Knowledge for all at their doorsteps Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata is the nodal agency of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India entrusted with the development of Public Library System and Services in India in collaboration with the State/ Union Territory Authorities. RRRLF Newsletter Number 3, April – September 2016 ISSN 0971-1112 From the Editor’s desk : Dear Colleagues, We have already crossed the first half of the current financial year. Lot of encouraging developments has taken place both in RRRLF and NML. Many libraries have organized various types of innovative programmes to attract children, students and youths to the library. The Ministry of Culture has taken special initiatives for the effective implementation of various NML Projects. The prototype of National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) developed by the CDAC, Pune is currently being tested with sample data. It is encouraging to note that, many State Authorities have shown interest to participate both in RRRLF and NML programmes. It is observed that many libraries have started implementing facilities for Divyang readers with the Non-Matching Financial Assistance of RRRLF. Modernization of library services is also gaining momentum. I reiterate that Public Libraries have to be strengthened in order to create access to knowledge both in print and digital form with a view to extend the facility to the common masses. Our endeavour, both in RRRLF and NML, has been to develop India as a knowledge-based society with the objective to accomplish the mission of “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat”. Lot of interesting information have been included in this edition of the “Newsletter” with a view to present before you the good practices. Kindly send your feedback for improvement of the Newsletter. Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director General, RRRLF and Additional Mission Director, NML National Conference on Public Library Movement organized by the National Mission on Libraries on 27 May, 2016, at NMML, New Delhi. अ,, आर.आर.आर.एल.एफ. के वारा 27 मई, 2016 को साववजनिक पुषकाल, आोोलि को ावावा ोेिे के ललए रारी, समेलि मद यो,े ,े य,ाख,ाि का अ। एक साथ ाैठकर ववचार का आोाि-ोाि करिे की हमारी परपरा ाचीि है। वेयोक काल मद समजा, सोठ दोससके ललए ,ुष होषे थे। गवाि ाु के पचाष स सीनष का लले लमलषा है। षलमलिाडु मद सम दो ाह ु ष पुरािा है। धाि मी जी साका साथ साकाववकास का िारा यो,ा है। ,ह सी परपरा का गा है। वेोवाणी है सीव सवोव सवो मिालस जािषाम स। ोे वागा ,थापूवे सजािािा पासषे ।। ससके पीीे ववचार ,ह है कक वाोे वाोे जा,षे षवाोध: आजकल षो टी0 वी0 मद जो ववचार ववनिम, होषा है समद ववचार कम
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Knowledge for all at their doorsteps
Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), Kolkata is the nodal agency of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India entrusted with the development of Public Library System and Services in India in collaboration with the State/ Union Territory Authorities.
RRRLF Newsletter
Number 3, April – September 2016 ISSN 0971-1112
From the Editor’s desk :
Dear Colleagues,
We have already crossed the first half of the current financial year. Lot of encouraging developments has taken place both in RRRLF and NML. Many libraries have organized various types of innovative programmes to attract children, students and youths to the library. The Ministry of Culture has taken special initiatives for the effective implementation of various NML Projects. The prototype of National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) developed by the CDAC, Pune is currently being tested with sample data. It is encouraging to note that, many State Authorities have shown interest to participate both in RRRLF and NML programmes. It is observed that many libraries have started implementing facilities for Divyang readers with the Non-Matching Financial Assistance of RRRLF. Modernization of library services is also gaining momentum. I reiterate that Public Libraries have to be strengthened in order to create access to knowledge both in print and digital form with a view to extend the facility to the common masses. Our endeavour, both in RRRLF and NML, has been to develop India as a knowledge-based society with the objective to accomplish the mission of “Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat”. Lot of interesting information have been included in this edition of the “Newsletter” with a view to present before you the good practices.
Kindly send your feedback for improvement of the Newsletter.
Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director General, RRRLF and Additional Mission Director, NML
National Conference on Public Library Movement organized by the National Mission on Libraries on 27 May, 2016, at NMML, New Delhi.
