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6 Spectacular Libraries In New

Delhi For Those Who Love
Reading
PRAGATI KASHYAP

TOPYAPS CONTRIBUTOR

New Delhi, our national capital, is home to some of the most valued
libraries in the country. There are numerous libraries here that are
spread across the entire city, providing an affluent source of
knowledge and abundance of learning to its citizens. Reading
materials offered by libraries in New Delhi have been somewhat
instrumental in revealing new vistas of tremendous knowledge and
better understanding for its many readers.
An invaluable source of information to many students, teachers and
professionals, libraries in New Delhi offer an assortment of robust
collection of many books, journals and many other reading materials
in English, Hindi, Urdu and several other languages.

Mentioned below is a comprehensive list of the good libraries in New

Delhi, which constitute an ideal place for all those who love reading.

6. Delhi Public Library

The Delhi Public Library started as a joint project by the Indian
Government and UNESCO in 1951. It houses more than eighteen
lakh books, journals, periodicals and other such reading materials
from all over the country. The library is well equipped with all
modern facilities such as internet and it is very easy to obtain a free
membership here.

The library opens up at 8 am and closes as at 8pm. It remains

closed on Sundays and is situated at an accessible distance from the
Chandni Chowk Metro station.

Address: S.P. Mukherjee Marg, Opposite Old Delhi Railway Station,

New Delhi-06.

5. National Archives of India

The National Archives of India hosts a well maintained and fully air
conditioned library that features over 1,70,000 publications. You are
more find plenty of research oriented study materials catering the
needs of the research scholars, government agencies, trainees, etc.
Books and other text are provided by the library only for
consultation, to be studied in the Reading Room.

However, requests for photocopies are certainly entertained. The

library remains open on weekdays between 9:30am to 6pm and
remains closed on weekends. It lies close to the Central secretariat
metro station.

Address: Janpath, Rajpath Road Area, Central Secretariat, New Delhi01.

4. Central Library, IIT

The IIT Delhi library comprises of a central library plus 18 other
departmental libraries. These libraries are carefully designed to
collectively support the various extension and research programs
and aid teaching facility of the institute. Besides the stupendous
collection of engineering books, the library also thoroughly serves
various other divisions.

The Central Library is well integrated with a Libsys software package

for a convenient multi-user library management supporting the inhouse library operations. The library remains functional from 9 am
to 9 pm and remains closed on weekends and holidays. It is quite
close to the Hauz Khas metro station.

Address: IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-16.

3. Delhi University Library System

DULS is rapidly accomplishing the task of reaching out to a wider

academic community. They have a subscription of about 63 supreme
quality electronic databases that are made available via the campus
network to the students and the faculties. Plus it is also promoting
the Open Access e-resources.

DULS is also regularly conducting the innovative information literacy

programme (ILP) for the benefits of students, teachers and
researchers. The library remains accessible between 8am to 8pm
and remains closed on Sunday. Vishwa Vidyalaya is the nearest
feasible metro station.

Address: Central Library, University of Delhi, New Delhi-07.

2. British Council Library

The British Council Library promotes creativity and diversity of the
British society and culture. The FCO (Foreign and Commonwealth
Office) provides them with a grant-in-aid, plus they function with
many other government agencies and departments. They have
issued about 8 million books worldwide and dealt with
approximately 2 million enquiries with respect to their libraries.

They believe in promoting the English language by building long

term relations with many people across the globe. The library
functions between 10 am to 6 pm and remains closed on Sunday. It
can be accessed from the nearest Barakhamba metro station.

Address: 17 Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi-01.

1. American Centre Library

The American Centre Library is an ideal place to gain in-depth
information about the United-States and its policies with respect to
the American Embassy mission for promoting mutual understanding
and cultural information exchange between India and US.

The library serves as a means of providing updated and most

accurate information related to contemporary American society and
policies, US economy, international affairs and other global issues.
The library opens at 11 am and closes at 6pm. It remains closed on
Saturdays and Sundays. It can be easily accessed from the
Barakhamba metro station.