Examines The Role Of Libraries In Eradication Of Illiteracy And Poverty Alleviation. Highlights Past, Present And Future Scenario Of Literacy. The Factors Responsible For Illiteracy And Correlates The Growth Of Population And Illiteracy In India. Presents An Account Of Various Programmes In This Regard And The Role Of Ngos. Also Covers Delhi Particularly And Suggests A Network Of Library And Literacy Centres For Eradication Of Illiteracy From Rural Delhi.

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. This is the third volume in our Access to Knowledge series. India is a $1 trillion economy which nevertheless struggles with a very high poverty rate and very low access to knowledge for almost seventy percent of its population which lives in rural areas. This volume features four parts on current issues facing intellectual property, development policy (especially rural development policy) and associated innovation, from the Indian perspective. Each chapter is authored by scholars taking an interdisciplinary approach and affiliated to Indian or American universities and Indian think-tanks. Each examines a policy area that significantly impacts access to knowledge. These include information and communications technology for development; the Indian digital divide; networking rural areas; copyright and comparative business models in music; free and open source software; patent reform and access to medicines; the role of the Indian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically.

With reference to Kerala, India.