Shri Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary (Lib), Ministry of Culture Dr. B.P. Barua Dr. R. Bhattacharjee Shri P. Jayarajan, MBE Prof. Narendra Lahkar Dr. Shyamal Roy Chowdhury Dr. Murari Tapaswi Dr. G Mahesh
Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director General, RRRLF and Additional Mission Director, NML - Chief Editor
Shri Soumen Sarkar, Deputy Director (II&M), Coordinator News collection : Field Officers, Field Assistants, Statistical Assistant. Design & Compilation : Ms Papri Chakraborty, Mr R. N. Jha, Mr Saroj Kr. Kerketta, Ms Ankita Bose, Mr Surendra Kumar Mahato.
The 93rd meeting of the Foundation was held on the 21st June, 2016 at the Conference Hall of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. The Foundation, inter alia,
decided to make suitable amendment in the Memorandum of Association of the RRRLF. The Foundation also decided to publish the project report of Prof. P. B. Mangla, Tagore National Fellow, namely “Public Library Service in Delhi: Present Status and Development Plan 2010-2020”.
Administrative Committee The 99th meeting of the Administrative Committee was held on the 20th June, 2016 at the Conference Hall of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. The Administrative Committee, inter alia, decided that cost of freight, insurance, installation of equipment, other ancillary and incidental expenses and annual maintenance contracts may be covered under the Matching Assistance Schemes. The Administrative Committee authorized Chairman to make suitable amendments in the rules of Matching and Non-Matching Schemes. In accordance with this decision, the rules and extent of assistance of the schemes are being amended.
RRRLF Memorial Lecture 2016
RRRLF Memorial Lecture was delivered by Prof
Swapan Kumar Chakravorty, Distinguished
Professor in the Humanities, Presidency University,
Kolkata and former Professor of English, Jadavpur
University on the 23rd May, 2016 at the Conference
Hall of RRRLF. He spoke on the Changing Reading
Habits in India.
World Environment Day observed on 5th
June, 2016 at RRRLF
RRRLF celebrated the World Environment Day on
the 5th June, 2016 at its office, Kolkata. Lectures on
“Conservation of Environment” were delivered by
Shri Brij Kishore Sharma, Chairman, RRRLF, Shri
Baldeo Bhai Sharma, Chairman, NBT, Dr. J. K. Bajaj
and Dr. Avani Jesh Awasthi, Members, Book
Selection Committee, RRRLF.
International Yoga Day observed on 21st
June, 2016 at RRRLF
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A yoga camp was organized on the occasion of the International Yoga Day at RRRLF in collaboration with the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIS), Salt Lake, Kolkata.
Hindi Day celebrated at RRRLF
का,ावल,ीि का,ों मद यह्ोी के प्र,ोे के ललए जाेरूकषा लािे की दृक्ष्टटयसे आर.आर.आर.एल.एफ. के का,ावल, मद 16 लसषम्ार, 2016 को ''यह्ोी योवस'' समारोह मिा,ा े,ा। सस अवसर पर यह्ोी का,व ाला एव अ्, का,वक्रमों का गी आ,ोजि कक,ाkे,ा।
Swachh Bharat Initiative
As part of Swachh Bharat Initiative, special cleaning drive and awareness programmes were organized at RRRLF Office, Kolkata.
Events
IPLM Conference 2016 : The Indian Public Library Movement (IPLM) as a multi-stakeholder initiative aims to support the efforts of the Government of India in transforming public libraries to address the knowledge needs of the communities. Through this movement, NASSCOM Foundation seeks to revitalise and transform public libraries into Inclusive Knowledge and Information Centres and make the benefits of
digital technology available to millions of Indians who do not have access to computers and internet.
IPLM would reach out to millions of users through 100 district libraries by providing them community need-based services, such as computer classes, access to online information on agriculture and health, a safe place for students to study and learning opportunities to the people of all ages. IPLM Secretariat, hosted by the NASSCOM Foundation, organized a One-day Conference on 29 September 2016 in New Delhi to release the Report of the IPLM Conference held on 7-8 March 2016. The Conference was attended by Shri N.K Sinha, Secretary, Shri Pankaj Rag, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Director General, RRRLF and other dignitaries.
