identify the reaction of the public towards the idea of organizing leisure programs, whether they are interested in participating or reluctant to corporate. The impact of recreational activities over children, and does this make them come often to the library. How retired people exercise the thought of recreational activities, and what are the impression they give to the librarian.

Conclusion

Public goes mostly to academic or reference libraries if they are in need of knowledge. And they choose public library for leisure programs and recreational reading.