NEWS & EVENTS

Mode of Class: Offline on Saturdays and Sundays

Date of Admission & Document Verification for Select List: 18.09.2025-20.09.2025 between 2.00-5.00 PM at BLA Office

Date of Admission & Document Verification for Waiting List: 22.09.2025-23.09.2025 between 2.00-5.00 PM at BLA Office [subject to availability of the vacant seat(s)

Total Amount Payable at the time of Admission: Rs.5500.00

Commencement of Class: Second Week of November, 2025 (Tentative)

Class Timing: Saturday --> Saturday-->1.30-7.30 PM. Sunday-->10.00 AM-2.00 PM.

For more details please contact: 8276032102 (2-7 PM, except holidays) / 9831652202 (6-9 PM)

BLA Students' Reunion, 2025 will be held on 23rd August, 2025 at 02-00 PM in Bengal Library Association Building at Salt Lake (FD-30A/1, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700106). All are cordially invited to attend the programme.

Librarians' Day, 2025 will be celebrated on 17th August, 2025 between 9.00 AM -- 4.00 PM at Vovekananda Sabhagriha of Vidyasagar University, Paschim Medinipur. All are cordially invited to attend the programme.

Topic of Discussion: Alternative Avenues for Contemporary Library Service

Registration Fee: Rs.300.00 per head.

Online Registration Form: https://forms.gle/kcmUyTFfuuLEf36M6

Google Pay/PhonePe No. for Payment: 8961910437 (Indrashis Dey)

Last Date of Registration: 15.08.2025

Applications forms are available for admission in the Certificate Course In Library Science, Week-end Session, 2025-26 organized by Bengal Library Association from the Association's office at P-134, C.I.T. Scheme-52, Kolkata-700014 on 19.07.2025 to 18.08.2025 [between 2-7 PM except Sunday and Govt. Holidays] by submission of Rs.100/- by cash or Demand Draft (in favour of Bengal Library Association payable at Kolkata) or through online mentioned in the Form. Filled up application forms must be submitted within the above mentioned dates in the Association Office by-hand or by-post together with the self attested documents mentioned in the form.

Total No. of Seats: 65

Mode of Class: Offline on Saturday--Sunday [between 10 AM-7.30 PM]

Select List will likely to be published in the second week of September, 2025

Commencement of Class: First Week of November, 2025 (Tentative)

For more details please click on: http://www.blacal.org/training.php#certificate-in-library-science

All are cordially invited to attend the CENTENARY CELEBRATION of The Bengal Library Association in Purba Bardhaman District on July 13, 2025 at 9.00 AM.

Topic of Discussion: Recent Trends in Library towards Knowledge Resource Centre: Emphasis on Standards and Benchmarking of Library Functions & Services

Venue: MUC Women's College Auditorium, Purba Bardhaman

Registration Fee: Rs.300.00 per head

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/rB3RvjWVQPxqrjsbA

Please Register within 10 July, 2025