The legislature library is essentially a special library
catering to the needs of the legislators in the discharge of
their functions. The Kerala Legislature Library
originated in the Dewan's Office Library of the erstwhile
Travancore State renamed as the Legislative Library in 1921
and later as Travancore Cochin Assembly Library in 1949. The
library got its present name, Kerala Legislature Library in
1956 and has since been exclusively meant to meet the
information needs of the Members of the Legislative
Assembly. The library with more than One
lakh thirteen thousand books, reports, gazettes, back
volumes of periodicals and newspapers etc. is one of the best
reference libraries in the State. |
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