2. Collection of Books, Journals, periodicals etc.
(a) A large number of reference books are in the collection of library. These, among others, includes the Encyclopedia Britanica, Encyclopedia Americana, Encyclopedia of Economic Development, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Economics and Commerce, World University Encyclopedia, International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, New Standard Encyclopedia, Chamber's Encyclopedia, Illustrated Encyclopedia of the World Knowledge, Encyclopedic Dictionary of Library and Information Science, Encyclopedia of Islam, First Encyclopedia of Islam, The Book of Knowledge, Reader's Digest, Library, of Modern Knowledge, The Europa year Book, The New Pal Grave Dictionary of Economics, Perspectives in International Economics, The British National Bibliography, India-Bangladesh Relations Documents-1971-2002, Company and Securities Laws, The Oxford English Dictionary and also various types of Dictionaries, Britanica Atlas, Great Books, Bangla Pedia, Unrepealed Central Acts, Pakistan Code, Bangladesh Code etc. These are highly helpful for research works.
(b) Religious Books: There are various religious books available in the library like (a) the Holy Quran with number of books of Tafseer and Translaton Hadith, Mohammedan Law. (b) Various books of Christian religion and (c) Gita, Mohabharat, Ramayan of Hindu religion.
(c) Foreign Journals: About 61 foreign journals in title are available of which important are: American Economic Review, American Journal of Islamic and Social Science, Asia Money, Asian Economic Journal, The Bankers, Cambridge Journals of Economics, Economic and Political Weekly, Economic Journal, Econometrica, Economic Development and Cultural Change, The Economist, Euromoney, Foreign Affairs, Far Eastern Economic Review, Journal of Development Economics, Institutional Investor etc.
(d) Foreign News Papaer: 4 Foreign News Papers i,e The Financial Times, The Int. Herald Tribune, The Statesman and The Asian Wall Street Journal are available for readers
(e) Local News Papers/Periodicals: Almost all Local news papers/ periodicals are available in the library for the readers.
(f) Annual Report of Local Banks: Annual Report of the Bangladesh Bank, all scheduled banks are preserved in the library.
(g) Annual Report of Foreign Banks/Institutions: Annual Report and other publications of the Central Bank in different countries of the world are Kept here regularly. Various publications of the World Bank, IMF, ADB, IDB, UNDP, UN, FAO, GATT, UNCTAD, WTO etc. are also available in this library.
(h) Govt. Publication: Government Publication i.e. Bangladesh gazette, Extra ordinary gazette, Budget, BBS Publications are preserved in the library.
(i) Bound News Paper/Journal/Periodical: Most important of local and foreign Journals/Periodicals are preserved in bound volume, Four current news papers i.e. The Daily Inquilab. The Ittefaq, The New Nation and the Bangladesh Observer are preserved in bound volume. Some Important newspapers like The Financial Times, The Pakistan Observer, The Morning News, The Dawn, have been preserved in the library since 1961.
(j) News Clipping: Bangladesh Bank Library maintains on about 126 Subjects of clipping news. The most important subjects are Monetary Policy, Economics, Foreign aid to Bangladesh, Oil and Gas, Gazette, Taxation, Budget, Banking, NGO, Women & Women Affairs, Foreign Exchange, Stock Exchange and also all advertisements, circulars and news items related to Bangladesh Bank.
(k) Cataloguing & Classification System: Dewey Decimal Classification and A.L.A. Cataloguing Rules are followed in the library. Card form Catalogue is also used in the library. Books are issued/returned through Computer under Library Management System (LMS).
3. Functions of the Library: The Library is divided into two divisions (i) Library Division and (ii) Documentation Division. Each Division consists of Procurement section, Processing section, Organization section, Bibliography/Indexing section, Circulation section, Reference & Information section, Reproduction section, Binging & Clipping section, Archives section, Correspondence & Payment section, Administrative section.
Users: Officers and Staff of Bangladesh Bank are regular users of the library. They can borrow books according to the library rules. Journals and periodicals are mainly used in library premises. However, people other than Bangladesh Bank officers/staff are allowed to use of library facilities within library premises only.
Services: Include following:
(I) Prepare current awareness service and supplies to the high officials regularly.
(II) Prepare new arrival list of new books from time to time and supplies that to all departments and branch offices of the bank;
(III) Prepare article index on important topics of different subjects and supplies that to the high officials regularly
(IV) Provides reference services for the users
(V) Provides SDI services
(VI) Disseminates current awareness services
(VII) Provides Internet facilities, Inter Library borrowing facilities, and Photocopy Services.
Management:Bangladesh Bank Library is a part of Research Department of the Bank. Overall functions of the Library are under the supervision/guidance of Economic Adviser of Bangladesh Bank. The Library Committee is headed by The Deputy Governor-1 and consists of all EDs/EA. The Senior Deputy General Manager of library acts as the member secretary to the library committee. The Committee selects books, journals, magazines, newspaper etc. for purchase
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