दिल्ली पब्लिक लाइब्रेरी

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The Delhi Public Library (DPL) was established in 1951 by the then Ministry of Education, Government of India with the financial and technical assistance from the UNESCO. The library was inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of India Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 27th October 1951. At present, the Delhi Public Library is functioning under the administrative and financial control of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The Headquarter/Central Library is located opposite Old Delhi Railway Station. From a small library located in Old Delhi, it has since been developed into a premier public library system in the country covering the entire metropolitan city. The DPL has also started its services from the NCR, initially from Noida on 10th March 2019. Besides providing free library services to the people, children and adult alike, irrespective of any distinction of sex, caste, creed and religion, DPL also looks after their recreational needs to harness the latent potential of the members by providing them with a suitable platform for socio-cultural activities. The DPL has been one of the four recipient libraries under the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act of the Parliament of India, 1954 (as amended in 1956). As per the provision of this act, the DPL is entitled to receive one copy of each publication published in India from publishers free of cost. As on 31.03.2019, the total branches of DPL are: 36 Total seating capacity: 1900 approx. Total membership: 1,87,138 Total collection: 20,65,720 (including 2,89,959 D.B.A.D Books and out of total collection 6,25,982 book can be accessed through WebOPAC).