Interesting Facts About library science

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• The Egyptian country cemetery is called as the books of the dead. 
• In the early days of the invention of printing, printed books were called incunabula. 
• The name of a library spy is given to a friend of Petrarch, Bocchio. 
• During Akbar's time, the director of libraries was called Nazim. 
• Takssila Library is located in Pakistan. 

• Vallabhi Library was established by Princess Diksha 
• Akbar had three types of personal, imperial and academic libraries. 
• The first library was established by the East India Company during the British period. 
• The Nalanda University Library had three rooms. Ratna Sagar, Ratnadadhi, Ratnaranjika are the rooms of the Nalanda University Library. Ratna Sagar was a 9 storeyed building. The Nalanda University library was burning for 6 months. 
• The Mughal ruler Aurangzeb had the Quran memorized. 
• The first Indian library science journal "Library Misslaney" was published in 1912. 
• In Egypt, the custom of burying manuscripts in tombs with the dead dates back thousands of years. 
• Sir M Visvesvaraya recommended the opening of a public library in his state of Mysore in 1913. 
• The name of Babur's autobiography was Tuzuk-E-Babri. 
• Bakhtiyar Khilji destroyed the Nalanda library. 
• Hensang went to his country with copies of several libraries from Nalanda. 
• Lala Lajpat Rai along with ASHA Dawn started the library movement in the state of Punjab. 
• The first tax-free public library was established in Peterborough in 1833. 
• Nalanda University is known as Dharam Ganj. library movement 
• Rajnarayan Bose Memorial Library, India's first library established with public support, is located in Midnapore, West Bengal. 
• For the first time in France, the library was declared a national property 
• Amir Khusro was the Librarian of Alauddin Khilji. 
• The State of Baroda has published Gram Vikas Mala Patrika in the development of libraries in villages. 
• Dr. S. R. Ranganathan has been called the Einstein of library science by Eugene R. Garfield. 

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• The former name of Nalanda was Nalanda after a person who later came to be known as Badgaon. The above statement was by Dr. S. R. Ranganathan. 
• Sir M Visvesvaraya recommended the opening of a public library in his state of Mysore in 1913. 
• The library built by Humayun was named Din Panah. 
• Humayun died by falling in the steps of the Din Panah library. 
• It is said for Humayun that he used to carry the chosen library with him. 
• In the princely state of Baroda, primary education was made compulsory by Shiajirao Gaikwad III in 1907. 
• The library movement in modern India originated in the princely state of Baroda. 
• The Musafir Memorial Library is located in Patiala- This is the Central Library of Punjab.