[LIS-Forum] "First computerised library in country to be inau gurated"

[sathya]

There is already a public library in Bangalore to claim credit as the first
library.
Last year, the City Central Library (West), Vijayanagar, launched itself as
a computerized library with internet connectivity, OPAC etc.


Sathya
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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=96567
 
First computerised library in country to be inaugurated 23rd August 2004.
 
Bashir Pathan 
 
Gandhinagar, August 22: The Gandhinagar District Library will earn the
distinction of being the first computerised library in the country, when it
will be thrown open for the general public at a function here on August 24,
to be organised by the State Youth and Culture Department. 

The computerisation of the library, with Internet connectivity, has been
done by the State Directorate of Libraries, under a project funded by
Kolkata-based Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation under the Union Human
Resources Development Ministry. It is envisaged, under the project, to
introduce computerisation in all government district libraries in the state.

 
Director of Libraries A F Shaikh told Express Newsline on Saturday that
computerisation of district libraries in five of the 26 districts was over,
which included Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mehsana, Bharuch and Junagadh. The
Gandhinagar library would be the first to be inaugurated on August 24 by
Education Minister Anandiben Patel, who also holds the Youth and Culture
portfolio. 

Shaikh said the process of computerising the remaining district libraries
was on and would be over by March next year, while the computerisation of
two central libraries - one each in Gandhinagar and Vadodara - would be
completed under the project by the end of this year. 

All district and central libraries would have internet facilities and be
connected with the G-SWAN (Gujarat State Wide Area Network) under the
Centre-aided project. ''Once the system is in place, a book-lover will be
able to avail a book of his choice sitting at home from any district
library. He has to just surf a list of books posted by the Directorate on
the Internet and place an order for that book,'' he explained. 

Asked, the director said postal charges for dispatching of books to the
readers would be borne by the concerned government district library
authorities. The reader has to dole out a meagre Rs 40 as one-time deposit
to register himself with the government library of a district. 

The directorate has received a Rs 1.50-crore grant from the Kolkata-based
Foundation under the project to purchase computers, hardware, software,
colour TVs, VCRs and create other infrastructure facilities at the district
and central libraries being computerised with internet linking. 

The Foundation has accepted the government's proposal to provide grant of Rs
4 lakh to help charitable trusts set up taluka or village-level libraries.
The government has also plans to computerise its nine brail libraries in
Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Visnagar, Idar, Bhachau, Ahmedabad and, Mehamdabad. 

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