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Library Hall
The Library located in the northen wing of the
main building is one of the largest libraries in South India for
Gandhian Stuides/Peace Studies. This was inaugurated by Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru.
Total Collection
of Books : 32,000 volumes including backvolumes and
periodicals.
Important Collections
:
Young India (14vols.)
Harijan(14vols.)
The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (100
vols.)in English & Gujarati.
Photostat copies of Manuscripts – 27,000 copies
Books on Peace Studies and Gandhiana, Yoga and
Meditation, Freedom Struggle, Speeches and Writings of Eminent
persons, Biographies of Indian Freedom Fighters & notable
persons.
Reading Room
Total
number of readers visiting the Library per annum : 20,000
Important
Readers : Research Scholars from Indian & Foreign
Universities.
Access
: Closed Access System.
Classification : Dewey Decimal
Classification . System.
Research and
Publications
The Research and Publication Wing is housed in
the first floor of the Library building. This wing undertakes
translating specific writings of Mahatma Gandhi from English to
Tamil since all the 100 volumes of The Collected Works of Mahatma
Gandhi are not available in Tamil. So far books on Swadeshi,
Bhagavads Gita, etc., are published.
Editing and publication of
various titles are also undertaken under the auspices of this
section of Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai. Following is the list of
publications.
Doctor Martin Luther King,
Homage to Mahatma
Anugundum Mahatmavum (Tamil)
Mahatmavukku Anaithulaga Anjali (Tamil)
Voice of a Great soul,
etc.
Dr. Sam Jayaraj the Reasearch Officer is presently heading this wing
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