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Indian Library Association i •41 = ;• THE I" INDIAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH ALL-INDIA LIBRARY CONFEREKCE HELD IN BOMBAY FROM THE 3rd to the 6th April, 1942 THE LIBRARY BULLETIN The Bulletin is published quarterly by the Indian Library Association (January, April, July & October) and supplied to its members free of charge; but on payment in advance, of an annual subscription of Rs. 3, to others. • The rates of charges for advertisements are as follows :— Full Half Otr. Page. Page. Page. One quarter • • ... Rs. 15 Rs. 8 Rs. 5 Half year ... Rs. 25 Rs. 15 Rs. 8 One year ... Rs. 40 Rs. 25 Rs. 15 An advertiser shaU be entitled to a free copy of the issue in which his advertisement < appears. CONTENTS Proceedtogs.— PAGE Opening Session ... ... 5 Second Session ... ... 6 Third Session ... ... 10 Fourth Session ... ... 14 Fifth Session ... ... ... ... 20 Appendices.— I. Lists o£ members of the Reception and other Committees. ... ... ... ... 34 II. Accounts ... ... ... ... 41 III. List of Delegates ... ... ... 43 IV. Programme ... ... ... ... 51 V. Addresses: 1. Address delivered on the occasion of opening the Exhibition of "BOOK IN INDIA" by Mr. K. M. Munshi ... ... ... 56 2. Address dehvered by Diwan Bahadur Krishnalal M. Jhaveri, Chairman, Reception Committee ... 59 3. Opening address dehvered by Mr. R. P. Masani ... 61 VI. Messages ... ... ... ... 65 VII. Papers- Part I: List of Papers received ... ... 69 Part II: Summaries of certain Papers ... ... 71 Part III: Selected Papers- Reference Books: their definition and value— by Rao Sahib S. R. Ranganathan ... ... 86 Reference Books and Time Factor—by Mr. K. M. Sivaraman, Classifier, Madras University Library 94 Reference Books and nascent thought—by Mr. Ramabhadran, Reference Assistant, Madras University Library ... ... ... 101 Reference Books : a statistical study—by Mr. A.Raja Bhupathy, Reference Assistant, Madras Univer• sity Library ... ... ... 108 Reference Books across the counter—by Mr, Rama• bhadran ... ... ... ... 114 ( ii ) i»art III: Selected Papers—(Con<d.) PAGE Reference Books and their internal arrangement— by Mr. K. M. Sivaraman ... ... 12i Reference Books and Governments—by Rao Sahib S. R. Ranganathan ... ... ... 128 The Value of Bibliography for Librarian—by Mr. K. Naga Raja Rao, Librarian, Annamalai Univer• sity, Annamalainagar ... ... ... 141 Towards Reformation—by Mr. G. M. Patil, Kannada Research Office, Dharwar ... ... 146 Stock-taking of Libraries—by Mr. Konda Reddy, Assistant, Andhra University Library, Waltair ... 150 Plea for a Bibliography of Indian History—by Mr. B. Anderson, Bombay ... ... 156 The Importance of Annual Bibliography of Indian History and Indology—by Mr. Bra2 A. Fernandez, Bombay ... ... ... ... 158 Children's Libraries by Mrs. R. Choksi, Bombay ... 164 Library Movement: a Retrospect—by Mr. Sant Ram Bhatia, Librarian, Forman Christian College, Lahore ... ... ... ... 172 Resolutions ... ... ... ... 179 Souvenir:— The City of Bombay- General ... ... ... ... 182 History ... ... ... ... 182 Description ... ... ... ... 184 The Libraries of Bombay— Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society ... 188 University Library ... ... ... 192 The J. N. Petit Institute ... 195 The K. R. Cama Oriental Institute and The Mulla Firuz Library ... ... ... 201 The Prince of Wales Museum of Western India ... 203 David Sassoon Library and Reading Room, Bombay ... ... ... ... 203 People's Free Reading Room & Library and its Branches ... ... ... ... 205 Mumbai Marathi Grantha Sangrahalaya ... 207 Forbes Gujrati Sabha ... ... ... 210 ( iii ) PAGE The Libraries of Bombay.—(Conid.) Anjuman-i-Islam Karimi Library ... ... 210 Maharashtra Mitra Mandal—Library and Free Reading Room ... ... ... 211 Bombay Telugu Free Library & Reading Room 211 Muni Shri Mohanlalji Jain Central Library & Sanskrit Pathashala ... ... ... 212 The Jhaverilal Umiashankar Yagnik Bhuleshwar Library ... ... ... ... 218 Lokmanya Seva Sangh, Parel ... ... 214 The Indian Merchants' Chamber ... ... 214 Technological Laboratory, Indian Central Cotton Committee ... ... ... 215 Department of Industries ... ... 215 The Royal Institute of Science ... 216 Medical Libraries in Bombay ... ... 216 Libraries organized by the Labour Welfare Department, Bombay ... ... 218 List of other Libraries in Bombay ... ... 220 The Library Movement ... ... ... 222 History of Early Printing in Western India— The First Printing Press in India ... ... 226 Early Piinting Presses in Bombay ... ... 227 The First Book Printed in Bombay ... 229 Devanagari Typography in India & Bombay ... 229 First Marathi Press ... ... ... 282 Early Marathi Printing in India ... ... 238 Early Printed Books in Gujrati ... ... 236 Some Notable Bombay Book shops... ... 239 " o . -5 a'S J • = ^ c 3 >- < "> ^ BO ^ — O ^ C •3; -C I 'tic-;: 2 E O = 5 - O 33 X 5^ a 72 2 a 11 . s Ii 5 SiS i£5 o5 6 The Indian Library Association PROCEEDINGS of the Fifth All-India Library Conference held in Bombay from the 4th to the 6th April, 1942. Introduction.