Central Reference Library is an Indian National Bibliographic Agency in Kolkata which run under Ministry of Culture of India.[1] It provides bibliographic services to scholars, universities, institutions and government agencies.[2] This library has started doing digitalization of rare and old books and documents.[3] It receives three published book from any publisher of India as per provision of Delivery of Books and Newspapers Act 1956.[4]

History

It was established in 1955 in the campus of National Library of India as National Bibliographic and Documentation Centre.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Central Reference Library". Indian Culture. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. ^ Chilana, Rajwant Singh (2008). Challenges for South Asian Resources and Information Services: Essays in Honour of Dr. Ravindra N. Sharma. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-527-8.
  3. ^ Rao, Dr M. Koteswara (2011-10-07). Corporate Social Responsibility and Public Libraries: Building a Sustainable Knowledge Society. Allied Publishers. ISBN 978-81-8424-710-7.
  4. ^ Library Science and Administration. IGI Global. 2017-11-30. ISBN 978-1-5225-3915-5.
  5. ^ Singh, Sahib (2003). Library and Literacy Movement for National Development. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-8069-065-5.
  6. ^ McDonald, John D.; Levine-Clark, Michael (2017-03-15). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-000-03154-6.
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