?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=National+Library+of+India+%3A+a+historical+perspective&rft.creator=Raman+Nair%2C+R.&rft.subject=DF.+Government+libraries.&rft.subject=DB.+National+libraries.&rft.subject=DC.+Public+libraries.&rft.description=Traces+the+history+of+organized+document+collections+of+India+from+very+ancient+times%2C+the+contribution+of+Europeans+especially+the+British+rulers+of+India+for+systematization+and+conservation+of+such+collections%2C+and+the+origins+of+public+library+systems+that+culminated+in+the+establishment+of+the+National+Library+of+India.+Critically+evaluates+the+National+Library+system+of+India+as+well+as+its+present+set+up%2C+resources+and+services.+The+paper+argues+that+the+main+characteristics+of+a+national+library%2C+which+distinctly+delineate+it+from+other+types+of+libraries+is+its+specialization+in+a+particular+geographical+area+for+its+content.+It+should+achieve+maximum+reliability+of+the+collection+in+that+mandatory+area.+The+paper+points+out+that+in+coverage+and+reliability+in+the+mandatory+areas+as+well+as+in+extending+services+to+the+expected+users+including+those+living+in+remote+villages%3B+Indian+National+Library+has+failed.+The+study+suggests+decentralization+of+the+resources+by+physically+spreading+it+among+the+regions+of+concerned+languages%2C+establishment+of+subject+specific+divisions+and+other+measure+that+can+enable+the+National+Library+of+India+to+fulfill+its+objectives.+&rft.publisher=ILM&rft.date=1987&rft.type=Journal+Article+(Print%2FPaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6110%2F1%2FILM.pdf&rft.identifier=Raman+Nair%2C+R.+National+Library+of+India+%3A+a+historical+perspective.+International+Library+Movement%2C+1987%2C+vol.+9%2C+n.+1%2C+pp.+8-21.+[cited+var+currentTime+%3D+new+Date()%3Bvar+month+%3D+currentTime.getMonth()+%2B+1%3Bvar+day+%3D+currentTime.getDate()%3Bvar+year+%3D+currentTime.getFullYear()%3Bdocument.write(month+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+day+%2B+%22%2F%22+%2B+year)].+Available+from+WWW%3A+http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6110%2F.+[Journal+Article+(Print%2FPaginated)]&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.rclis.org%2F6110%2F