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Catalogued and Entered to an Automated Software 2 Museum Library The present Museum Library started functioning as early as 1836. In 1856 according to the agreement entered into between the Travancore Government and the subscribers of the library, the library which was lodged into the old Travelers’ Bungalow was transferred to the museum. For a short span it was also housed in Travancore observatory. Once the construction of the Napier Museum building was completed, it found a permanent place. Later due to want of space the library was again shifted from Napier museum to the present Natural History Museum building. Collection Being an institution started more than one and a half century ago, the museum library is one of the oldest and valuable libraries in Kerala. This library possess very rare collection of books and manuscripts published during the last three centuries. Some of the books are very rare to be found anywhere else. Rare collections includes (1) Mriga Pakshi Shastra by Hamsadeva, a Jain author of 13th century AD (Science of Animals and Birds handwritten in Sanskrit) (2) Algebra with Arithmetic and Mathematics from Sanskrit by Brahma Gupta and Bhaskara (1817) (3) Victoria Regia (1851) (4) Flora Japonica (1835) (5) Report on the forest of Travancore (1893) (6) Species Plantarum (1797) (7) Encyclopedia or Universal dictionary of Arts, Science and literature – 43 volumes (1819) (8) Flora Java (1828) (9) Description of Indian Serpents (1796) (10) History of Mankind (1897) (11) Genera Plantarum, Flora of British India (1885) (12) Castes and Tribes of South India (1909) (13) Hortus Jamaicensis (1814) Some periodicals published during 19th century by Bombay Natural History Society and other publishers are also available here. It is interesting to know that Colonel Heber Drury, Captain Drury, Major Davidson and Chaplin, Mr Pettigrew who were appointed to the post of curator ship of the Museum and Zoo by His Highness the Maharajah of Travancore relied heavily upon the books of Botany available in this library for the development of the botanical garden in its early stages. 3 Extract from the book “The life of an Indian Chaplain” by Mr Pettigrew. For several years the gardens had been uncared for, since Colonel Drury’s departure; and the menagerie – which most native princes delight in – left to take care of itself. The gardens had become a jungle, and the menagerie an unsavory thing and inhumane withal. There was a very fair reference library attached to the museum, where in I found Hughes’ “landscape gardening”, a book dealing with principles, which greatly assisted me in my work. The London mission missionary I also found an accomplished botanist and always willing to assist me in a difficulty. Museum library Automation and Digital Publishing App Under the Scheme of financial Assistance sought from National Archives of India, Ministry of Culture Government of India; about 6929 book and Journals of Thiruvananthapuram Government Museum library was catalogued and entered to an automated software. The books were categorized according to DDC (Dewey Decimal Classification), Edition 23 and entered into the open source software KOHA. Also, about 600 rare and important books were digitized and made available for reading via digital publishing app. Under the Central Govt. Scheme support - Software development, Hardware procurement, Catalogue printing and Conservation activities were done. The library which at present is operating as a non-lending reference library is extending its service to the user through an application by which they could explore the books available here. Besides exploring the books, the app also has added features like book talk, video library, and student’s corner and so on. Digital Museum Library Available in Museum Library , Thiruvananthapuram 4 Collection Category Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 1 Aesthetics 1 13 2 Agriculture 43 13 3 Amphibians Reptiles 30 15 4 Animal Husbandry 29 16 5 Annual Report 8 17 6 Anthropology 14 18 7 Antiquities 3 18 8 Archaeology 56 19 9 Architecture 33 21 10 Art & Sculpture 50 22 11 Art Reference & catalouge 13 25 12 Art 241 25 13 Arts and Crafts 6 35 14 Autobiography 1 35 15 Biodiversity Conservation 26 35 16 Biography 18 37 17 Birds-Ornithology 79 37 18 Botanical Gardens 2 41 19 Botanical Plants 5 41 20 Botany 50 41 21 Butterflies- Lepidopterology 25 44 22 Cabinet Cyclopedia 1 45 23 Castes and Tribes 12 45 24 Catalogue 40 45 25 Central Zoo authority 94 47 26 Child Art 1 51 27 Chinese Art 3 52 5 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 28 Coins 10 52 29 Computer Application 1 52 30 Cryptogams 12 52 31 Cultural Relations 