Zonal News
Eastern Zone :
Restoration of rare documents of Bangiya Sahitya Parisad The Ministry of Culture has sanctioned a special fund to the Bangiya Sahitya Parisad for restoration of manuscripts, rare books and punthis preserved by the library. Hon’ble President inaugurated the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of the literary society. In 1893, The Bengal Academy of Literature was started on the sprawling campus of the
Sovabazar Rajbari, which was later renamed as Bangiya Sahitya Parisad, at 243/1, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700009. The first president and vice president of the Parisad were Romesh Chunder Dutt and Rabindranath Tagore respectively. Among the members were luminaries like Satyendranath Tagore and Ishwarchandra Vidyasagar. The library has large number of original manuscripts and rare books including one of the oldest surviving Bengali punthi and several original Tibetan and Persian manuscripts.
The Parisad is a rare resource where some of the greatest tomes in Bengali literature were published. The library is a treasure trove of thousands of research publications, manuscripts and original punthis that remain the rarest heritage material. RRRLF has already started digitization of rare documents and development of a digital repository at Bangiya Sahitya Parisad Library.
Bandipur Palli Pathagar – Centenary Celebration
Bandipur Palli Pathagar, a Rural Library located in Haripal, Hooghly, West Bengal observed Centenary Celebration during 1-4 September, 2016 to commemorate the completion of 100 years of public library services with the financial assistance of RRRLF. Various programmes were organized during four days of the celebration. The programme was inaugurated by the Honb’le Minister of Mass Education and Library Services, Govt. of West
Bengal. Shri Soumen Sarkar, Deputy Director, RRRLF was also present at the occasion.
Computerization in Friend’s Club Library, Howrah
Friend’s Club Library, Howrah, HN Nag Road, G.I.P
Colony, Jagacha, Santragachi, West Bengal - 711112
has done a commendable job of retro conversion
work with the financial assistance from RRRLF. The
library has automated its catalogue data using
KOHA software. The library has also established
RRRLF Children’s Corner, Career Guidance, Women
and Senior Citizen Section.
[Comp. by: Shri S. Chakrabarti, FA, EZO]
North East Zone :
Celebration of Librarians’ Day
A two days’ programme for the celebration of
Librarians’ Day was organized by the Directorate of
Library Services, Assam in collaboration with RRRLF
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on 10 and 12 August in 2016. Shri Preetam Saikai,
IAS, Commissioner & Secretary to the Govt. of
Assam, Cultural Affairs Department was the Chief
Guest. He released the Annual Newsletter published
by the Directorate of Library Services, Assam. Prof.
Naren Sharma, retired Head of the Department of
Library and Information Science of Guwahati
University was the Guest of Honour. On the first
day, story-telling, recitation and essay competitions
were held among school students. A seminar on the
theme “Digitization of Rare Books” was also
organised.
[Comp. by: Shri R. K. Shaw, FA, NEZO]
Establishment of Differently Abled Section in District Libraries of Assam
Dedicated sections for specially-abled readers have
been established in District Library Tinsukia, District
Library Jorhat, District Library Barpeta, District
Library Karimgunj and Dispur Branch Library with
the financial assistance of RRRLF.
[Comp. by: Shri R. K. Shaw, FA, NEZO]
Northern Zone:
Allahabad Public Library Allahabad Public Library also known as Thornhill Mayne Memorial Library is situated at Alfred Park in Allahabad. Established in 1864, it is one of the biggest libraries in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
The library currently has a collection of over 1.25 lakh books, including a rich collection of manuscripts and books in different languages including Hindi, Urdu, English and Bangla. The library subscribes to 40 periodicals and 28 newspapers. It has a collection of old government publications, parliamentary papers, gazettes and blue books of the 19th century, old manuscripts, journals etc. The prized possession of the library is the manuscripts of Shahnama in Persian written by Firdausi, Upanishada translated by Dara Shikoh, son of Mughal Empreror Shajahan and Raghuvansh Tika written in Sanskrit. It has 21 Arbaic manuscripts, including Harkat-ul-Lughat complied by Habibullah, Alqtubun Nahri. Many eminent personalities like Motilal Nehru, Madan Mohan Malviya, CY Chintamani, Jawaharlal Nehru, GB Pant were members of the library. Website : www.allahabadpublib.org
Branch Library, Thanjai Nagaram Thanjai Nagaram Branch Library in Thanjavur District,Tamil Nadu was established in 1967. It has its own building with a space of 1617 sqft. The library has 4737 members. There are 43,234 books in its collection. This library is used by 90-100 readers every day and about 50-60 books are issued per day. The library during its Annual Function organises various programmes for the children such
as Speech competition, Competition
of memory on
“Thirukkural” by Children,
Chess competition,
drawing competition, Storytelling and quiz Competition. Members of the library organised Plantation programme to create environmental awareness among the citizens. Children’s Corner has been established in the library with the financial assistance of RRRLF. The children’s corner is well equipped with LCD TV, Computer sets, children books and furniture specially designed for the children.
