Delhi Public Library Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Marg
Opp, Old Delhi Railway Station,
Next to Chandni Chowk Metro Station Gate No. 2
Old Delhi- 110006
Membership Form:
English/ Hindi
Working days & hours: Monday-Saturday 10.00 am – 05.00 pm (Sunday / G. Holidays Closed) Contact details: 011- 23962682, 23991291, 23951116
If any person/staff of the DPL demands for any money/bribe for any reasons relating to DPL including manpower supply/job at DPL or any other assistance, the concerned person may please bring the above matter immediately to the notice of any/all of the following link:
NVLI Project
Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
DPL accepts Donation/ Gift under CSR. During 2018-2019, the DPL has received the following under CSR:
i. Rs. 3.25 Crores for purchase of 5 Mobile Buses from Airports Authority of India.
ii. One sanitary napkin vending machine from CSR Foundation in association with ONGC.
The D.B. Act, 1954
An Act. to provide for Delivery of Books to the National Library, Calcutta, and other public libraries.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
GAZETTE OF INDIA, Pt. II, Sec. 3, dated 19-3-1955
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
New Delhi, 11th March, 1955
S. R. O. 587. - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 8 of the Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 (27 of 1954), The Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely :-
| (a) | "the Act" means the Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 (27 of 1954); |
| (b) | "Librarian", in relation to a public library, means the person in charge of such public library, and includes any person authorised by him in this behalf to discharge all or any of the functions imposed on him by or under the Act; |
| (c) | "section" means section of the Act; and |
| (d) | all words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act. |
| (1) | the title of the book and the contents of the title page, with a translation into English of such title and contents, when the same are not in the English language; |
| (2) | the language in which the book is written; |
| (3) | the name of the author, translator or editor of the book or any part thereof; |
| (4) | the subject; |
| (5) | the place of printing and the place of publication; |
| (6) | the name or firm of the printer and the name or firm of the publisher; |
| (7) | the date of issue from the press or of the publication; |
| (8) | the number of sheets, leaves or pages; |
| (9) | the size; |
| (10) | the first, second or other number of the edition; |
| (11) | the number of copies of which the edition consists |
| (12) | whether the book is printed or lithographed; |
| (13) | the price at which the book is sold to the public; and |
| (14) | the name and residence of the proprietor of the copyright or of any portion of such copyright. |
