Karnataka is one of the fast growing and most prosperous states of India. It has a rich culture and library tradition. This book gives an account of historical background of the State; the Library movement; Library legislation and Public Library System; description of important public, research and academic libraries; library education and research; library literature; etc. This book also gives a list of some of the) important library professionals; library associations; Adult Education Council; endowments; institutions; lectures series; important conferences of national and international level, etc. Thus it records the history, development and growth of public libraries; library profession; library education and research and many more facets. CONTENTS: I. HISTORY OF KARNATAKA : 1. Karnataka State (an Overview) 2. Kannada : Language and Literature 3. Kannada Manuscripts 4. Early Printings in Kanarese 5. Reference Material in Kannada 6. Bibliographical Control of Kannada Literature II. LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY MOVEMENT : 7. History of Libraries 8. Libraries Under Muslim Rulers 9. Medieval Hindu Libraries 10. Modern Library Movement in Karnataka III. PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM : 11. Public Library System in Karnataka 12. Karnataka Public Libraries Act, 1965 13. Karnataka State Central Reference Library 14. District Central Libraries 15. Karnataka and RRLF IV. IMPORTANT LIBRARIES : 16. Indological Libraries 17. Special Libraries (Scientific, Technological and Industrial) Bangalore 18. Special Libraries : Outside Bangalore 19. Special Libraries (Social Sciences) 20. Scientific Libraries - National Information Centres 21. University Libraries 22. Bangalore Library Network (BALNET) V. LIBRARY EDUCATION : 23. Library Education in Karnataka 24. Research in LIS in Karnataka VI. LIBRARY LITERATURE : 25. Library Literature in Kannada 26. LIS Periodicals from Karnataka VII. PERSONNEL : 27. Pioneers of Library Movement VIII. OTHER SUBJECTS : 28. Karnataka State Library Association 29. The Adult Education Council 30. Sarada Ranganathan Endowment for Library Science 31. Institute of Information Studies (IIS) 32. Prof. M.R. Kumbhar Memorial Lectures 33. Prof. K.S. Deshpande Endowment Lectures 34. Samaja Vijnana Lekhana Darshaka 35. National Conferences/Seminars IX. EVENTS : 36. Chronology. Addenda to Chapter 37 : Pioneers of Library Movement