All India Library Conference, Indore (XVII, 27Th to 30Th December 1968). Souvenir. INSTITUTION Indore Univ
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 059 726 LI 003 465 AUTHOR Saxena, Ranvir, Ed TITLE All India Library Conference, Indore (XVII, 27th to 30th December 1968). Souvenir. INSTITUTION indore Univ. (India). PUB DATE 68 NOTE 139p-;(1 Reference) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS Conferences; *Developing Nations; *Foreign Countries; *Library Associations; Problems; *Pliblic Libraries; *University Libraries IDENTIFIERS *India ABSTRACT The Souvenir is an endeavor to tell the delegate-guests to the All India Library conference somethiL4 about Indore. It has special articles on the public and the academic libraries of Indore and presents brief sketches of the development plans of the University of Indore and the University library. This section of the souvenir also provides fleeting glimpses of the cultural heritage of Malwa and the growth of Indore city. And last, but not least, the Souvenir attempts to focus the attention of library scientists on some of the current library problems, likethe problem of personnel and the language problem in libraries- (Author/NH) XVII ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE PATRONS H. H. Maharani Hsha Devi of Indore. Rajtnata Vijaya Raje Scindia, Gwalior H. H. Shrimant Shahaji Chhatrapati of Kolhapur H. H. Shrimant Maharaja Tukojirao Holkar, Indore Shri R. C. Jail, M. L. A., Mhow. Shri K. A. Chita le, Advocate General, Madhya Pradesh Shri R. G. Waghmare, Advocate, Indore Shri Johrilal Mital, Managing Trustee of Shri Govindram Seksaria Charity Trust, Indore -Shri Sohanlaiji Sanghi, Trustee, Shri Ghanshyamdas Sanghi Memorial Charitable Trust. Indore Shri Dharampal Sinh Gupta RECEPTION COMMITTEE Chalrman Shri K. L. Joshi V ice-Cluk Inman Shri P. S. Kalani Secretary Shri G. N. Tandan Local Joint Organising Seere aries Shri A. L.Wadikar Shri V. S. Moghe SOUVENIR AND PUBLICITY COMMITTEE r Dr. Ranvir Sexena ,Dr. R. Moses Shri M. II. Nagarkar Shri Rahul Barpute Dr Ravi Prakash Shri J. P. Dul3e Shri 0 .' P. Taneja Mrs. V. Jagdale Shri Mahendra Trivedi Shri M. N. Joshi Shri R. C. Maheshwari 0,S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDLICATIONA WELFARE '1/40 OFFICE OP EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS SEEN REPRO- rti4 DHCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIO- INATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- Cr. IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU- %on CATION POSITIQN OR POLICY C.) C=b XV I 1.161 ALL INDIA LIBRARY CONFERENCE INDORE 2ith to 30th DECEM8Eit 1968 SOUVENIR EDITOR DR NV1R SAXEN# Published by The Reception Committe XVIIAllIndiaLibrary Conference Under rhe Auspices of THE UNIVERSITY OF INDOliE' INDORE XVII ALL INDIA LIBRARYCONFEREN E EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE Chairman Shri K. L. Joshi, Vice Chancellor. Secretary Shii G. N. Tandan, Registrar. Local Joint Orgam Secretaries 1. Shri A. L. Wadikar, Asstt. Librarian. 2. Shri V. S. Moghe, Secretary, Indore Divisional Library Association. Membera 1. Shri K. L. Agrawal, 11. Mrs. V. Jagdale, Commissioner, Indore Division. Principal, Devi Ahilya Girls Degree College, Indore. 2. Shri P. K. Dixit, Administrator and Municipal 12. Miss Vimla Sharma, Principal, Govt. Girls Degree Commissioner, Indore Municipal Corp. College, Indore. 3. Shri P. K. Lahiri, 13. Shri M. B. Nagarkar, Collector, Indore. Station Director, All India 4. Dr. S. M. .)asgupta, Radio, Indore. Principal, Govindram Seksaria 14. Prof. I. S. Mehta, Technological Institute, Indore. Govt. Arts & Com. College Indore. 5. Dr. I. P. Agrawal, 15. Prof. D. G. Dhavlikar. Dean, M. G. M. Medical College, Govindram Seksaria Technological Indore, Institute, Indore. 6. Shri B. K. Joshi, 16. Shri N. D. Joshi, Principal, College of Education, President, Indore General indore. Library, Indore. 7. Dr. Ravi Prakash, 17. Shri Rajendra Kumar Sethi, Principal, Holkar Science College, (Manik Bhavan, Tukoganj, Indore Indore. 13. Shri Vimal Mital, 8. Dr. G. C. Kasiiwal, 26, Yeshwant Niwas Road, Indore. Principal, Govt. Arts & Com. 19. Shri C. S. Kadam, Superintendent of Police, Indore. College, Indore. 20. Smt. Ratna Lahiri. 9. Dr. R. Moses, Principal, C/o Shri K: Lahiri, Christian College, Indore. Collector, Indore. .10. Shri C. C. Shah, 2L Shri T. R. Kolte, Principal, P. M. B. Gujrati Finance Officer, College, Indore. University of Indore, Indore. " ^ 0 41,0 0 0 u U LI) 11=11 dur, 44 qj 1.1111 '641 '01.4 0 0 0 CI >10 10 1Z t9 II I. Nim .44 0 p °4 Li 0 10.1 0 0 ct44 c >,1 1-11 4d7,4'4am Et F; ilYiestl 0 61 144 11 I t4LE 0 U 4.4:4c 0 tole.