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Dr. H.K. Kaul is an expert in library and information science with 39 years of experience. He established two important institutions - DELNET, a library network connecting over 1000 libraries across South Asia, and the Poetry Society of India. Dr. Kaul obtained advanced degrees in library science and helped establish several national committees related to libraries. He has authored numerous books and papers on topics such as library networking, bibliography, history, poetry and publishing.

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Dr. H.K. Kaul: Delhi, Both Published by Oxford University Press. These Books Are in Press and Are

Dr. H.K. Kaul is an expert in library and information science with 39 years of experience. He established two important institutions - DELNET, a library network connecting over 1000 libraries across South Asia, and the Poetry Society of India. Dr. Kaul obtained advanced degrees in library science and helped establish several national committees related to libraries. He has authored numerous books and papers on topics such as library networking, bibliography, history, poetry and publishing.

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Dr. H.K.

Kaul
Dr. H.K. Kaul, Library and Information Specialist, author, poet, bibliographer and
institution builder displays in his personality the wisdom of a knowledge expert, 39 years
experience as a Library specialist, the creativity of a poet and the man with a vision who
established two institutions, the DELNET Developing Library Network in 1988 and the
Poetry Society (India) in 1984.
Dr. Kaul obtained first-class-first in Masters in Library and Information Science from the
University of Mumbai and Doctorate in Library Networking from the University of Pune.
He has received several awards and Senior Fellowship of the Department of Culture,
Government of India. He has been a member of the Indian National Commission for
Unesco, and the member of major national committees such as High Powered Committee
on the Government of India Libraries. Ministry of Culture, Government of India;
Advisory Board, National Library, Calcutta, Board of Management, National Library,
Calcutta; Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Calcutta; Delhi Library Board;
Committee to Review the Functioning of the Asiatic Society set up by the Ministry of
Tourism and Culture, Government of India; National Selection Committee, Fulbright
Professional Fellowships in Information Science and Technology; Scientific Advisory
Committee, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India; Working Group
on Libraries and Informatics, and Convenor, Sub-Group on Modernisation, Manpower
Development, Informatics and Finance, Ninth Five Year Plan, 1997-2002. Planning
Commission, Government of India, etc.
Dr. Kaul is the Founding Director of DELNET, Founder Secretary-General of the Poetry
Society (India) and Chief Librarian of India International Centre, New Delhi. He is
internationally known as an expert in Library Networking, as the DELNET of which he is
the Founding Director has become the major Library Network in South Asia. It networks
more than 1000 libraries; gives access to 60 lakh records of books, articles, journals, etc.;
offers library management software at subsidized rates and inter-library loan services at
national and international levels to scholars living in any part of the world. He has
developed it as the first major self-supporting library network in Asia.
The establishment of the National Convention on Library and Information Networking
(NACLIN) by Dr. Kaul in 1988 has become an institution in itself. Thousands of Library
and Information Science experts have benefited from these national conventions and their
proceedings, and thousands of them will benefit in future from this service.
Dr. Kauls first book came out in 1972 and since then he has authored and edited fortynine books, besides research papers and over 100 articles, in the fields of library
networking, bibliographical studies, history, poetry and publishing,. He examined in the
1970s thousands of rare books on India and produced Travelers India and Historic
Delhi, both published by Oxford University Press. These books are in press and are
reprinted from time to time.

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