Here are the key differences between these numbering systems used in libraries: - Call Number: Unique identifier for items assigned based on their subject. Consists of classification number and item identifier. Helps locate items on shelves. - Class Number: Part of call number that represents the subject classification of the item using a classification scheme like Dewey Decimal. - Book Number: Unique number assigned sequentially to identify each item received. - Accession Number: Unique number assigned sequentially to each item received and processed into the collection. - Barcode: Unique machine-readable representation of an item's call number or other identifier, allows for scanning and automated check-in/check-out.

1. Delhi Public Library
(An Autonomous Organization)
Ministry of Culture
Government of India

2. About
• Established in 1951 by the Government of
India with financial and technical assistance
from the UNESCO.
• Inaugurated by the first Prime Minister of
India Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru on 27th October
1951.

3. THE DELIVERY OF BOOKS 1[AND NEWSPAPERS]
(PUBLIC LIBRARIES) ACT, 1954
• Delhi Public Library was declared by the Govt. of India as the
fourth Recipient Library on 16th December, 1981.
• Books, Journals and other reading materials received under
the Act are kept in the Reference Section of the South Zonal
Library Sarojini Nagar for readers consultation.
NATIONAL LIBRARY, CALCUTTA
CONNEMARA PUBLIC LIBRARY, MADRAS
ASIATIC SOCIETY LIBRARY, BOMBAY

4. 134 Mobile Library Points
(including 18 Braille Points)
20 Sub-Branch
Libraries, 1
Community Library
8 Resettlement
Colony Libraries,
One Braille Library

5. Sections/Departments
⮚ Establishment Section
⮚ Account Section
⮚ Board & Planning (Social Education Department)
⮚ General (Store) Section
⮚ Delivery of Book Act Division (DBAD)
⮚ Book Purchasing & Processing Division (BPPD)
⮚ Extension Department
⮚ Lending Section
⮚ Gym, Yoga Classes
⮚ Reading Room

6. Organizational Chart
• Delhi Library Board (Head : Chairman)
• Director General
• Deputy Director
• Senior Library & Information Officer
• Library & Information Officer
• Assistant Library & Information Officer
• Section Officer (Establishment, Accounts, General Section, Hindi Cell)
• Library & Information Assistant
• Library Clerk & LDC
• MTS (Library, General)
• Other (Personal Secretary, Personal Assistant, UDC, Electrician, Wireman, etc.)

7. Lending Section
• Membership
• Circulation
• E-Library
• General Books Collection
• Reference Section, Newspaper & Gazette
• Delhi & NCR Information Centre
• Legal Section
• Children Section (Under SED)
• Other (Electrical Room, Dispatch Section)

8. Membership
• Incharge : Library & Information Assistant
• Member Categories
– Adult Member (AMG) – Rs. 100 for 1 Year
– Adult Member DVD – Rs. 100 + Rs. 300 (Security) for 1 Year
– Braille Member
– Child Member - Rs. 100 for 1 Year
– Child Member DVD - Rs. 100 + Rs. 300 (Security) for 1 Year
– NCR Member - Rs. 100 + Rs. 3000 (Security) for 6 Months
– Reading Room (Temp) - Rs. 100 for 1 Month (No Book Issue)
– Staff - Nil
Attestation
Required

9. Circulation
• Incharge : Library & Information Assistant
• Adult Member : 3 Books
• NCR Member : 2 Books
• Reading Room (Temp.) : No Book
• Renewal : 2 Times (Online/Offline)
• Period : 14 Days
• Fine : Rs. 2 per Book per Day (For Adult)
Rs. 1 per Book per Day (For Children)

10. E-Library
• 20+ Computer Systems for User (2 Reserved for
VH)
• Print Facility Available (Rs. 3 per Page One Side Max. 10 Pages)
• E-Resources (DELNET & National Library)
Delhi & NCR Information Centre
• Work as a Reference Desk, Enquiry & Control
Room

11. General Collection
• Available for Borrowing
• Divided into 4 Languages :
– Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi
• Collection
– Fiction (Story & Novel) : Arranged according to Book Number
– Non-Fiction (Text Book, etc.) : Arranged according to Call Number

12. Reference Section
• Not Available for Borrow
• DBAD Books (Only January-2018)
• Newspaper Archived (1951-Till Date)
– Navbharat Times (Hindi)
– Hindustan Times (English)
• Gazzete (1954-2011)
– Government of India
– Delhi Government

13. • Legal Section :
– Legal Notices (Users who didn’t return the Books)
• 1st Reminder (After 15 Days by Circulation Counter)
• 2nd Reminder (After 30 Days by Circulation Counter)
• 3rd Reminder (After 45 Days by Legal Section)
– Binding, Weeding Out, etc.
• Children Section : For 5 to 15 Years Age Group
• Electrical Room : For Maintenance & Electricity
Related Issues
• Dispatch Section : For sending and Receiving Official
Orders, Notices & Reminders, etc.

14. • Gym :
– Timings : 08:00 A.M. to 09:00 A.M. (Boys)
09:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. (Girls)
04:00 P.M. to 06:00 P.M. (Boys & Girls)
– Charges : Rs. 200/- for a Month
• Yoga Classes : 08:00 A.M. to 09:00 A.M.
• Reading Room : 2
– 1 Female Study Room (Next to Gym)
– 1 Common Study Room
• Extension Department :
– Total 11 Buses (5 AC Buses Received from AAI’s CSR
Fund, 1 Brail Mobile Bus)

15. Questions
• Difference between Call Number, Class
Number, Book Number, Accession Number &
Barcode?