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Pakistan Oldest Liaqat Memorial National Library Karachi لیاقت میموریل نیشنل لائبریری کراچی

#Public #Library #National #Karachi #History #Pakistan #libraries The Liaquat Memorial Library is a Government of Sindh funded public library located at the Stadium Road in Karachi, Pakistan. Entrance of the Liaquat Memorial Library, Govt. of Sindh The National Library of Pakistan was established in 1950 as a branch directorate. In the year 1954, the Liaquat Memorial Library was declared a legal depository under the Copyright Law. This library continued to function of the National Library until 1986. Over a short span of few years the library has acquired numerous collections through purchases, copyright deposits, gifts, exchanges, and donations. The library has total holdings of 144,000 volumes (73,000 English and European Languages, 40,000 Oriental Languages). In 1930, the Government of Pakistan decided to establish the National Library (of Pakistan)at Karachi to be operated under the Directorate of Archives and Libraries . A modest beginning was made by setting up the library in Block No 76 of the Pakistan secretariat at Karachi.In a parallel development that followed the tragic death of Pakistan‘s first Prime Minster in 1951, the Liaquat Memorial Library (LML) had been founded by voluntary contribute in commemoration of the late Liaquat Ali Khan’s services to the nation. In 1953 a proposal was made by the trustees of the Liaquat Memorial Library to amalgamate it with the National Library (NL). The Government of Pakistan agreed to this proposal and gave effect to the decision in January 1954. Consequently the collection of the National Library was transferred to the Merewether Tower where the LML had exists. The newly amalgamated library was now re-named the Liaquat National Library (LNL) . The LNL continued to be used in this Building for nearly a decade until 1964 when it moved to a rented residential bungalow at 34-J/6 PECHS, Karachi. Meanwhile, the government remained conscious of the importance of a permanent Building for the LNL. A proposal for the construction of such a purpose – built building was submitted in 1957 on the basis of which preliminary designs were prepared in 1959 by Mr. A.A Mirza, Senior Architect of the Pakistan Public Works Department. Finally the Development Plan of the Library found its overdue place in the Second Five Year Plan for 1960-65 and the Economic Committee of the Cabinet gave its approval to the expenditure of Rs 2.73 million in September 1960. The design of the new building was finally approved in early 1965 and construction began in June of that year. In January 1969 that the new building became operational. Details of Holdings: Books 16636 (including 14252 Children Books) Manuscripts - Nil Archival record - Nil Newspapers 26 (periodical 37) Personal letters/diaries - Nil Others Significant holdings American Discovery Central Computer Printer along with for children Rare Books 6000 Nos Arabic Books 3500 Nos Back volumes of Newspapers June & Dawn from 1954 Facilities for public Reference and Research Services /Telephone Enquiries. Inter- Library Lawn Service. Photo Duplication Service. Children Services. Separate study room for female readers. Separate room for C.S.S students Future programs A separate reading hall for reader who read their own books only. Installation of air conditioner in the reading hall. Computerization of library materials. Address : Liaquat Memorial Library, Stadium Road, Karachi Phone No : 9230116 & 9230117 Liaquat Memorial Library has been serving the nation for over fifty years and its collection of over 150,000 reading materials can now be searched online. The library has the biggest collection among the public libraries of the country. Liaquat Memorial Library holds thousands of volumes of books and other reading materials. Library is intended to be a reference library for all purposes, a working place for scholars, postgraduate students of social sciences and humanities and repository of national published literature for future historians. Lincoln Corners Liaqaut Memorial Library presents the Pakistani Center of an International Institution, the Lincoln Corners, The library is a pakistani chapter to The Lincoln Corners; an Institution promoting the scholarships & educational gatherings naming it after Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States and a leader who promoted the values of equality among the people as according to David Hale, the US ambassador to Pakistan, while explaining the significance of the name and inaugurating the opening of the Corners alongside the chief minister of Sindh. The Library's director Bashir Abro further added, “We plan to have more libraries at the union council level to enhance reading habits,” said Abro, adding that there is a dire need for promoting a reading culture in our society. “I see the youth taking notes from their own books rather than using the reference books placed in this library”