Libraries of Tamil Nadu Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu serves as a home to libraries like the Government Public Library, Roja Muthiah Research Library, Central Library (Indian Institute of Technology Madras) and Anna Centenary Library. The district of Salem houses the District Central Library. Connemara Public Library is situated in Egmore, an important residential area near Chennai. Saraswathi Mahal Library is located in the city of Thanjavur. Villupuram, a municipality and an administrative headquarters of Viluppuram district serves as a home to a library called the Villupuram District Central Library. Roja Muthiah Research Library The collection of Roja Muthiah Research Library covers diverse fields like humanities, social sciences and popular culture. It will intimate its visitors with the Tamil print heritage and culture. This library is a storehouse of about 3lakh items like oleographs, wedding invitations and private letters. Central Library, Indian Institute of Technology Madras This library fulfills the academic requirements of the students via books, e-journals, patents, e-standards, theses, reports, monographs, audio video cassettes, etc. This library maintains various full text and bibliographical databases. Anna Centenary Library This library is the largest library in South Asia. Books, journals, magazines, braille books and manuscripts form the collection of this library. This collection has been divided into various sections like the Braille Section, Own Book Reading Section, Children’s Section, Periodicals Section, Tamil Books Section and English Book Section. Connemara Public Library This library is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India. Some of the noteworthy aspects of this library are the Bible, Nicolai Laverrntii Burmanni's Flora Indica and Charles Lockyer's ‘An account of the Trade in India’. Saraswathi Mahal Library This library is one of the oldest libraries in Asia. It holds a variety of manuscripts like manuscripts written in Sanskrit, Tamil manuscripts, Marathi manuscripts, Telugu manuscripts, Persian and Urdu manuscripts. |