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Early Bengali Serials, 1818-1950 : A Shared Database of Library Holdings Worldwide / Designed and Developed by Asoknath Mukhopadhyay. 1st ed. Kolkata, K. P. Bagchi & Company. 2004. xxiv, 541 p. 25 cm.

ISBN: 8170742617      KK-28536

Early Bengali Serials (EBS) is a print version of the electronic database of an International Union Catalogue. The Database includes over one thousand journals and newspapers appeared during the period 1818-1950. Each title, with few exceptions, is annotated with bibliographic description, indicative notes, subject keywords, and the whereabouts of available issues tracked down in some heritage libraries in West Bengal and other parts of India, and in overseas institutions as well.

The database has been designed to provide researchers and scholars with valuable information on the primary sources of literature published in Bengali language in India under colonial rule. They reflect the thoughts and ideas of the people interacting with their social, religious, cultural, economic and political environment in a significant period of Indian history. Bengal during this phase perfected her language, moulded a script, and excelled in literature and science. This happened to be the time of the Bengal Renaissance, and the time of negotiation with forces working against the emergence of a modern society. It was the time of India's struggle for freedom and transfer of power, which ended with the beginning of independent India.

So far, bibliographers and researchers have found evidence of nearly 2900 titles brought out in pre-independent India. EBS captured 1087 of those. The database has been developed with input from varied types of secondary sources -- both on-line and off-line, covering printed library catalogues, union lists, bibliographies, historical reference materials, and on-line union catalogues and library databases.

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

    Romanization & Bengali Naming Conventions

    Transliteration for Bengali Serial Titles

    Record Definition

    Host Libraries

Records By Serial Titles

    Indexes

    Commencement year

    Affiliation

    Editor & Sub-Editor

    Patron

    Publisher

    Printer

    Printing Press

    Publishing Place

    Bilingual

    Subject Keyword

Appendix

    Reference Sources

Asoknath Mukhopadhyay, formerly Librarian, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, managed several database development projects sponsored by agencies of national importance, such as IIMC, NISSAT and AMDISA.