Library Movement and Library Development in North-East Region : Arunachal Pradesh Assam Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram and Tripura

Contents: I. Overview of library and information systems of services. Preface. 1. The North-East. 2. Public Library Services. 3. Academic Libraries. 4. Information Needs. 5. Manpower Needs. 6. Miscellaneous. II. Individual States. 1. Arunachal Pradesh. 2. Assam. 3. Manipur. 4. Meghalaya. 5. Mizoram. 6. Nagaland. 7. Tripura. 8. Miscellaneous. Addendum.

This is the thirteen volume in the series covering the seven sisters in the North-East: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipr, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura.

Starting with the history and geography of the states in the region, provides ethnic and cultural identity of each state the languages spoken, literary traditions, etc, as a back-drop to the literary movement.

Under each state, history of libraries, library development present scenario of public, academic and research libraries were discussed.

Subjects like library legislation, library education, library personnel are also added to make the study a well rounded one.

May be it is for the first time a comprehensive work of this nature has been brought out on the library scene in the North-East region.