Kavi Narmad Central Library

Narmad Central Library
Established 24 August 1991
Location Surat
Collection
Size 1,55,702 books in the Central Book Store
42,312 books in Children's Section
28,377 in Reference Section
1,969 books in electronic form
175 periodicals
55 newspapers
2600 books in Braille[1]
Access and use
Population served 36,230 members of Central Library, 10,625 members of Children's Section and members of the public
Other information
Budget 2.04 crore[2]

Kavi Narmad Central Library is a public library in Surat built by the Surat Municipal Corporation in 1991 at Ghod Dod Road.[3] The library is the largest in the city with 2,26,391 books and a membership of 46,855. The library premises have a total area of 6158 sq. m. and was built at the cost of 4.03 crore.[4] The library also houses a reading room and a newspaper section open to public. It is named after Veer Narmad the famous Gujarati poet from Surat and was opened to public on his 158th birth anniversary.

On18th January, 2011 Information Centre, separate sections for senior citizen and rare book collection, conference hall and audio visual room were added. Recently the revitalization of the library was completed.

See also

References

  1. "Narmad Central Library". Surat Municipal Corporation.
  2. "Narmad Central Library". Surat Municipal Corporation.
  3. "Attractions of Surat".
  4. "Narmad Central Library". Surat Municipal Corporation.

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