1 53 32 Cyclopedia 123 53 33 Dance 15 60 34 Dictionary 72 60 35 Directory 9 64 36 Dissertation 6 65 37 Drawing 18 65 38 Ecology 8 66 39 Economic Botany 20 67 40 Economics 9 68 41 Encyclopedia- Butterflies 1 68 42 Encyclopedia 7 68 43 Encyclopedia- Agriculture 1 69 44 Encyclopedia – Animal Kingdom 18 69 45 Encyclopedia- Animal life 13 70 46 Encyclopedia - Art 2 70 47 Encyclopedia- Birds 7 70 48 Encyclopedia -Britannica 24 71 49 Encyclopedia - Ethology 1 72 50 Encyclopedia – Fisheries 1 72 51 Encyclopedia - Fishes 1 72 52 Encyclopedia - Horticulture 4 73 53 Encyclopedia - Mammals 1 73 54 Encyclopedia - Plants 1 73 6 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 55 Entomology - Insects 7 73 56 Environment 3 74 57 Ethology and Ecology 16 74 58 Film 1 75 59 Fishes- Ichthyology 18 75 60 Flower- Decorations 4 76 61 Flower - Gardening 2 76 62 Folk Dance 2 76 63 Forestry 16 76 64 Fossils 2 77 65 Gardening 7 77 66 Gazetteers 3 78 67 General Botany 23 78 68 General Reading 14 79 69 General Zoology 33 80 70 Genetics Evolution 4 81 71 Geography 6 81 72 Geology 21 82 73 Geology – Fossil 2 82 74 Greek Art 2 83 75 Himalayan Art 1 83 76 Hindi Literature 9 83 77 History 29 83 78 Horticulture 61 85 79 Horticulture – Encyclopedia 45 87 80 Horticulture- gardening 82 89 81 Horticulture - Plants 2 93 7 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 82 Iconography 3 93 83 India - Aesthetics 1 93 84 India -Kerala 69 93 85 Indian Agriculture 1 97 86 Indian Art 42 97 87 Indian Dances 5 98 88 Indian Economics 5 99 89 Indian Folklore 4 99 90 Indian Gazette 18 99 91 Indian History 62 100 92 Indian Ivory 2 103 93 Indian Law report 27 103 94 Indian Painters 3 104 95 Indian Painting 14 104 96 Indian Sculpture 14 105 97 Indian Zoos 15 105 98 Insects- Entomology 28 106 99 International Economics 2 107 100 Invertebrates 13 108 101 Journal - Archaeology 8 108 102 Journal - Geology 9 109 103 Journal – Natural History 51 109 104 Journal-Science 228 112 105 Journal 815 122 106 Journal - Agriculture 138 163 107 Journal - Art 41 168 108 Journal - Botany 98 170 8 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 109 Journal -Culture 4 174 110 Journal - Environment 1 174 111 Journal - Horticulture 26 175 112 Journal – Indian History 15 176 113 Journal - Library 19 176 114 Journal - Medicine 38 177 115 Journal - Museum 556 179 116 Journal – National Geographic 57 205 117 Journal - Ornithology 6 207 118 Journal-Pharmaceuticals 1 207 119 Journal- Public Information 1 207 120 Kerala History 372 208 121 Language 17 225 122 Library 5 226 123 Life Natural Library 9 226 124 Literature 77 227 125 Mammals-Mammalogy 31 231 126 Manners-Customs 1 232 127 Manual 1 232 128 Mathematics 1 232 129 Medicine 8 232 130 Metric & Measures 1 233 131 Miniature Painting 8 233 132 Modern Art 1 233 133 Mural Painting 7 233 134 Museum & Art 7 234 135 Museum Antiquities 1 234 9 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 136 Museum Journals 188 234 137 Museum 371 244 138 Museum Archeology 10 261 139 Musics 15 262 140 Mythology 8 263 141 Natural History 30 263 142 Orchid- Culture 1 1 143 Ornithology-Birds 12 264 144 Pahari Painting 3 265 145 Painting 171 266 146 Persian Poetry 1 272 147 Phanerogams 4 272 148 Photograph 7 273 149 Physiology 2 273 150 Picture 2 273 151 Plants 4 273 152 Politics 4 274 153 Religion- Culture 27 274 154 Religion 12 275 155 Religious-Journal 42 276 156 Reprography 1 278 157 Rose Culture 4 278 158 Russian Painting 1 278 159 Science & Technology 4 278 160 Science 71 287 161 Short Story 1 281 162 Snakes Zoology 2 281 10 Sl No Subjects Total books Page No 163 Social Science 218 282 164 Sports 1 292 165 Study 1 292 166 Taxonomy Botany 82 293 167 Taxonomy Zoology 58 297 168 Theatre & Cinema 3 300 169 Travel & Tourism 31 300 170 Vegetable Gardening 1 302 171 Vertebrates 13 302 172 Veterinary-Science 20 303 173 Water Gardens 2 304 174 Wild life & Zoo 28 304 175 Wild life 10 305 176 Wild life- Zoo- Journals 6 305 177 World History 31 306 178 World News- Journals 79 307 179 Zoo – Journals 182 311 180 Zoo Year Book 2 319 181 Zoology-Journal 47 320 182 Zoology 67 322 11 12 Aesthetics ITEM CALL NUMBER AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER CODE COPY RIGHT DATE 615.781 REI/A Reid, Louis Arnaud A Study of Aesthetics. George Allen & Unwin LTD; 1931 Agriculture ITEMCALLNUMBER AUTHOR TITLE PUBLISHER CODE COPYRIGHTDATE Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and 580.5 RID/A Vol-V Government Printing Office; 1906 Federated Malay States, Vol-V. 580.954 SYM/I Symonds, T J Indian Grasses. Higginbotham and Co; 1866 Indian Council of Agricultural 581.6320954 SIN/W Singh H B, Arora R K Wild Edible Plants of India.
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