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The National Mission on Libraries India , an initiative of the Ministry of Culture under Government of India , works to modernise and digitally link nearly 9,000 libraries across India to provide readers access to books and information. The project costs around 1000 crores.[1][2]The scheme was approved by Government on 28.11.2013 and the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee launched the National Mission on Libraries on February 3, 2014 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. [2]

Background

The National Knowledge Commission gave 10 recommendation on libraries in its 2011 report. Based on these recommendations Indian government started [3] National Mission on Libraries under the Indian Ministry of Culture.Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture will be the central agency for the National Mission on Libraries for administrative, logistics, planning and budgeting purposes.[2]

Proposed initiatives

Under the scheme, six libraries under the Culture Ministry, 35 Central Libraries in states and 35 District Libraries are to be developed as model libraries , with emphasis on developing these libraries in economically backward districts. Further, 629 district libraries across the states would be provided network connectivity. For setting up of the model libraries, existing libraries would be identified in consultation with the state governments to improve infrastructure and upgrade technology used by them.The scheme also intends to create a National Virtual Library of India (NVLI) to facilitate a comprehensive database on digital resources, carry out a census on the resources available in the libraries and conduct a study on the reading habits in different regions of the country. [2]


Working groups

Mission has four working groups for its main advisory function. These are:

  • Upgrade of Existing Public Libraries, School/College libraries and use of school libraries as community libraries chaired by Shri B S Baswan.
  • Library and Information Science Education, Training and Research Facilities chaired by Prof. A R D Prasad.
  • Setting up the National Virtual Library, Networking and ICT applications in libraries, chaired by Dr. H K Kaul.
  • National Census of Libraries, Content Creation and Community Information Centers, chaired by Dr. Subbiah Arunachalam.

References

  1. ^ Our Special Correspondent (2012-05-28). "Rs 1000cr library mission". Telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b c d "National Mission on Libraries Launched by President Shri Pranab Mukherjee" (Press release). Press Information Bureau , Government of India. 3 February 2014. {{cite press release}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ^ "About : NML". Indiaculture.nic.in. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
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