—^At the invitation of the University of Bombay the authorities of the Indian Library Association decided to hold the Fifth Conference there, on the 4th, 5th and 6th April, 1942. The University made a handsome grant of Rs. 500 towards the expenses to be incurred in this connection, and H. E. the Chancellor gave further impetus to the move by donating the munificent sum of Rs. 100. Our grateful thanks are due both to the University and H. E. the Chancellor. Reception Committee.—^Those interested in the library movement and the Conference formed themselves into a Reception Conomittee, and elected Diwan Bahadur Krishnalal M. Jhaveri, Chairman, Uni• versity Library Committee, as their Chairman. The Diwan Bahadur gave a splendid lead to the work of the Reception Committee by making not only the handsome donation of Rs. 500, of which Rs. 400 was earmarked for a garden party to be given to the delegates ; but, also, exhibited his deep interest both in making the necessary preparations for the Conference, and during the time that the Conference was actually in session. The appeal of the Committee met with amazing response, for generous donations came from two of Bombay's most important Booksellers (Messrs. New Book Company and Messrs. D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co.), as well as from other business firms connected with the University Library. The authorities of the J. N. Petit Institute, one of the most important public libraries in Bombay, extended their co-operation by a donation of Rs. 100 and by nominating three dele• gates to attend the Conference. Many prominent citizens of Bombay sent in donations and joined the Reception Committee. A fairly large number of professors, doctors, lawyers, businessmen and others engaged in different walks of life joined the Reception Committee as members. Several business firms in Bombay kindly agreed to advertise in the Souvenir Booklet which helped the Executive Committee to meet the expenses of that publication and be in a position to distribute it free among the members of the Reception Committee and delegates attending the Conference. The booklet, besides giving a history of the city of Bombay and an account of its libraries, had a very interest• ing bibhographical section entitled " History of Early Printing in Western India," ( 2 ) The Committee consisted of over two hundred persons, who accord• ing to the various categories, could be distributed as under:— Patrons ... ... ... 3 Donors ... ... ... 31 Members ... ... ... 154 Contributors ... ... ... 4 Advertisers ... ... ... 10 Total ... ... 202 The names of the members of the Reception, Working and other Committees appear as Appendix I. Mr. R. P. Masani, the Vice-Chancellor of the University, very kindly agreed to inaugurate the function ; and Mr. John Sargent, M.A., C.I.E., Educational Commissioner with the Government of India, was unanimously elected to be the President of the Conference for the second time. Unfortunately, important government work did not allow him to come to Bombay, and his duties as President were on the first day performed by Mr. Masani at the request of the organisers of the Conference, and on other days mostly by Rao Sahib S. R. Ranganathan, Librarian, Madras University Library. The letter received from Mr. Sargent in the name of the Honorary General Secre• tary offering his regrets at his inability to attend the Conference is reproduced below:— MY DEAE KHAN BAHADUE, I am extremely sorry to say that some very urgent business, the nature of which I am not at liberty to disclose at the moment, has arisen which will prevent my attending the meeting of the Indian Library Association at Bombay. I am extremely disappointed because, as I think you know, I take a considerable interest in the work of the Association and I was also looking forward to renewing some friendships which I made at Patna two years ago. I hope you will make my apologies to the members and assure them that my absence is not due in any way to any lessening of my interest in the progress of the Library movement. I have been particularly glad to note from the agenda for the meeting that the Association intends to devote an increasing amount of time to problems of a strictly practical and professional character, the resolution of which should make a contribution of immediate value towards the achievement of the objects for which the Association was founded. I am glad to think that there has been some accession of strength to the Association since our last meeting and I hope that the day is not far distant when all those who appreciate the position which an efficient library system must occupy in the educational organisation of India will give us their whole-hearted support. With best wishes for a very successful meeting, Yours sincerely, Sd./- JOHN SARGENT. ( 8 ) Finances.—Reference has been made above to the donations by the University, H. E. the Chancellor, and the Chairman of the Reception Committee. The total amount collected by the Reception Committee was Rs. 4,839-0-0, and the total expenses came to Rs. 3278-11-3, details of which will be found in Appendix II. The receipts from members of the Reception Committee totalled Rs. 3,198 and those from dele• gates came to Rs. 350-0-0, whereas a sum of Rs.
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