Annual Report 2018 - 2019
i Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 2019 A Rajput Lady holding a Jewel Album of Miniatures and Specimens of Calligraphy, HL 233 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna ii Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 2019 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library Patna iii 2019 Printed by M/s Pakiza Offset Press, Shahganj, Patna – 800006 and Published by : Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna – 800004. iv C O N T E N T S Historical Perspective 1 Technical Services 5 User’s Services 7 Reference Service 8 Reprographic Services 9 Documentation Service 10 Computerisation 10 Khuda Bakhsh Library Website 11 Academic & Cultural Activities 12 Khuda Bakhsh Award 13 Preservation 14 Khuda Bakhsh Fellowship 15 Research & Publications 16 Staff Position 16 Finance 17 Appendices 19 Audited Statement of Accounts for the year 2018-19 49 Audit Report 71 A B A Annual Report 2018-19 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library 1 Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library: Historical Perspective Situated on the busy Ashok Raj Path, close to the serene and tranquil banks of the Ganges, is an institution which has placed the city of Patna prominently on the international intellectual map — the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library. It is a unique repository of the past heritage, preserved in the form of manuscripts, more than 21,000 in number, written on paper, palm-leaf, deer-skin, cloth and sundry materials. At the same time it has a modern face, housing about 2.89 lakh books in Arabic, Persian, Urdu, English and Hindi, besides a few in German and French, and some in Punjabi, Japanese and Russian.
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