Anna Centenary Library is set to open
Anna Centenary Library which is coming up in Kotturpuram is set to be
open in
two months.. Nearly 5 lakh titles have been finalised for the Anna
Centenary Library coming up at Kotturpuram. About one lakh titles in Tamil,
including 35,000 rare publications, as many as 1,88, 643 titles in English, and
nearly 1.5 lakh books such as novels and self-help books will occupy the
shelves of the library. The English books will cover the ‘A to Z` of topics,
right from agriculture to zoology. According to the University personnel , the library has taken help from of
seven top-notch institutions such
as The Indian Institutes of Management
- Madras and Kanpur, Anna University in Chennai, VIT University in Vellore,
National Institute of Technology in
Tiruchi, PSG College of Technology in Coimbatore and the Indian Institute of
Science in Bangalore ,for books on engineering. Even medical colleges with extensive library
facilities were being contacted, he added. While the initial budget allocated
for the procurement of books was Rs. 40 crore, the expenses on books purchased
have nearly doubled now. The Directorate of Public Libraries is holding talks
with the Helen Keller Institute to work out an arrangement to have books
translated into Braille or into audio format.
