| Library and Documentation Centre There is a huge library in Indian Institute of Sindhology with
Thousands of Sindhi Books, many of them the rare ones, on various topics. All
the Sindhi magazines published in India and abroad are also displayed and collected in
bound volumes. The library is being run by the competent Sindhi knowing staff.
The library is open for the scholars and public on all working days.
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Books and Magazines |
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In the library there are three types
of books available.
(a) Sindhi books (in both, Sindhi and Devnagri scripts)
(b) Books on Sindh and Sindhis in English and other languages.
(c) Books written by Sindhi authors in English and other Vernacular languages,
original as well as the
translations.
All books are classified and catalogued as per the rules of Library Science.
Lately the two separate sections of literary classics in English and Hindi have
been opened.
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Magazines |
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In this section the present as well
the old magazines published in Sindh, during pre-partition era have been
collected and bound together year wise. The present day magazines like
" Koonj", "Sangeeta", "Rachna", "Sipoon"
and older ones like " Naeen Duniya", "Kahani" and of
pre-partition era like "Sindhu", "Phuleli" and
"Mehran" are available in the library. Many magazines published by
Government and Semi Government organisations and also by different Sindhi associations,
like "Halchal", "Moomal", "Pushp"
"Jahazrani", "Alka", "Sorath", "Jeejal"
and their annual numbers are preserved in this library. |
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The Rare books |
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There are many volumes of rare books
preserved in the library. These books have been collected from the personal
collection of elderly writers as well from those libraries which had to close
down the shutters. There are many books of historical importance, published in
19th century.
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The Scanning of Rare books |
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There are many rare books in a very
delicate condition. The worn out pages are so brittle that they get torn by mere
touch of the hand. The pages of the books are being scanned to preserve them for
posterity. Three / five copies of such books including old title page and
advertisements, are preserved for safe keeping in Sindhology. Printed on best
quality of paper, they shall last for another hundred years, without getting
damaged. These books scanned by computer are also preserved in CDs, so that more
copies of these books are printed whenever demand arises. There are scores of
such books already preserved by this modern technique. |
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Search for rare books and manuscripts
scattered all over India and
overseas to preserve them by Photo
coping or Type setting |
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The literature of many old and new
writers in printed form or in manuscript form has remained untraced. Sometimes
it is available in old magazines and has not appeared in any collection.
Sindhology has tried to tackle it in two ways :
(a) The unpublished works have
been obtained from the heirs of the authors. These have been printed in book
form with the help of computer type setting. 3/5 copies of such unpublished
books have been printed and preserved at Sindhology as reference material for scholars. The matter has also been recorded in CDs.
At present scores of such rare, unpublished works are available at Sindhology.
(b) Short stories / Poems / articles of the writers who have passed away, have
been searched from various magazines and compiled in collections and are printed in
book form. 3/5 copies of such works are now available at
Sindhology for future reference of scholars.
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Script Bank |
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Sindhology has collected hundred of
One act and full length plays from various sources and stored in a Script Bank. Anyone who
wishes to perform any play on the stage can get the photo copy of the
script of play on nominal charge. The photographs of many play writers along
with Bio data is also available with Sindhology. |
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Historical Events |
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Related to history, geography of
Sindh and other cultural events have also been compiled in chronological order after thorough research. |
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Writer's Corners |
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Corners of many eminent writers
furnishing all the information of their life and works is made available here
including the
(a) Details of all books written (both published and
unpublished)
(b) Details of all the articles written by the author and
scattered in various
magazines / books including those which have remained unpublished.
(c) The articles written by other writers on the author, both published and
unpublished.
(d) The letters of the authors, both published and
unpublished.
(e) Photographs of the author with his family and
friends.
(f) All the information about the authors collected from his friends and
relatives, obtained orally or in writing.
(g) The prizes, Shields, Certificates,
felicitation bestowed on the author.
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Manuscripts |
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It is a different task to procure
the manuscripts of the authors, who have passed away. But Sindhology has
succeeded in obtaining few, some of them in a very deleterious condition, which have been restored by proper lamination etc.
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