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Monday, April 15, 2019
Introduction
The libraries
are amidst a profound shift from paper to electronic resources due to
developments and advancement in ICT. As
many libraries are transforming from traditional to digital there has been a rapid
proliferation of electronic resources. This has led to the complexity of management
of these electronic resources and hence requires tools that centralizes and
assimilates all the technical and administrative details of library’s
electronic resources.
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Thanks to the internet, we no longer need libraries or librarians.” You most likely hear some variation on that theme pretty regularly.
Sixteen years ago, American Libraries published Mark Y. Herring’s essay “Ten Reasons Why the Internet Is No Substitute for a Library” (April 2001). Technology has improved exponentially since then—social media didn’t even exist yet. But even the smartest phone’s intelligence is limited by paywalls, Twitter trolls, fake news, and other hazards of online life. Here are 10 reasons why libraries are still better than the internet.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Marguerite Theophil
Times of India, 16th November, 2016
The library attendant in a school complained that the young children were restless, often hit each other, got into fights, and treated the books badly, scribbling in them and tearing pages. We were surprised till we saw for ourselves that this was true, but also that she was sadly incapable of interesting them in books, and simply set in front of each child a book that she pulled from the locked-up cupboard, saying ‘Read’.
Friday, August 12, 2016
Akshara Children’s Library in Colaba is more than just a quaint library
Reena Agrawal @dna
Tucked away in a small lane off Colaba Causeway is a library exclusively for children, its location lending itself to everything you would want for your child. As you enter Garden Road, lush green trees bathed squeaky clean welcome you; you walk down further and you find yourself in a dilemma for on your left is a garden enticing you to the green open space where kids from the neighbourhood are playing. But look to your right and the doors beckon you to a world of books.
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
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| https://littlefreelibrary.org/ |
Take a book return a book is the phrase of Little free library movement which has been popularized by Todd Bol in Hudson US in 2009, when he mounted a wooden container designed to look like a school house on a post in his lawn to pay tribute to his mother who was a book lover and a teacher. Since then the movement has become popular and has spread worldwide.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Recently I had gone for an interview and I must admit it was for the first time I was tongue tied. The director of the institute left me speechless. His point of argue was he can appoint his receptionist for the post and train her in 5 days what is it you have as a librarian that I should entrust you with the library. I was angry with the way interview happened but it left me with an experience and made me think what is my worth as a librarian, what is it I have to do for the library that will make me stand out from other non professionals and its not just degree.
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