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{{Infobox library
{{Infobox library
| name = Daniel Poor Memorial Library
| name = Daniel Poor Memorial
| image = Dpml.jpg
| image = The American College library.jpg
| image_size = 300
| country = India
| type = Academic Library
| established = {{Start date |1915 |6 |28|df=yes}}
| established = {{Start date |1915 |6 |28|df=yes}}
| items_collected    = Books, Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, Backvolumes, Rare Collections, Maps, Drawings, Palm scripts and Medieval Weaponry.
| director = Dr. M. Davamani Christober
| num_employees =  Dr. N. Vasanthakumar
| collection_size =  
| collection_size =  
| location = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| location = [[Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|9.929355|78.132073|display=inline,title}}
}}
}}


'''Daniel Poor Memorial Library''' often abbreviated as DPM Library is a century old college central library of [[The American College in Madurai|The American College, Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]] that officially began its functions on June 28, 1915.
'''Daniel Poor Memorial Library''' often abbreviated as DPM Library is a century old college central library of the [[American College, Madurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]] that officially began its functions on June 28, 1915.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Dpml 1957.jpg|thumb|alt=The American College|Daniel Poor Memorial Library]]
Samuel A Morman, the granddaughter of Dr. [[Daniel Poor]], was the key person to build the library building by donating $25,000 to the [[American Board of Missionaries]] on January 26, 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.americancollege.edu/Lib_History.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162341/http://www.americancollege.edu/Lib_History.aspx |archive-date=2011-06-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 1914 and 1920, J. A. Sanders was the first [[librarian]]. The stack room at the library houses more than 76,000 volumes.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Indian Library Directory|author1=Singh, J.|author2=Seṭhī, Ā.|author3=Indian Library Association|date=1985|publisher=Indian Library Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3V_oAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref>
Daniel Poor was one of the pioneer missionaries of the [[American Board]] who started the [[American Ceylon Mission]] in [[Jaffna]] in 1816. He was also one of the founders for the [[American Madura Mission]] established in Madurai (then [[Madurai|Madura]]) in 1835. Samuel A Morman, the granddaughter of Dr. [[Daniel Poor]], was the key person to build the library building by donating $25,000 to the [[American Board of Missionaries]] on January 26, 1926.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/departments-2/library-2|title=Daniel Poor Memorial Library, The American College, Madurai |access-date=2021-06-10}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.americancollege.edu/Lib_History.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613162341/http://www.americancollege.edu/Lib_History.aspx |archive-date=2011-06-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Between 1914 and 1920, J. A. Sanders worked as its first [[librarian]], establishing the [[college library]]. This building was originally planned for a ground floor that would house a stack room for about 50,000 volumes, a small museum, and a teacher's room. The first floor was to house a library study room and two lecture rooms. Presently this building houses a stack room, a reference section, a reading room, technical section and a computerized student access catalog system. Stack room at the library houses more than 1,60,000 volumes. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/departments-2/library-2|title=Daniel Poor Memorial Library, The American College, Madurai |access-date=2021-06-10}}</ref> <ref name="google">{{cite book|title=Indian Library Directory|author1=Singh, J.|author2=Seṭhī, Ā.|author3=Indian Library Association|date=1985|publisher=Indian Library Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3V_oAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2015-04-05}}</ref>
 
== Vision ==
“Provides services to a variety of clientele diverse in skills, expectations and creates an atmosphere of trust, support and encouragement among all members in the American College”.
 
== Mission ==
“To provide the collections, services and physical environment to satisfy intellectual curiosity and information needs of the users in the American College”.
 
== Mile Stones ==
Date of Starting American College Library :  28 June, 1915 <br />
Daniel Poor Memorial Library(Corner stone lay on):  26 January, 1926 <br />
Daniel Poor Memorial Library Opened:  28 January, 1933 <br />
Mezzanine Floor Built :  1987 – 1988 <br />
Open Access System Introduced:  07 March, 1998 <br />
DPM Library Internet Center Opened :  19 August, 2014 <br />
 
== Librarians ==
1914 – 1920 - Dr. A. J. Saunders <br />
1920 – 1921 - Ms. L. C. Guise <br />
1921 – 1923 - Ms. Nettie B. Guise <br />
1923 – 1924 - Ms. E. L. Nolting <br />
1924 – 1926 - Ms. Wallace <br />
1926 – 1933 - Ms. Nettie B. Guise <br />
1933 – 1935 - Ms. Susanna M. Flint <br />
1935 – 1940 - Ms. Milred M. Hess <br />
1940 – 1969 - Mr. A .G. Solomon <br />
1969 – 1986 - Mr. Justin D. Rajan <br />
1986 – 2003 - Mr. G. P. Reuben <br />
2013 – Till Date - Dr. N. Vasanthakumar <br />
 
== Later Developments ==
The first floor houses the current periodicals, back volumes of periodicals, and a rare book collection. <br>The only structural addition in the building is the [[Mezzanine (architecture)|mezzanine]] floor built during 1987–1988. <br />This facility doubled the space for shelving books and helped expand the reading room space, <br />Radio Frequency IDentifier (RFID) Integrated Security Gate<br>RFID integrated KIOSK  <br>RFID integrated Intelligent Shelf <br>
 
