Chavara Public Library
Chavara Public Library with its enormous collection of
books can well be termed as the largest in the city.Catering to the needs of the
members with different tastes,there are seperate departments in the library for reference,history,science,fictions,
light reading,children's books,encyclopedia and journals.Reading room with a number of periodicals and dailies is open
and free to the public during evening hours. The public
library of the Chavara Cultural Centre enjoys no grant from government. The Library consists of
Reference Library
Books and periodicals (current issues) of this section shall be available for the use of public in the library.
On no condition shall these books or periodicals be lent out
General Library
Books and periodicals of this section shall be available to children below the age of
16. Membership in the children's library doesn't entitle the members to borrow books from General Library
Children's Library
Books and periodicals of this section shall be available to children below the age of 16.
Membership in the children's library doesn't entitle the members to borrow books from General Library
Management Library
This section is open exclusively to student of ICWAI, ICSI, CA, MBA, M.Com.
Books and periodicals (back issue) shall be lent out to the members of the library on terms prescribed by the Rules.
Members of this library are entitled to take books from General Library
Library of U.K Correspondence Course
Chavara Library is a resource-cum-study centre of the University of Kerala.
Students registered fro the correspondence course of the University of Kerala have access
to the books in this section when they produce their identity cards
Public Reading Room
A spacious and well -lit reading room is provided in the library having regional and national dailies,
and national and international periodicals for the use of general public
Membership
Membership in the library shall be open to anyone who applies from it in the prescribed form, duly filled in and signed, with the recommendation of a member of Chavara Cultural Centre. At the time of admission every member shall pay the membership fee as follows.
| Section |
Annual
Subscription |
Caution
deposit
(Refundable) |
Total |
Management
Library |
250 |
250 |
500 |
Children's
library |
100
|
100 |
200 |
| General Library |
150
|
250 |
400 |
* Kakuzo Okakura -The book of tea
* Cecilia Ahern -P. S. I love you
* Paul Theroux -The Great railway bazaar
* Daniel-Domscheit-Berg -Inside Wikileaks
* David G Dodd -The Grateful dead reader
* Albert Goldman -Lenny Bruce
* Jeffrey Archer -Only time will tell
* Amitav Ghosh - River of Smoke
The gang that couldn’t write straight – Marc Weingarten
In a time of frenzied cultural change traditional just-the –facts journalism failed
to bring order to the chaos. Starting in 1965 and spanning a ten year period,
a group of writers including Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, Hunter S Thompson, Joan Didion,
joined their elders, including Truman Capote and Norman mailer to completely reinvent
American letters. A time when journalism didn’t report America but reshaped it. Weingarten
takes the reader on an enjoyable ride through New Journalism’s famous works.
Room full of mirrors – Charles R Cross
Jimi Hendrix the legendary guitarist and the original rock and roll rebel,
lived an outrageous life, from his troubled childhood to meteoric success
in Swinging London and a tragic early death. Charles R Cross has unlocked the
mystery of one of rock’s enduring legends and created a supremely moving and revealing
portrait of the man behind the myth.
Contact
Manoj .M
Librarian
Chavara Cultural Centre
Kochi-11
Ph:0484-4070259,2377443
email:chavaracentre@rediffmail.com