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Notes
[1] Khuda Bakhsh, Azizullah. “UNESCO and Pakistan,” Modern Librarian, new ser. 1 (Dec. 1949): 31.
[2] Key, L.C. “Report and proposals on the establishment and improvement of libraries and library services in Pakistan.” Karachi: Ministry of Education, 1956. Mimeo.
[3] Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Springfield, Mass.: Merriam–Webster, 1986, p. 1721.
[4] The Oxford English Dictionary. Second ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. v. 11, p. 883.
[5] For the most part this section is based on the author’s earlier article, Haider, Syed Jalaluddin. “Khan Bahadur Khalifa Muhammad Asadullah: the First Architect of the Library Movement in South Asia.” Pakistan Library Association Journal, no. 1 (August 1987): 47–59.
[6] Asadullah was the husband of Muhammad Ali’s maternal aunt. See Husain, Hameeda Akhter Raipuri. Hamsafar. Karachi: Maktab–I–Danyal, 1999, p. 266.
[7] Haider, Syed Jalaluddin. “Prof. Dr. Abdul Moid (1920–84): Father of Pakistan Librarianship.” Pakistan Library Bulletin 15 (March–June 1984): 30.
[8] Pakistan Library Association. Newsletter no. 1 (March 1958).
[9] Khurshid, Anis. “The Pioneers: Abdul Moid.” World Libraries 5, no. 1 (Fall 1994), at http://www.worlib.org/vol05no1/khurshid_v05n1.shtml.
[10] “Introducing A. Moid.” Pakistan Library Review March 1958: 53.
[11] Usmani, Adil. “Haji Muhammad Shafi in Karachi University Library.” Pakistan Library Bulletin 5, no. 3–4 (March–June 1973): 18.
[12] Shafi, Muhammad. Expansion of Dewey Decimal Classification relating to Oriental, Islamic and Pakistani Topics. Karachi: Dept. of Library Science, University of Karachi, 1962.
[13] For details see Qudsi, Obaidullah. “Haji Muhammad Shafi.” (Urdu) Pakistan Library Bulletin 1, no. 4 (June 1969): 97–104.
[14] Shafi, Muhammad. “Intizam–e–kutubkhana.” Karachi: the author, 1949.
[15] This was told to this author by Dr. Abdul Moid, who was present in Lahore at that time and was associated with the Punjab Public Library as chief cataloguer.
[16] Based on the biographical sketch given in A Guide to Pakistan Libraries, Learned and Scientific Societies and Educational Institutions, Biographies of Librarians in Pakistan. Rev. ed. Karachi: Pakistan Bibliographical Working Group, 1960, pp.145–146.
[17] This part is based on Haider, Syed Jalaluddin. “Aik Dervaish Sifat, Librarian.” (Urdu) PLA Journal 19–20 (Oct. 1996): 1–8.
[18] The author is grateful to Mr. Hamid Rehman, Assistant Professor, Dept. of LIS, Peshawar University for collecting and providing information about Dr. A.S. Qasimi.
[19] Haider, Syed Jalaluddin. “Villayat Husain Shah.” Mahnama Kitab 20, no. 4 (Feb. 1986): 9–12.
Syed Jalaluddin Haider, Ph.D., MLS, was associated with the University of Karachi in various capacities for more than 42 years. From 1972 to 1975 he was Visiting Professor at the University of Tabriz, Iran. Since his retirement in 1998, he has been serving as a consultant and researcher.
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