Library Movement and Libraries Development in Kerala and Lakshadweep

Contents: I. Historical background: 1. Kerala: land and people. 2. Malabar language. 3. Early printing in Kerala. 4. Publishing in Malayalam. 5. Dictionaries in Malayalam. II. Library Movement and development: 6. Library Movement. 7. Library development. III. Library legislation: 8. History of Library Legislation in Kerala. 9. Kerala Public Libraries Bill, 1971. 10. Kerala Granthasla Sanghom Bill, 1973. 11. Kerala Public Libraries Act, 1989. IV. Public libraries: 12. Public libraries in Kerala. 13. Major public libraries. V. Academic libraries: 14. University libraries. 15. College libraries. VI. Special libraries: 16. Some special libraries. VII. Library associations: 17. Kerala Granthasala Sanghom. 18. Kerala Library Association. 19. Kerala Library Professionals\' Organisation (KELPRO). 20. Kerala Academic librarians\' Association. 21. Kerala Assembly Library Staff Association (KLSA). VIII. Education: 22. Education for librarianship. IX. Miscellaneous: 23. Library Science Literature in Malayalam. 24. Library professionals. 25. National events. 26. Chronology. X. Lakshadweep: 27. Lakshadweep. Index.

"Library Movement in Kerala has certain distinctive features when compared to other states. The percentage of literacy in this state is the highest in the country. Hence libraries are fully utilized by the public. Libraries are well organized under the umbrella of Kerala Granthasala Sanghom. Thus the present work is the first comprehensive study on this subject." (jacket)