LIBRARY CUM READING ROOM: A BRIEF REPORT



To provide opportunities and facilities to education thirsty and seekers of knowledge the Alhikmah Foundation, since its inception established a library with a reading room facility under a caption name of Alhikmah Education Point. Starting with a meager number of 15 regular readership, the membership has now reached to a staggering figure of around 400 plus readership which annually cross to around 5000 figure.

Out of these members about 60 percent of them consist of school going students from 8th to 12th standard of different schools. The rest, regular members belong to college going students pursuing the studies in engineering and professional courses as well as those preparing for different competitive exams. Even the research scholars engaged in research work numbering around 10 are also a regular visitor of the library and avail the facilities available both in terms of a large number of books on different subjects and a variety of news papers, magazines and journals as well as a quite and peaceful reading atmosphere of its well furnished reading room facility, A handful of general readers of different interests also visit the library regularly. The reading room facilities attached with the library is a boon for different categories of students coming from far off areas of UP, Bihar and other parts of country for pursuing higher studies, living in a dingy room of rented houses having no peaceful reading atmosphere. They avail this reading room facility of the library, come with books of their courses of study supplemented with the books, magazines etc. available in the library and enjoy reading in a peaceful and congenial atmosphere.

The library and reading room facility are availed of by the students residing in various colonies of Jamia Nagar, Taimur Nagar, Maharani Bagh and neighboring areas.

Presently the library has a stock of more than 4 thousand books on different subjects.
Initially the library was started with active and financial supports of the member of the Foundation in the form of membership fee and special donations for the purpose and meeting its monthly expenditure of around Rs. 10,000 to 15,000.
However for the last 2 years the Government of NCT of Delhi has recognized it as Public Library and has been granting a sum of Rupee 40,000 per year to meet the expenditure on books and magazines etc.
The library is still running in a private rented building at Jogabai, Zakir Nagar, New Delhi.