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to geographical area. It has an extremely rich rare book collection, with a large
biographic collection.
It provides all possible readers' services to central government officials
and other research scholars visiting the library from all over India. In the recent
past, the CSL has digitized the Government of India gazette, committee and
commission reports and has also developed the Online Public Access Catalogue
(OPAC) system for its collection.
The library has two branches, namely, Hindi and regional languages wing
popularly known as Tulsi Sadan Library, Bahawalpur House, New Delhi that
houses about 1.9 lakh volumes of Hindi and 13 other constitutionally approved
Indian regional language books and a text book library located at R.K. Puram,
New Delhi which caters to the need of the wards of Central Government
employees of undergraduate level.
Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
The Nehru Memorial and Museum and Library comprises a Museum on the
life and times of Jawaharlal Nehru; the research and publication division; a
library that has a pre-eminent position among the social science libraries in the
country; the oral history division; the manuscripts division; the centre for
contemporary studies; the planetarium; and the Nehru learning centre for
children and youth. The Archive is the biggest collections of private papers of
individuals and institutions, especially from the freedom struggle. This vast
repository of India's modern and contemporary history is used by scholars and
academics from all over the world extensively for their research work.
Currently, NMML has been tasked to build a Museum on Prime Ministers
of India covering their lives and contributions. The oral history division processes
the audio recordings and transcripts of leaders of modern and contemporary
India. The NMML has recorded the reminiscences of 1364 personalities and out
of them 931 interview transcripts are available in physical form.
The centre for contemporary studies runs a Fellowship programme (thirtytwo
Fellows) which is highly regarded in the academic world, it also regularly
conducts academic activities such as lectures, conferences, book discussions,
panel discussions, conferences/workshops, etc.
The publications division brings out the works of pre-eminent persons
from the social sciences, proceeds of conferences, seminars, and also publishes
a research series called occasional papers.
The planetarium, the only one in Delhi region, is visited by thousands
including school children, college students, teachers, and general public for
first-hand knowledge on astronomy and space technology.
National Mission on Libraries
National Mission on Libraries has been set up by Ministry of Culture, in 2012 in
pursuance of National Knowledge Commission recommendations for sustained
attention for development of libraries and information science sector.