(04' " 0r161 .01 01 0 u Sardar Sohan Singh President, Indian Library Association Presid ent XVII All India Likrary Conference Shri K. L. Joshi Vice-Chancellor, University of Indore Chairman, Reception Committee FOREWORD ESTYICE-CHANCELLOR On the occasion of the 17th All-India Library Conference of the Indian Library Associa- tion under the auspices of the University of Indore, we have great pleasure in placing before tbe delegates and other members of the public interested in the library movement, this Souvenir on behalf of the Reception Committee of the Conferene e and on behalf of the University of Indore. Some 17 years ago, on the 12th of May 1951, the Indian Library Association hadorganized their 9th Conference at Indo re. From all reports it was one of the successfulconferences and some of the members of the Indian Library Association may still have memories of the hos- pitality then enjoyed and of the arrangements made for the Conference.There was no Univer- sity of Indore then. Normally these conferences have been organized under the auspices of various universities like the Punjab University twoyears ago and Mysore University in June 1965. Other Universities have played their part, like those of Patna,Calcutta, Osmania, Nagpur, Baroda, Rajasthan, Bombay and Delhi since the year 1933, when the firstconference was held in Calcutta. The Indian Library Association had selected in 1951Indore not only because it was even then a well known city of learning, but also because it had the potentiality for a centre of library movem nt apart from its salubrious and inviting climate in the month of May. We are happy again and welcome all our guests. The present Conference is being held here from 27th to 30th December 1968 when thc.re certain change in the outlook of the city because it has got itsown city University with about 21 affiliated colleges spread over the city and. nearly 17,000 students out of whom more than 2,000 students are doing post-graduate courses.It has about 600 teachers in the different Faculties including those of Medicine, Engineering, Dentistry, Ayurved, Music as special pro- fessional branches of our academic organization. The University of Indore was established only in 1964 and, therefore, it is one of the young universities trying to make progress towards signi- ficant growth and development, coordinating the activities and initiatives of the pastThe climate of Malwa hills on which is perched the city of Indore is nature's gift to the people and this important factor along with its singularly central situation and concentration of trade, commerce and industry, with a population of more than 6 lakhs gives the University directions for setting out those objectives wh:ch may help its people in producing trainedmanpower and scholarly citizens who will contribute to the economic and national prsoperity. The world of today is a science-based or knowledge-based world. The world of tomorrow is a world of the educated or knowledgeable man. But education is a lifelong process and the only instrument that is used for this process is the library. Indore has some public libraries indeed. But like the general conditions of such libraries in the country there is dearth of finance, inadequacy of staff and lack of those amenities which the libraries should have fcr serving the readers and the public.Librars should be attractive places tempting people to spend their leisure hours amidst well-arranged books and periodicals, so that every citizen is able to make a guarded statement about whatever he has to say in the public on the basis of knowledge of facts and current information. The University of Indore now proposes to establish an ambitiously conceived University Library which, it is hoped, apart from serving its teachers, research workers and scholarsat different levels will be an attractive home or a temple of temptation for all those who are hungry for knowledge and wouldlike to be enthused with tl Ose research facilitieswhich a modern University library must provide to the scholars. The relationships betweena University Library, the public Libraries and the public have got to be most co-operative and cordial and the Univer- sity Library should play its role not Only for the scholars whom itserves directly but for the enthusiasts of knowledge who would be attracted by its inviting facilities. The Souvenir contains some informative articles and other material, which I am sure, will be treasured by the delegates to the Conference as a memory, of their visit to Indore and by the public at large as a tribute to the labours of all those who have worked for the success of .this Conference under the auspices of the University of Indore. 26th December, 1968. L. JOSFII ) ly ditorial This Souvenir is intended to demonstrate, first and foremost, the high importance that the University of Indore attachesto the library movement in the growth of knowledge and its dissemination for better education and faster national development.Itis significant that the establishment of its library has been accorded thetop priority in the development programme of the University, and the Universityef Indore is growing round this vital tu..us.As such, the holdidg of the XVII All India LibraryConference under the auspices of the University of Indore is both meaningful andsymbolic.