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Monday, August 19, 2013

Students commemorate on August 13, 2013 the spirit of librarianship

Shreya Bhandary, TNN Aug 19, 2013

MUMBAI: Librarians' Day was celebrated at Principal LN Welingkar Institute of Management Development (WeSchool) on August 13, 2013 to respect the spirit of librarianship.

The event commemorating libraries and librarians across the world was aimed at elucidating the various steps taken to kindle the lost connection between a library and its reader. Libraries are trying to liberate themselves from the traditional cocoon to hone their information sharing capabilities through the adoption of state of the art technology. Channelling the myriad potential of technology, libraries are today getting accustomed to the likings of digital natives such as e-books, audio-visual materials, online databases etc. continue reading

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