NNL
launches online ISSN service (kh 18/09/2023)
Transformation
of Nepal’s library; from clay pot to digital (kh
02/09/2023)
Promoting
Nepal’s reading culture : The government should
establish well-equipped libraries and reading corners in
schools, colleges and public spaces, by Pushpa Raj
Joshi (kp 22/06/2023)
Supporting
research libraries : Most research libraries run by
governmental entities, universities and NGOs are still
concentrated in Kathmandu, by Pratyoush Onta (kp
09/06/2023)
National
Archives struggling without workforce, budget (kh
08/06/2023)
Kathmandu’s
libraries turning into study spaces and work stations,
by Anushka Nepal (ae 10/01/2023)
Library
to give Rs 10,000 per month to best reader (kh
12/11/2022)
Libraries:
They are more than just reading rooms, by Simone
Galimberti (ht 30/06/2022)
Only
227 out of 928 libraries across country operating
properly: Report (rn 26/06/2022)
School
library boon for young bibliophiles : Kalika Secondary
School built a well-stocked library last year with the
help of national and international agencies, by
Sarita Shrestha (kp 04/04/2022)
Seven-story
modern library to be built in Jamal, by Rubi
Rauniyar (rep 26/01/2022)
Four
schools to get e-libraries in Tanahun (kh
24/12/2021)
Zonta
Club of Kathmandu donates two modern libraries to Durbar
High School (ht 01/11/2021)
Activists
want President to act to convert ‘Kathmandu View Tower’
into National Library : Thousands of books and
historical manuscripts are at risk of damage as the
Lalitpur-based National Library building has fallen into
disrepair following the 2015 earthquakes, by Anup
Ojha (kp 30/09/2021)
How
this Pokhara-based book club aims to promote reading
culture : In a country where reading books beyond the
curriculum is often deemed unnecessary, What the Book
Club is striving to encourage people to pick one up,
by Ankit Khadgi (kp 16/10/2020)
Revoke
the stop-work order : There is no justification for
halting work at the construction site of the Nepal
National Library., by Naresh Koirala (kp 28/08/2020)
The
need for public libraries: Libraries help to develop and
preserve intellectual capital in society, by Sujeev
Shakya (kp 11/08/2020)
After
spending Rs 24 million on new facility, fate of national
library is still uncertain: After the building that
housed Nepal National Library was damaged in the 2015
quake, many books and manuscripts are stored at Mahendra
Bhawan School in Sanogaucharan, by Srizu Bajracharya
(kp 04/08/2020)
The
mystery behind books and taxes: There is absolutely no
proof that the customs duty on imported books has
benefitted local printing presses, by Ruzel Shrestha
(kp 23/03/2020)
Bookstores'
decision to halt imports places attention once again on
taxes on books: Responding to the decision, many on
social media have decried the taxation of books on the
grounds that reading is about learning and education,
by Shashwat Pant (kp 30/01/2020), Scrap
the import duty on books: They should be making books
cheaper, not more expensive (kp 31/01/2020)
No
country for bookworms: The lack of public reading spaces
and well-maintained libraries is hindering the reading
culture among Kathmandu’s new generation of book lovers,
by Arya Mainali and Diya Rijal (kp 15/08/2019)
Nepalgunj’s
oldest library is on the cusp of a slow death: Once a
thriving space for students and litterateurs, Mahendra
Pustakalaya is itself on the verge of becoming archived,
by Madhu Shahi (kp 30/07/2019)
Whose
book is it anyway? India and Nepal have finally agreed
on something: the decision to charge an import tax on
imported books, by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 12/07/2019),
Customs
duty on books causes scarcity, increases piracy, by
Nikeeta Gautam (rep 28/07/2019)
Customs
duty on books adds to students’ financial burden while
killing reading culture: While publishers and book
enthusiasts say the customs duty is unnecessary,
others say it could benefit the Nepali publishing
industry, by Diya Rijal and Bhrikuti Rai (kp
22/06/2019), Needed:
a free flow of booksIf the government follows through on
its plans to levy a customs tax on books, Nepali readers
will suffer, by Abhi Subedi (kp 23/06/2019)
Given
them public libraries: While we still do not have a
proper public library at a national level, we are
talking about enhancing literacy, by Usha Pokharel
(rep 11/05/2019)
Library
for
life and community: Only access to books and the
consequent salutary effects can help us free ourselves
from the shackles of our circumstance, by Pramod
Mishra (kp 11/04/2019)
Three
of
Nepal’s largest public libraries were badly damaged in
the 2015 earthquake—only one has risen from the debris:
The Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya has a new building that
houses its full collection, but the Kaiser Library and
National Library have yet to even be retrofitted or
renovated, by Alisha Sijapati (kp 03/04/2019)
Library
blues: Public libraries are a treasure. We must learn to
see them for what they are, by Abhi Subedi (kp
17/02/2019)
Country’s
only
library for visually impaired has no visitors: National
Braille Library at Thapathali hosts over 25,000 English
language books from a host of genres but lacks
dictionary, internet and blind-friendly software, by
Anup Ojha (kp 12/01/2019)
Digital
doldrums: ISBNs serve little to no purpose in Nepal,
by Bibhu Luitel (kp 28/11/2018), International
ISBN
body seeks TU Central Library’s clarification: Head of
the library says it would try to fix the issues by next
year, by Bibhu Luitel (kp 30/11/2018)
Kaiser
Library awaits renovation, by Diya Dhakal (rep
04/09/2018)
Central
Library in dire need of expert staff, by Diya Dhakal
(rep 19/08/2018)
Wood
gifts Nepal’s school new library on his mom’s 87th
birthday, by Prakash Rimal (ht 26/04/2018)
National
Library, Keshar Library await reconstruction (ht
24/04/2018)
Viplavi:
A portrait of a tiny, two-room Kathmandu library, by
Sanjit Bhakta Pradhananga (kp 14/04/2018)
Digitising
archives, sharing knowledge: Nepali Times caught up with
James Nye, Bibliographer Southern Asia at Joseph
Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago during a
visit to Kathmandu this month (nt 16/02/2018)
Changu
library serving as warehouse to store temple ruins,
by Anup Ojha (kp 14/01/2018)
Old
ways working well for National Archive (ht
11/12/2017)
Manuscripts
at damage risk if Archives shifted (kp 10/10/2017),
‘Develop
Nat’l Archives as research centre’ (kp 11/10/2017)
Quake-damaged
Nepal National Library awaits reconstruction, by
Sabitri Dhakal (ht 31/08/2017)
Library
in shambles (ht 20/08/2017)
Book
martyrs:
Today the space for our libraries is ill-managed,
ruined, or permanently gone, by Abhi Subedi (kp
08/01/2017)
Nat’l
Audio
Library awaits proper maintenance, by Lal Prasad
Sharma (kp 20/11/2016)
No
room
to read: For a metropolis of its size, Kathmandu has
alarmingly few libraries. Nepal is not so poor as not to
be able to afford a couple of libraries in its major
cities and towns, by Mohan Guragain (kp 19/11/2016)
Book
rooms
in sorry state as country marks 9th Library Day: According
to Library Archival Management Committee, there are 41,272
libraries in the country (kp 01/09/2016)
In
a
sorry state: With growing population, libraries have
become increasingly necessary, yet they are neglected more
and more, by Shyam KC (kp 26/08/2016)
Libraries
in
Panchthar losing readers (ht 11/09/2016)
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