Chennai now boasts South Asia's largest library

In a big boost to book lovers, the publishing industry and to the public library networking concept, the Anna Centenary Library (ACL), a magnificent eight-story structure said to be South Asia's largest and most elegantly designed state-of-the-art library, was unveiled. The ACL, which was declared open here on Wednesday by Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in the presence of Finance Minister K Anbazhagan and School Education Minister Thangam Thennarasu among other top ministers and dignitaries, is designed to stock a massive 1.20 million books in all major languages of the world, besides providing access to two lakh 'e-books' and 20,000 'e-journals'.