30 January, in the year 1903 the then Governor Lord Curzon established the Imperial Library at the treasure of books - Metcalfe Hall in Kolkata. First librarian of this library was John Macfarlane of British Museum, then Sir Harinath Dey became its librarian.
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We are seeing a similar trend in libraries as well. though not as visible as their gigantic bookstore counterparts, we are seeing the emergence pf the so called online libraries, they are not fully digitized in that they still deal with physical books. But selection of books happens on the website, and they deliver them to you wherever you are. You might want to check out kwench, friends of books & http://www.indiareads.com