Kerala State Central Library

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1. State Central Library , Kerala : A brief history and activities By Shobhana P K State Librarian

2. State Central Library- History     State Central Library previously known as Trivandrum Public Library is established in 1829. The library is started by the then British Resident Col. Cadogan , who was the grandson of Sir Hans Sloan, the founder of the British Library & Museum In 1900 new building of Victorian Architecture is done .

3. State Central Library : Milestones In 1958 Trivandrum Public library give the status of State Central Library . 1n 1988 , State Central Library become a minor department under Higher Education . In 2004 , a new building for children’s section is added. In 2010, the British library collection added as a separate section.

4. State Central Library : Milestones In 2018, third building in the compound is inaugurated in the same Victorian style In this building the new section for Visually impaired , digital collection , E resources and Fiction will function

5. Collection and General Services A collection of 4.6 Lakhs of books Old news papers from 1975 Government Gazettes from 1903 Collection of CDs, Videos More than 1 Lakh members Around 30,000 potential users Per day 2000 book issue, etc

6. Rare and Valuable Unique Collection The oldest book in the library is “ Righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the great” published in 1569

7. Gazette Digitization Historically; socially these documents are very important old collection of the library. Gazettes from Different Times and Different Governments

8. Gazette Collection They are St. George Gazettes, Travancore Gazettes (1903), Travancore-Kochi Gazettes (1942) and Kerala Gazettes (1956)

9. Amount spend on Gazette Digitization Year Gazette Pages Amount (Rs in Lakhs ) 2010- 11 1903-1935 2,33,968 40 2011-12 1935- 1954 2,33,968 40 2012- 13 1955- 1973 4,11,064 70 2013- 14 1973 - 1985 2,44,337 39.99 2014- 15 1985 – 2005 4,88,698 79.99 2015-16 2006-2014 299452 50 Total 3.2Crore

10. ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE

11. Koha

12. State Central Library SMS service

13. State Central Library SMS service The development of the driver was made possible by the funding support of the State Librarian, State Central Library with acting as the facilitator. Any Koha library in the state of Kerala who are eligible to use the eSMS Kerala SMS service (provided by KSITM) can now freely implement SMS support using this driver.

14. Public libraries Role in Social inclusion Public Libraries being the institutions where people from all walks of life interact , Libraries should play a catalytic role in facilitating the full participation of people who are excluded from the society .

15. Being Inclusive means ….. It is a multi-dimensional process aimed at creating conditions which enable full and active participation of every member of the society in all aspects of life, including civic, social, economic, and political activities, as well as participation in decision- making processes.

16. State Central Library New Columns introduced What is your Gender ? Male Female What is your Gender ? Male Female Transgender Other Sex (Specify )

17. First Transgender Friendly library in India : State Central Library, Kerala Kerala Education Minister Prof. C Raveendranath presents first membership card to transgender activist Sheetal Shyam in an event to be organised at the library on November 14, 2016 Sheethal Shyam

18. On September 6,2018 , Supreme Court issued historic ruling confirming the right of the Country’s LGBT people to express their sexuality without discrimination

19. Book Reading community is the first priority for State Central Library Queue in the Circulation counter Old reading room

20. MALAYALAM LITERARY COMMUNITY

21. EXCLUSIVE READING CHALLENGE PROGRAM FOR FICTION All S A T A U R D A Y P R O G R A M E S Book reviews Quiz Competitions , Elocutions

22. Children reads TOTOCHAN , the famous japanese novel along with enacting Drama

23. Each year Poetry Festival

24. Story workshops Wide publicity given inviting stories from budding writers and exclusive story workshops conducted

25. Summer School From 1980s camp for Children conducted during vocation time . From 2000 onwards it is became official and now Govt. allots 3.5 Lakhs

26. Each summer School around 600 children participates

27. Children’s Park

28. Scrabble game for children

29. Saturdays Scrabble game

30. State Central Library and library community State Central Library is a public hub It locates in the heart of the city People found it as a gathering place Lots of students came for combined study Small business meetings

31. State Central Library and Flood Staff contributed and collected materials and send to the affected areas

32. State Central Library is collecting books from Public and libraries to rebuild flood affected libraries

33. Challenges the library facing are Lack of space Attitude of staff Political i nterventions

34. Thanks