- Delhi Public Library
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Delhi Public Library Country India Type Public Established 1951 Location New Delhi Branches 35+ Collection Items collected Books, NewspaperPeriodicals, Braille Books, Paintings, Digital Media, Gramophone Records Size 1.5M Legal deposit National Depository Centre Access and use Circulation 1M Members 52,000 Other information Budget INR 139M Director Dr. Anjana Chattopadhyay, Dr. Banwari Lal Staff 451 Website www.dpl.gov.in Delhi Public Library is a national depository library in Delhi, India, it has over 35 branches across the state.
The one of the branches of the library is located on S.P. Mukherjee Marg, opposite the Old Delhi Railway Station.
History
The Library was established in 1951 as a pilot project sponsored by UNESCO and the Government of India. The library project dates back to 1944,when Shri Ramkrishna Dalmia donated most of the amount required to construct a library building at the request of Gen. Sir Claude Auchinleck. In February 1950 the Indian government and UNESCO agreed to initiate the project, and the library was officially opened on 27 October 1951, by then Prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The library buildings were acquired between 1951 and 1953, with operations formally transferred from UNESCO to the Indian Government in 1955. The library provides training facilities to student librarians and social eduction workers from its early days[1].
Facilities
As a depository library it receives a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. The users are free to use the library and books upon one time subscription. The library has a network of branches in Delhi as well as mobile branches with following free to use facilities upon refundable security deposit[2][3]
- Collection of more than 18 Lakh books in English, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and other languages
- All main branches has children section with an exclusive branch for children at jor Bagh
- Braille library for the visually impaired
- Prison library for Tihar Central Prison
- Free internet service
- DVD media collection
References
Categories:- Library and information science stubs
- New Delhi
- Public libraries in India
- 1951 establishments in India
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