(19 Oct 2024) Established in 1937, the Supreme Court Judges Library (of India) has grown into one of the largest law libraries in Asia, housing over 3,80,000 legal documents, rare legal manuscripts, and the cutting-edge tools of modern legal research. But what truly makes this library remarkable is the vision that drives it forward.…
The collection, assembled over three months and spanning 12 languages, includes Mahatma Gandhi’s collected works, publications such as Harijan and Young India and audio recordings. (26 Aug 2024) The Servants of Knowledge, a non-profit group, has announced that 11,720 books from the library of Bengaluru’s Gandhi Bhavan have been digitized as part of the All…
(13 Aug 2024) The state observed the Librarian Day of August 12 to mark the birth anniversary of Dr S R Ranganathan, considered the father of Library Science in India. A special program was organized in the Bir Chandra State Central Library. Dilip Kumar Das, Head Librarian of Bir Chandra State Central Library presided over…
(8 May 2024) Asia-Pacific Member States newly inscribed 20 items during the 2024 cycle of the Memory of the World Regional Register at the 10th General Meeting of the Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP), which was convened from 7 to 8 May, in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Genealogical records were…
(14 Apr 2024) The Free Libraries Network (FLN), a collective of more than 250 libraries around South Asia, released a policy memo ‘The People’s National Library Policy 2024’, drawn from years of coordination and activism at the grassroots level, to bolster a movement they believe to be the foundation of the Indian Constitution’s ideals of…
(21 Mar 2024) “We help connect idle books to hungry minds,” reads a statement on the website of Hyderabad-based Food4Thought Foundation (food4thoughtfoundation.org). Formed in 2015 as a bridge connecting individuals who want to donate books idling on their shelves and educational institutions and those seeking books to open a small library, the organization has helped set up 622…
(28 Feb 2024) In this issue of IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Division Newsletter, Malaysian Libraries: Transforming Communities Through Citizen Science Building a Digital Network of Chinese Ancient Books” Chinese Ancient Books Resources Database Construction and Services Innovation for Enhanced Smart Library Services Implementation and Response to SDGs by a Public Library: Innovative AR Picture…
(22 Feb 2024) Vikramshila Education has announced the launch of its first platform, Aakashganga Open, which aims to help disseminate research and democratise access to knowledge while championing affordability, transparency, and community engagement. Aakashganga Open is designed to host mega journals alongside journals published by societies, institutes, and universities keen on embracing open-access publishing. What…
(3 Dec 2023) The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India is planning to create a library in which all books and manuscripts related to medicine and surgery in ancient India will be available. It has called for experts from the medical field and other disciplines to help identify and collect the books and manuscripts for…
(25 Oct 2023) On a bright sunny day in August, in a second-floor room at the Gandhi Bhavan Museum in Bengaluru, workers sit in front of five giant tabletop scanners, lining up books and flipping pages with foot pedals. The museum building houses the largest reference library for Gandhian philosophy in the state of Karnataka,…