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12th Aug 2018 09:08:PM State
ITANAGAR, Aug 12: The Department of Public Libraries, Govt of Arunachal Pradesh is going to start network connectivity in at least 10 public libraries across the State shortly under the National Mission on Libraries (NML).
“Under the NML, 5 to 10 public libraries in the State will be given internet connectivity to benefit all categories of readers – students, researchers, professionals, children, etc by providing them with speedy access to digital information service.”
This was announced by Director of Public Libraries Jotom Borang while addressing a gathering of library personnel, mostly junior librarians from districts, on the occasion of National Librarians’ Day at the State Central Library here. National Librarians’ Day is observed on 12th of August every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of Dr S R Ranganathan (1892-1972), who is considered to be the father of library science in the country.
Urging the district librarians to be sincere, workaholic and better prepared to serve the patrons, for, public libraries have always been at the heart of the communities, the Director said, “We have to make the district libraries as ‘model’ library by providing access to the huge resources of information and knowledge.”
He also announced that from next year onwards, two best librarians would be selected and felicitated on the National Librarian Day. He added, inspection of district libraries would be done through the officials from the Directorate, twice a year, in a bid to create a sense of competition among the librarians for the honours.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr KK Pandey, Librarian, Reference Library, Directorate of Research said that amid the ‘challenges’ in this digital age, librarians have to be innovative. “With the advent of new technologies, reading habits of some of our patrons have changed and therefore, we should be innovative to stay relevant.”
He also suggested inter-linking of the public libraries for better monitoring and towards meeting the needs of techno-savvy people by giving them greater access to reliable information.
Stating that librarians must work with self-respect as the custodians of the repository of knowledge, U N Singh, Jr Librarian from Miao called for promoting digital library to meet the needs of readers. He however said that the importance of traditional libraries has not lessened yet in the digital age we must continue to serve the communities professionally to make them information-fluent.
As part of the National Librarians Day celebration, a workshop on library management was held in later part of the day. Attending the workshop as resource person, Himalayan University (Itanagar) lecturer B Lego deliberated on ‘modern library management’. While Jr Librarian De shared his knowledge about the Melbourne Public Library service, Deputy Director of Public Libraries Yanga Rigia Ete talked about ‘public library services in Arunachal Pradesh’.
Earlier, the dignitaries paid tributes to Dr Siyali Ramamrita Ranganathan.
Kenter Joya Riba
(Managing Editor)She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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