Nagaland State Library

Nagaland State Library
Location	Police Reserve Hill, Kohima, Nagaland, India
Established	1981
Collection
Size	58,000
Access and use
Population served	all citizens

Nagaland State Library is a Metropolitan Library in Kohima, Nagaland, India. It is located in Police Reserve Hill on the road leading to Jotsoma. ^{[1] [2]}

History

Nagaland State Library was established in 1981 under the Nagaland Government's Department of Arts & Culture. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

In 2016-17 the library received ₹1,75,48,000 (over ₹17 million) under the National Mission on Libraries (NML) for upgradation, subscription for e-journals and e-books, and procurement of reading resources, and other programmes. ^{[5] [6]} By 2019 the library had a collection of more than 58,000 books with 3796 registered members. The library had 17 people employed which was much lesser than the required staff and experts to manage it. ^[2]

See also

• List of libraries in India

References

1. "Branches - Art and Culture Nagaland". Department of Art and Culture, Nagaland. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
2. "State library needs to be upgraded". Nagaland Post . 23 August 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
3. "Locals connect through Facebook to open Dimapur's first independent library". The Indian Express . 7 May 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
4. "Librarian scarcity in Nagaland". The Morung Express . 19 August 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
5. "Modernisation of Libraries". www.pib.gov.in. Archived from the original on 4 May 2025. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
6. "Tejas: National Mission on Libraries". culturescheme.dashboard.nic.in. Retrieved 10 July 2025.

External links

• Koha database

• Instagram page

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