Braille Section : Braille Section is located at Ground Floor,
special care is taken to facilitate Braille readers in this section.
This section has 1500 printed Braille books, 145 e-books and 1080 Audio
Books
Own Book Reading Section : This section located at ground floor. It
is a boon to the users who are searching for spacious, cool and calm
reading environment in the city. The readers’ have the liberty to carry
their personal notebooks, textbooks, learning materials and, laptops. It
has comfortable furniture for readers.
Children’s Section : Children Section is located in the first floor '
B wing ' it spreads over 15,000 sq. ft. It has over 60,000 books which
cover all subject areas. This section has a very good collection of
books ranges from Alphabets, Numerals to Children Encyclopedias.
Majority of books are in English and it has books in different Indian
and foreign languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi,
German, French, Spanish and Italian). Over 2000 Multimedia CDs, DVDs in
different categories and subjects are available for the users. Any
children who are at the age between 4 years and 14 years can access this
section.
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Periodicals Section : Periodicals section is located in the ‘A’ Wing
of first floor. Newspapers and Magazines and Journals are kept in this
section.All leading newspapers and magazines are available in this
section for readers. Currently 37 leading dailies in different languages
are being subscribed. The library is subscribing over 500 Indian and
Foreign Magazines in all categories to serve user needs. There is an
exclusive section for women readers which comprises magazines focused on
women.
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Tamil Books Section : Second Floor of this library is dedicated to
“Classical Language (Semmozhli)” Tamil. In this section we have almost
all the books published in Tamil available in print. Readers who are
fond of reading Tamil books can see the huge collections Tamil books
from all leading publishers. Over 1, 00, 000 books in the form of
Novels, Poems, Short Stories, Drama, Essays, Humor, letters.
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English Book Section : This library has over 4.5 lakhs books in all
subjects areas published by leading publishers across the world. English
Books occupy majority of the library space from third floor to seventh
floor.
Very informative post with beautiful pictures of the Anna Library. It has many sections of organised books. Its not stagnant to original vision of library. Do check Anna Centenary Library for details before planning a visit to the "temple of books".
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