Assam is one of the leading states in northeast where literacy and overall education is of a great concern. The educated mass in the state has resulted in increased readership. More and more schools, colleges and technical institutes are coming up in the state. With that, an inflow of students from different states can be observed. All these factors have encouraged in the growth of many Libraries in Assam. These Assam libraries help the students, professionals, service holders and book lovers to get hold of their desired books, which may be not available in the market.

The state has a Central Library, which is one important library in the state, has a total of eighty-one thousand volumes of books. These include various kinds of textbooks, reference books, and non-book materials like slides, audiotapes and videotapes. It also subscribes to a total number of about four hundred and eighty-four recent periodicals.

Some of the other leading libraries in Assam are as follows:

Bishnu Nirmala Childrens Library
Latasil, Guwahati, Assam

District Library
Near Dighali Pukhuri, Guwahati, Assam
Telephone: 0361-2545344, 2543369, 2545198

Ambikagiri Library
Near Dighali Pukhuri, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam

Bina Library
College Hostel Road, Panbazar, Guwahati-1, Assam
Telephone: 0361-2544081

Guwahati University Library
Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam
Telephone: 0361-2570529

Nabin Bordoloi Library
In the vicinity of Dighali Pukhuri, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam

S. K. Bhuyan Library
Cotton College, Panbazar, Guwahati, Assam

K.K. Hendique Library
Gauhati University, Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam

Lie Library
Lalmati Basitha, Guwahati, Assam

Marwari Hindi Pustakalaya
Guwahati, Assam
Telephone: 0361-2516132

Last Updated on 10 January 2011