== Facilities <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/departments-2/library-2/library-services|title=DPM Library Facilities |access-date=2021-06-11}}</ref> ==
Fully wi-fi enabled Library<br>
Closed Circuit TV Camera Facility Available. <br>
Internet Browsing Center (Free of cost to all users) <br>
Reprographic facilities are made available. <br>
Users’ suggestion box available. <br>
e-Group Service available <br>
RO Water facility available. <br>
Separate servers available for Library Automation and Internet. <br>
Fire Extinguisher facility available<br>
 
== Rare Resources  <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://americancollege.edu.in/departments-2/library-2/rare-resouces|title= Rare Resources, Daniel Poor Memorial Library |access-date=2021-06-11}}</ref> ==
<b>Manuscripts List </b><br>
Grantha Suvadugal<br>
Kathirkaamamalai<br>
Seevagasinthamani<br>
Thirupirangundru Maalai<br>
Murugan Paattu<br>
Thirupugal –Arunagiri<br>
Granta Script<br>
Yovan Eluth<br>
Vaipadu (Multiplication Table) <br>
Encuvadi<br>
 
<b>Museum Collections</b><br>
Brass Collections<br>
Iron and steel collections<br>
Wooden carvings<br>
War exhibits<br>
Coins and Rupees<br>
Stamps. <br>
 
== Visitors ==
Famous visitors to the DPM Library include <br />
[[Rabindranath Tagore]], <br />
Robert A. Millikan,<br>(Robert A. Millikan was an American experimental physicist honored with the Nobel Prize <br>for Physics in 1923 for his measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect)<br />
S.R. Ranganathan, Father of Library Science in India,<br />
[[Khan Sahib]], <br />
C. N. Annadurai, <br />
[[V.V. Giri]],<br />
M. Karunanithi,<br />
Poet Subramaniya Bharati and many others....


== Collections ==
== Collections ==
[[File:Tamil palm-leaf manuscript of Ciṟupañcamūlam 2.jpg|A palm leaf manuscript with ancient Tamil text in DPM|300x200px|thumb]]
[[File:Tamil palm-leaf manuscript of Ciṟupañcamūlam 2.jpg|A palm leaf manuscript with ancient Tamil text in DPM|thumb]]
The library boast's rare antiques, archaeological artifacts and ancient coins of [[Pandyan Dynasty]], [[Cholas]] as well. Many ancient palm leaf script copies like [[Tiruvacakam]], [[Manimekalai]] etc. are preserved here under rare archives section.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Shrikumar|first=A.|date=2015-08-26|title=The library that has outlived a century|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/history-of-a-100yearold-library-in-madurai/article7582873.ece|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
The library holds archaeological artifacts and ancient coins of [[Pandyan Dynasty]], [[Cholas]] as well. Many ancient palm leaf script copies like [[Tiruvacakam]], [[Manimekalai]] are also archived.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Shrikumar|first=A.|date=2015-08-26|title=The library that has outlived a century|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/history-of-a-100yearold-library-in-madurai/article7582873.ece|access-date=2021-05-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>


Important letter correspondence between the Indian Government and The American Missionaries are preserved here, wood carvings from [[Nayak dynasty|Nayak]] period, five metal bronze statues of Vishnu and other Hindu gods, Indonesian wood carvings and wooden statues dated more than 1000 years etc. are few among the collection.<ref name=":0" />
Correspondence between the Indian Government and The American Missionaries, wood carvings from [[Nayak dynasty|Nayak]] period, five metal bronze statues of Vishnu and other Hindu gods, Indonesian wood carvings and wooden statues are in the collections.<ref name=":0" />
 
Proper documentation of all this collection is not done and many of the artifacts seems to mishandled and some are missing.<ref name=":0" />
 
==See also==
* [[Daniel Poor]]
* [[American College, Madurai]]
* [http://www.scilet.in/ SCILET]
 
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==References==
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[[Category:Libraries in Tamil Nadu]]
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[[Category:American Ceylon Mission]]
[[Category:American Ceylon Mission]]

Latest revision as of 18:32, 13 November 2021

Daniel Poor Memorial
The American College library.jpg
Established28 June 1915 (1915 -06-28)
LocationMadurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates9°55′46″N 78°07′55″E / 9.929355°N 78.132073°E / 9.929355; 78.132073Coordinates: 9°55′46″N 78°07′55″E / 9.929355°N 78.132073°E / 9.929355; 78.132073
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Daniel Poor Memorial Library often abbreviated as DPM Library is a century old college central library of the American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu in India that officially began its functions on June 28, 1915.

History[edit]

Samuel A Morman, the granddaughter of Dr. Daniel Poor, was the key person to build the library building by donating $25,000 to the American Board of Missionaries on January 26, 1926.[1] Between 1914 and 1920, J. A. Sanders was the first librarian. The stack room at the library houses more than 76,000 volumes.[2]

Collections[edit]

A palm leaf manuscript with ancient Tamil text in DPM

The library holds archaeological artifacts and ancient coins of Pandyan Dynasty, Cholas as well. Many ancient palm leaf script copies like Tiruvacakam, Manimekalai are also archived.[3]

Correspondence between the Indian Government and The American Missionaries, wood carvings from Nayak period, five metal bronze statues of Vishnu and other Hindu gods, Indonesian wood carvings and wooden statues are in the collections.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2010-09-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Singh, J.; Seṭhī, Ā.; Indian Library Association (1985). Indian Library Directory. Indian Library Association. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shrikumar, A. (2015-08-26). "The library that has outlived a century". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
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