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'''Nagaland State Library''' is a [[Public library|Metropolitan Library]] in [[Kohima]], [[Nagaland]], [[India]]. It is located in [[Police Reserve Hill Ward|Police Reserve Hill]] on the road leading to [[Jotsoma]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://artandculture.nagaland.gov.in/Branches.aspx|title=Branches - Art and Culture Nagaland|website=Department of Art and Culture, Nagaland|access-date=12 April 2022|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607212606/http://artandculture.nagaland.gov.in/Branches.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nagalandpost.com/index.php/state-library-needs-to-be-upgraded/|title=State library needs to be upgraded|date=23 August 2019|newspaper=[[Nagaland Post]]|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Nagaland State Library was established in 1981 under the [[Government of Nagaland|Nagaland Government]]'s Department of Arts & Culture.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/nagaland/locals-connect-through-facebook-to-open-dimapurs-first-independent-public-library-5166917/|title=Locals connect through Facebook to open Dimapur's first independent library|date=7 May 2018|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://morungexpress.com/librarian-scarcity-nagaland|title=Librarian scarcity in Nagaland |date=19 August 2019|newspaper=[[The Morung Express]]|access-date=12 April 2022}}</ref><br />
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In 2016-17 the library received ₹1,75,48,000 (over ₹17 million) under the [[National Mission on Libraries India|National Mission on Libraries (NML)]] for upgradation, subscription for e-journals and e-books, and procurement of reading resources, and other programmes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modernisation of Libraries |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1982324 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250504112527/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1982324 |archive-date=4 May 2025 |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=www.pib.gov.in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tejas: National Mission on Libraries |url=https://culturescheme.dashboard.nic.in/ui/shared/5575A5351DC3E53300318878CD150B359A3554DF0DBC8C8F057489EFF288702C066E9CC7DB7136DC89E4FE54953D0588 |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=culturescheme.dashboard.nic.in}}</ref> By 2019 the library had a collection of more than 58,000 books with 3796 registered members. The library had 17 people employed which was much lesser than the required staff and experts to manage it.<ref name=":0"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of libraries in India]]<br />
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* [http://88.99.33.227/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf1oZVOXAqivgpmja23UZjv_7H3LQgjeeK-iBQMIebxwHNZ4jcDTi5a1Z41tw_aem_N3_anxjWlmv2csHm8l2saw Koha database]<br />
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* [https://www.instagram.com/statelibrarykohima/ Instagram page]<br />
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