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The collection includes over 300 palm-leaf manuscripts and about 7,000 ancient texts.
The miniature book, titled Salt is a multilingual anthology featuring stories in 70 languages measures just half a centimetre and weighs only 90 milligrams.
There will be two types of membership categories with a membership fee of Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000.
The owner of the house,Rajan K, a retired headmaster doubles up as a self trained librarian.
According to reports, 4,400 of the 7,200 grant-aided libraries in the state have been computerised.
The boats operate in the Muhamma-Kumarakom sector across Vembanad Lake. Plans are underway to open a similar library on a vessel that operates in the Kumarakom-Maniyaparambu sector as well.
The minimum qualification required is an SSLC or equivalent examination
The move to rename the Society comes nearly a year after the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya was inaugurated on the premises of the Teen Murti Bhavan, which served as the official residence of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
To build a culture of reading and to make up for pandemic-time learning loss, the National Book Trust, Children's Book Trust and other sources will be encouraged to provide and replenish non-curricular titles in regional languages and English to these physical libraries.
Taliparamba's Seethi Sahib Higher Secondary School sets up libraries in all its 69 classrooms | Students, alumni, traders and business houses pitch in to build a bank of 6,000 books
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