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District Library, Mandi


Side View, District Library, Mandi (HP)

Origin

The rulers of the region claim to be the descendents of Chandravanshis Rajputs of Sena dynasty of Bengal, who claim to be descendents of Pandavas of the Mahabharata. The town of Mandi was established by Ajbar Sen in 1527 AD.

The present District of Mandi was formed with the merger of two princely states of Mandi and Suket on the 15th April, 1948, when the State of Himachal Pradesh was established.

The library was established in the year 1959 at old court building. Later it was shifted to the present location in the year 1986.

Building

Technical Section, District Library, Mandi (HP)

The library shares the ground floor of the Mini Secretariate building with other administrative offices, that has been provided rent free by the local administration. The entrance gallery has Librarians's Room, Office and Store on the right and Reading Room, Stack Room with separate reading sections on the left.

Location

Mandi town is located at a distance of 145 Kms from the state capital Shimla, 460 Kms from National Capital New Delhi and 210 Kms from Chandigarh. Mandi has an average elevation of 750 metres. It is built on the bankis of the Beas River, at the confluence of the suketi Khad stream.

The library is situated on the ground floor of the Mini Secretariate, near DC office, near the famous Indira Market.

Staff

Chronological list of librarians,

  • Mr Tek Chand Verma from 28.01.1959 to 28.01.1968
  • Mr Roop Singh Guleria from 29.01.1968 to 03.09.1972
  • Mr Tek Chand Verma from 04.09.1972 to 31.03.1983
  • Mr Somesh Chand Sharma from 23.06.1983 to 31.05.1992
  • Mr Bhoop Singh Verma from 03.08.1994 to 02.12.1998
  • Mr Vijay Behl from 03.12.1998 to 19.06.2007
  • Mr Jaimala Mahajan from 20.06.2007 to 12.09.2007
  • Ms Sulochana Katoch from 13.09.2007 to 31.07.2009
  • Mr Prem Lal Thakur from 04.12.2009 to 06.05.2010
  • Ms Sudesh Gupta from 05.05.2010 to present
The library has following posts:
Sr.No.DesignationNo. of Posts
1Librarian1
2Assistant Librarian2
3Restorer1
4Clerk1
5Peon2
6Peon*1
7Sweeper*1

* temporary/part time positons

Collection

Stack Room, District Library, Mandi (HP)

The library has a collection of more than 40272 books in English and Hindi.

The library subscribes 16 newspapers in 2 languages i.e. English, Hindi and 27 magazines/periodicals.

The major newspapers subscribed by the library are:
Sr.No.Name of NewspaperLanguage
1Indian ExpressEnglish
2The TribuneEnglish
3Hindustan TimesEnglish
4Times of IndiaEnglish
5The HinduEnglish
6Amar UjalaHindi
7Dainik BhaskarHindi
8Punjab KesariHindi
9Dainik TribuneHindi
10Divya HimachalHindi
11Ajit SamacharHindi
12Veer PratapHindi
13Jan SattaHindi

Membership

District Library, Mandi (HP)

The library has 11984 registered members till now and of these 570 are active.

The library offers membership for a period of 3 years and is renewable thereafter. There is no membership fee, but a refundable security needs to be paid at the time of Ist registration. This secutiry is carried forward during periodical renewals.

Membership Security (Refundable):

  • Adults Rs 200
  • Children (14 years or below) Rs 50

Automation

The library makes use of 3 computers with internet facility for office work but the library services are offered manually.

Working Hours

District Library, Mandi (HP)

Apart from the gazetted holidays the library remains closed on every Tuesday and last Saturday of the month. The library timings vary according to the season.

  • Summer (Ist April to 30th September) 11:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • Winter (Ist October to 31st March) 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Contact

District Library,
Mini Secretariate,
Near Deputy Commisioner (DC) Office,
Mandi (HP)-175001.
INDIA.
Phone: +91 1905 221 404
Email: districtlibrarymandi@gmail.com
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