Scenario of Library Development in North East India with Special Reference to Assam

Sinha, Manoj Kumar (2016). Scenario of Library Development in North East India with Special Reference to Assam. In: Librarianship in 21st Century (Eds: H N Prasad et.al.) Ess Ess Publications New Delhi Pp. 435-453. (ISBN: 978-81-7000- 798-2)

13 Pages Posted: 26 Apr 2016 Last revised: 28 May 2016

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Prof. Manoj Kumar Sinha

Assam University, Silchar; Assam University , Silchar

Date Written: April 1, 2016

Abstract

North Eastern Region (NE Region) of India has attracted attention of the government of India since two decades for overall development of the region. The North Eastern states comprise of seven states which is popularly known as seven sisters and recently in 2001 the eighth State 'Sikkim' has been included in the North Eastern Region. These states are viz., Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. The article highlights the present status of academic, public and special libraries in North Eastern States in general and Assam in particular. Since last two decades many developments have taken place especially in special/ technical and academic libraries in the region.

The growth and development in public libraries including rural libraries are not in tune with academic and special libraries. An attempt has been taken to ensure development in the areas of libraries of North East India in general and Assam in particular in brief. It is not possible to include all the details of library services, infrastructure in this article owing to limitation of space. But this will give glimpses of the status of libraries in this region.

Keywords: Library Movement, North East India

Suggested Citation

Sinha, Manoj Kumar, Scenario of Library Development in North East India with Special Reference to Assam (April 1, 2016). Sinha, Manoj Kumar (2016). Scenario of Library Development in North East India with Special Reference to Assam. In: Librarianship in 21st Century (Eds: H N Prasad et.al.) Ess Ess Publications New Delhi Pp. 435-453. (ISBN: 978-81-7000- 798-2), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2769992 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2769992

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