[Comp. by: Shri A. K. Sen, FA, SZO]
District Central Library, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Thanjavur District Central Library is situated in the
heart of the ancient city of Thanjavur. Thanjavur,
formerly Tanjore, is an important centre of South
Indian religion, art, and architecture made by the
Cholas of south India in the state of Tamil Nadu. The
library was established in 1951 and the library
building is spread over 15,590 sqft area. The library
has 33,709 members and a collection of 1,91,041
books. Reference section is the main attraction of
this library. About 60-80 students use this section
every day
for
different
competitive
exams like
Bank PO,
Bank
Clerical, TNPSC, IAS etc. This reference section itself
has a stock of about 45,000 books. Every year 6-8
students get through different competitive exams
using this reference library.
[Comp. by: Shri A. K. Sen, FA, SZO]
Western Zone :
Saraswat Sabha Library : Not only a library but also a union of Bengalis in Nagpur
Bengali Culture is
preserved in Nagpur
by Saraswat Sabha
Library, located at
Dhantoli, Nagpur.
The library was
established in 1917.
There are more than 15000 books in Bengali,
English, Hindi and Maratha. The building of the
library is three-storied having floor area of about
3000 sq. feet in each floor. It remains open every
day from 08 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 06:30 p.m. to 09:30
p.m. except Sunday.
This library is a daily attendance spot for the Bengali
Community of Nagpur, not only for reading Bengali
books, periodicals, newspapers, but also to
participate in different socio cultural activity
conducted by the library authority. The library
receives various types of assistance from the RRRLF.
[Comp. by: Shri D. Chatterjee, FA, WZO]
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Number 3, April – September 2016 Page 8
Workshop Organized by Thirty Five (35) districts of Maharashtra
Workshop was organized in 35 districts of
Maharashtra to aware the librarians regarding
implementation of schemes of RRRLF for
development of Public Libraries by the Directorate
of Libraries, Government of Maharashtra with the
assistance of RRRLF, Kolkata, during August –
October, 2016. The librarians and library activists of
the respective districts attended the workshop.
Information booklets in Marathi regarding the
Schemes of RRRLF were distributed among the
participants.
Sri Kiran Dhandore, Director of Libraries,
Maharashtra was present in most of the workshops.
Dr. Arun Kumar Chakraborty, Director General,
RRRLF, who was present at the workshop of
Osmanabad, explained the audience how a public
library could enrich a society. Sri Soumen Sarkar,
Deputy Director, RRRLF inaugurated the workshops
of Nagpur and Nashik. Sri Anant Wagh, Field Officer
(West Zone) and Sri Dipanjan Chatterjee, Field
Assistant (West Zone) also attended the workshops
and made presentation on various schemes of
RRRLF. Representatives from the District Library
Associations also attended the workshops.
Sri P.M. Takte, Deputy Secretary, Higher & Technical
Education, Govt. of Maharashtra welcomed the
initiatives taken by RRRLF to uplift the public
libraries.
[Comp. by: Shri D. Chatterjee, FA, WZO]
State Central Library, Mumbai celebrated the tree plantation drive for greener Maharashtra
Tree plantation programme was celebrated in the
State Central Library, Town Hall, Mumbai along with
its four (04) sub-centres on 1st July, 2016 with great
enthusiasm. The “Green Maharashtra” drive was
launched in the presence of the Devendra Fadnavis,
Hon’ble Chief Minister and Prakash Jawdekar,
Union Minister of State for Environment in the State
Central Library.
All the staff of the SCL, Mumbai joined the programme.