Location
The library is situated at the Belvedere Estate, near Alipore Zoo in
Kolkata (Calcutta).
It is 4 km from Esplanade, 10 km from Howrah Station and 20 km from Netaji Subhas
Chandra Bose International Airport.
The Esplanade Reading Room, which stacks newspapers is located at 6
Esplanade East, Kolkata 700 016, near Raj Bhavan.
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Postal
Address
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The National Library
Belvedere
KOLKATA
India
Pin: 700 027
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Phone
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Main Cmpus:
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91-33-2479 1381 to 87
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Esplanade Reading Room:
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91-33-2248 7831
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Director's Phone:
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91-33-2479 2968
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Librarian (PLIO):
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91-33-2479 2467
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Fax
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91-33-2479 1462
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Email
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Library Timings
The library is open from
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all the working days, and from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays,
Sundays and other holidays. On
holidays only the Lending section, Reading Rooms of the Main Building,
Annexe Building,
New Annexe Building
and Esplanade Reading Room remain open.
The Library remains entirely closed
on 26 January (Republic Day), 15 August (Independence Day) and 2 October
(Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday).
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Membership
Any person above 18 years of age, can become the member of the National
Library. Separate membership is necessary for
Reading Room and Lending Section. For membership one has to apply on
prescribed forms. The membership will be provided under certain conditions.
Applications for any kind of membership must be accompanied with two
passport size photographs (4.5cm x 3.5cm).
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Reprographic
Charges
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Photocopying
Readers and institutions can get photocopies of pages from a book or a
journal (maximum thirty page or one article or one third of a
book—with special permission). The charges are Re 1.00 per exposure.
(Minimum Charge: Rs 5.00)
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Microfilming
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Research scholars and institutions can get copies of
microfilms or their bromide enlargements. The rates are
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1.
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Microfilm Negative
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Rs 4.00 per exposure (minimum charge Rs.20.00)
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Microfilm Positive
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Rs 20.00 per metre (minimum charge Rs 100.00)
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3.
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Microfilm Reader Printer Copy
(A3 and A4 only)
Print copy of Digital Copy
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Rs 5.00 per copy from microfilms & Rs
7.00 per copy from microfilms already available at the National Library
Rs 5.00 per copy
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4.
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Enlargement Prints (Bromide Copy) in different sizes
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Rs 20.00 per print (600 sq cm or part thereof)
(minimum charge Rs 50.00)
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Statistics
(The
figures were estimated as on 31.03.2014. These are subject to revision
after verification.)
1.
Opening of Calcutta Public
Library 21st
March, 1936
2.
Opening of Imperial Library to the
Public 30th
January, 1903
3.
Change of name to the National
Library 1948
4.
National Library opened to Public 1st February
1953
5. Number
of working days of the library in a
year 362
days
6. Total
number of books in the
library 26,41,615
7. Total
number of publications received under the D.B.
Act 11,89,128
8. Total
number of publications received as gift &
exchange
5,50,037
9. Total
number of digitized books/documents
21,250
10. Total number of
maps 88,162
11. Total number of
manuscripts
3,231
12. Total number of bound
periodicals
1,47,331
13. Total number of
newspaper s
(Titles)
905 titles
14. Total number of bound
newspapers
11,911
15. Total number of
microforms
1,04,388
16. Total area of Library
Compound (in acres)
30 (acres)
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