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Important Years in Library & Information Science

Table of Contents

  • 1774 -:Rampur Raza Library, UP

  • 1808 -:Funds for the encouragement of literature. 

  • 1835 -:National Library of India

  • 1856 -: Intellectual Property Right Act. 

  • 1867 -: The Press and Registration of books act was enacted.

  • 1890 -: Connemara Public Library.

  • 1891 -: Khuda Basha Oriental Public Library.

  • 1910 -:A.W. Borden start a refresher course for librarians in India 

  • 1911 -:The Design Act

  • 1914 -:Andhra Pradesh Library Association 

  • 1914 -:The Andhra Desa Library Association was founded

  • 1917 -: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune

  • 1918 -:Sarasvati Mahal Library

  • 1921 Maharashtra Library Association 

  • 1925 -:Bengal Library Association 

  • 1928 -:Madras Library Association 

  • 1929 -:Punjab Library Association 

  • 1929 -:Punjab Library Association 

  • 1931 -:Five Laws of Library Science was first Published 

  • 1931 -:Samastha Kerala Pustakalaya Samiti

  • 1933 -:Colon Classification was first published

  • 1933 -:Bihar Library Association 

  • 1936 -:Bihar Library Association 

  • 1938 -:Assam Library Association 

  • 1944 -:Utkal Library Association

  • 1945 -:Kerala Library Association 

  • 1947 -:Indian National Bibliography first appeared.

  • 1948 -:Tamil Nadu Public Libraries Act.

  • 1951 -:Delhi Public Library

  • 1951 -:National Library of India 

  • 1951 -:Uttar Pradesh Library Associations

  • 1951 -:Hyderabad Library Associations

  • 1953 -:Gujarat Library Association 

  • 1953 -:Delhi Library Association 

  • 1954 -:The Delivery of Books act was passed 

  • 1955 -:Hyderabad public libraries Act

  • 1955 -:Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Center (IASLIC)was founded. 

  • 1956 -:Delivery of Books (public library) 1954 was amended.

  • 1957 -:ILA become a member of IFLA

  • 1957 -:Indian National Bibliography first appear.

  • 1957 -:Madhya Bharat Library Association 

  • 1958 -:First Ph.D in library and Information Science in India.

  • 1960 -:Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries Act.

  • 1961 -:Gomantak Library Association 

  • 1962 -:Rajasthan Library Association 

  • 1962 -:Dr. S. R. Ranganathan was appointed as a National research professor of Library science

  • 1962 -:Documentation Research and Training Center (DRTC) Bangalore. 

  • 1965 -:Karnataka Public Library Act. 

  • 1966 -:Jammu & Kashmir Library Association 

  • 1967 -:Maharashtra Public Libraries Act

  • 1967 -:Tripura Library Association 

  • 1972 -:Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) was established 

  • 1977 -:NICNET

  • 1979 -:West Bengal Public Libraries Act

  • 1985 -:Committee on library and information science (CONPOLIS) India was set up 

  • 1986 -:ERNET

  • 1986 -:National Information Policy 

  • 1986 -:CALIBNET

  • 1987 -:Mizoram Library Association 

  • 1988 -:Manipur Public Libraries Act

  • 1988 -:INFLIBNET

  • 1989 -:Haryana Public Libraries Act

  • 1989 -:kerala Public Libraries Act

  • 1992 -:DELNET

  • 1993 -:Goa Public Libraries Act

  • 1993 -:ADINET

  • 1993 -:Mizoram Public Libraries Act

  • 1993 -:UGC Curriculum Development Committee

  • 1994 -:MYLIBNET

  • 1994 -:Meghalay library Association 

  • 1996 -:Nagaland Library Association 

  • 2000 -:Information Technology Act

  • 2000 -:SOUL Software

  • 2001 -:J-Gate, an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature

  • 2002 -:UGC INFONET

  • 2002 -:Gujarat Public Libraries Act

  • 2002-: Orissa Public Library Act

  • 2003 -:HELINET

  • 2005 -:Uttaranchal Public Libraries Act

  • 2006 -:Rajasthan Public Libraries Act

  • 2007 -:NewGenLib

  • 2007 -:National Knowledge commission on libraries

  • 2011 -:International Standard book number ISBN Allocation office in India shifted form kolkatta  to Delhi

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