NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF INDIA,Calcutta
Brief about National Library :
The National library foremost among the
libraries in India ,is one of the four designated libraries entitled to receive
under the Delivery Book and Newspapers(Public Libraries)Act 1954,a copy of
every Publication published anywhere in the country .the Library is Permanent
depository of all reading and printed materials produced in India or written by
any foreigner wherever published and in whatever language .The National library
of India is situated in Kolkata .is
the largest library in India by Volume, and India’s Library of Public record .
Its is Under the Ministry Of Culture
, Govt. Of India .The Library is Designated to collect, Disseminate and
preserve printed material produced in India . Know
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Useful Information -
Building
Opening Time
Monday
- Friday – 8:00-20:00
Saturday
– Sunday - 09:00-18:00
Reading
Rooms Opening Time
Bhasha Bhavan 1st Floor & Annexe 2nd
Floor
Monday
– Friday – 09:30 – 18:00
Saturday
– Sunday – 09:30- 18:00
Bhasha
Bhavan 2nd Floor (EPRR) & Old Newspaper (RR)
Monday
– Friday – 09:30-18:00
Saturday
– Sunday – 09:30-18:00
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DIVISIONS :
Professional
Divisions
Conservation Divisions
Administrative Divisions.
Conservation Divisions
Administrative Divisions.
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Administration
The
National Library has a separate administrative wing. The Garden and the
Security divisions are also part it.
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History :
The history of National library began with
the formation of the Calcutta Public
Library in 1836. That was non-
governmental institution and was run on a property basis people contributing
(US$4.20) in subscription became the Proprietors .Lord Metcalfe the Governor at that time Transferred 4675 Vol. From the library of the College of Fort William, Calcutta to
the Calcutta Public library.
The Calcutta Public Library had a unique
position as the first public library in this part of the world. Such a well
organized and efficiently run library was rare even in Europe during the first
half of the 19th Century.
In 1954 accordance to Delivery of Books act
every publishers have to submit 4 copy of their publication for growing up the
collection of information of information source in library and to preserve it
for upcoming generation. Each 4 copies goes in to respectively in
1
.Kolkata 2.Tamilnadu, 3.
Mumbai, 4. Delhi.
The Imperial Library
The
Imperial Library was formed in 1891 by combining a number of Secretariat
libraries in Calcutta Amalgamation of CPL and Imperial
Library :
in 1903 Lord Curzon of Kedeston, the Viceroy of India, Conceived the
idea of opening a library of the use of the public. He Noticed both the
Libraries – Imperial Library and Calcutta Public library – were under utilized
for the want of facilities of restrictions. He decided to amalgamate the rich
collection of both these libraries.
The new amalgamated library, called Imperial
Library was Formally opened to the public on 30 January 1903 at Metcalfe Hall
Calcutta.
Declaring
the Imperial Library to National library :
After the
independence the Government of India changed the name of the Imperial Library
as the National Library and the collection was shifted from The Esplanade to
the present Belvedere Estate. On 1Fab.1953 The National Library was opened
to the public. It was opened to Public by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, and B. S. Kesavan was appointed the First
librarian of
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Services & Membership :
Membership :
There
are Three Type of members
Reading
Room Member
Lending
Member
Daily
Card Member
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Journals and
Newspaper Under DB Act : Click Here
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Collection :
Library has separate
Indian Language divisions for Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada
Kashmiri, Malayalam Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu,
and Urdu. Sanskrit language divisions also collect and processes Pali and
Praknt Books English books published in India are collect under DB Act.Know more – Click Here
Publications :
The Library has special division for
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Rare Other collection :
The National Library has an impressive number of rare books
and other reading materials. With the recommendations of the Review Committee,
the present Rare Books Division started functioning as a separate division in
December, 1973 under the charge of an Assistant Library & Information
Officer after shifting of Rare Books Division to its new premises on Bhasha
Bhavan Basement, National Library Kolkata from 1st February, 2013.
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- Library Catalogue : Click Here
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Kanpur Institute Of Technology
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