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Two day Workshop on Koha on 14-15 December 2024. at KLA Head Quarters, Room No. 36, II Floor, Kairalie Plaza Annexe, Karamana–Killippalam NH, Karamana PO, Thiruvananthapuram–695002. Kerala
December 14, 2024 to December 15, 2024
National Conference on "Reimagining of Libraries: The Future of Traditional and Modern Synergy".
January 4, 2025 from 10am to 5pmRULIC–2025: International Conference on 'Viksit Bharat 2047: The Role of Public Libraries in Preserving Indian Knowledge Systems and Integrating NEP 2020
January 3, 2025 at 6pm to January 5, 2025 at 7pmTwo day Workshop on Koha on 14-15 December 2024.
December 14, 2024 to December 15, 2024
Walk-in on 02/12/2024 (Monday) for engagement of B.L.I.Sc Graduate Apprentice @ National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), Chennai-600 100. Tamilnadu.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Recruitment Advertisement for Librarian Examination-2022 Dated: 30/12/2022-Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC), Indore, M.P.
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the position of Library and Information Assistant (LIA) @ ICFRE-Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bengaluru, Karnataka.
World's Biggest Library
The largest library in the world is the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The British Library the world's other great library houses a collection comprising of 150 million items as against the 130 million housed by the Library of Congress.
However in terms of shelf space the Library of Congress shelves occupy a space of about 850 km (530 miles) while the British Library shelf space is 625 km (388 miles) long. The Library of Congress' collection of books is in the range of 29 million while the number of books of the British Library is about 25 million.
The Library of Congress was established in April 1800 and is spread over three buildings namely The Thomas Jefferson Building, The John Adams Building and The James Madison Memorial Building; the collection of the library consists of along with books, newspapers from across the world, microfilm reels (500,000), comic books (6000), manuscripts (58 million), films, maps (4.8 million) and sound recordings (2.7 million); the rarest item in the library is a Gutenberg Bible dating from the 15th century.
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