This book Legal Deposit and Bibliographical Control in India, presents briefly the concept of legal deposit and bibliographical control and traces book publishing in India and number of books published annually and emergence of the legal deposit and bibliographical control of Indian Publications. It also deals with the working of Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 in the States of India with special reference to Southern States. The receipt of books at the National Library and the three designated depository libraries at New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai and with focus on Southern States of India under the provisions of Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 and the coverage of such publications by Indian National Bibliography was also presented succinctly. For the first time an in-depth study has been made on the state of legal deposit and bibliographical control in India by collecting relevant data. The various tables provided in the book will throw more light on the present scenario of annual book production in various languages of India and the coverage of subject fields. The present publication will serve as one of the basic sources of information on the subject and go a long way in meeting the information requirements of those interested in legal deposit and bibliographical control in India.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A A N Raju
Prof. A.A.N. Raju is formerly Head, Department of Library and Information Science and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Prof. Raju Published seventy five research papers in English and seventy articles in Telugu in LIS professioal journals. He authored and edited fifteen books covering important facets of LIS, both in English and Telugu. he is a regular contributor to Grandhalaya Saravaswamu, the first Indian professional journal in LIS. His works include Handbook of Pseudonymous Authors in Telugu ; DC, UDC and CC: A Study in Comparison; Grandhalaya Vargikarana Sidhantam; History of Library Movement in andhra Pradesh. Grandhalaya Vargikarana Prayoga Dipika; Universal Decimal Classification: A Practical and Self Instructional Manual; Dewey Decimal Classification; Theory and Practice: A Self Instructional Manual, Colon Classification: Theory and Practice: A Self Instructional Manual and Objective Question Bank of Library and Information Science Ability Tests. Prof. Raju has been actively associated with the professional activities, both at local and national levels. He is a life member of ILA, IASLIC, ALSD, IATLIS, APLA and IAIIR. He is also a member of ISKO. He was Vice-President of ILA, IASLIC and President IATLIS and presently Vice-President APLA, Vijayawada. He was member of UGC panel on Library Science for two term. Recipient of IATLIS-Motiwale Best Teacher Award for 1995 and UGc Emeritus Fellowship. Prof. Raju has also been closely associated with LIS programmes of IGNOU, New Delhi, Dr. B.R.A.O.U., Hyderabad and SDLCE of Kakatiya University, Warangal as Councelor, Course Writer and Editor.
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