Internship Report on Bangladesh Bank Library: An Evaluation

Abstract

B angladesh Bank, the central bank and regulatory body for the country's monetary and financial system, was estab lished in Dhaka as a body corporate vide the Bangladesh B ank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972 with effect from 16th December, 1971. At present it has ten office located at Motijheel, Sadarghat, Chittagong, Khulna, Bogra, Rajshahi, Sylhet, Bansal, Rangpur and Mymensingh i n Bangladesh; total manpower stood a t 5807 (officials 3981, subordinate staff 1826) as on March 31, 2015 (BB website, 2021). The library started its journey as 'State Bank Pakistan Library' in 1962 with a single room. In the course of time, after the liberation war in 1971, the then 'State Bank of Pakistan Library' changed its name into 'Bangladesh Bank Library. Since its inception, BBL was a traditional library. Initiated in 2012, some structural development and automation process had been brought in BBL that makes BBL as one of the highly technology-used library in Bangladesh since 2016.