Central Reference Library Explained

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]}

Notes and References

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