Library report. Experience as a leader of Library at Department of English

Library Report

Library is essential in a process of giving

students access to knowledge. In present  times

they are needed more than ever before.

Most importantly, however, libraries are the

places where you can expect smart and clear

answers to even most difficult questions.

As Neil Gaiman says: “Google can bring you

back 100,000 answers, a library can bring

you back the right one.”

Department of English, MKBU is full of various facilities, one of them is our Library. Earlier it used to happen that all the students has to go to the university library for books. But since few years we are able to create our own library with large number of books, next to our classroom. And every year numbers of books are increasing. Thanks to Dr. Dilip Barad sir for that.

Department strongly believes in the idea that -To build up a library is to create

a life. It’s never just a random collection of books.

Here it is appropriate to quote the words of Harold Howe that

What an  institution thinks about its

library is a measure of what it

feels about education.

And Department is one such place where lot of planning and preparation is done for better & effective management of library. Every year with the admission of new students, we elect library committee and a Leader. And throughout the year these students run the library.

Every student takes maximum advantage of library. Not only students but also visiting faculties and Research scholar also regularly visit Library. We have so many novels, plays, CD - DVD of so many texts adapted into films, Audio - visual content & reading material of SCOPE to improve LANGUAGE, UGC-NET preparation books, books of theory and criticism as well as so many reference books. The list can be extended....!!

It is appropriate to quote here Woolf and Sheldon....

"I ransack public libraries, and

find them full of sunk

treasure."

–Virginia Woolf

"Libraries store the energy that

fuels the imagination. They

open up windows to the world

and inspire us to explore and

achieve, and contribute to

improving our quality of life."

–Sidney Sheldon

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Working as a leader of Library committee is amazing experience, though it is a bit difficult task. There may be hardly a single day when i don't have opened library. we don't have fixed any time limit for library. Any time, any one, while working hour may come and say I want to issue books !!!! (Sometimes during recess while taking lunch also!!!!!)& we have never denied to anybody. These are the life skills i've acquire while studying in Department. Dedication and commitment i learn from here.

In the biginning, when i took charge it was a bit difficult task  for me to find books and give it to the students. because the book section is divided like.. Department books, University books, Outer library books, photocopies and so many other things. But slowly and steadily i mastered this and became familiar with each and every corner of it.

All the students, madam and and especially Dilip Sir are great supporters, without their cooperation effective management of library could not be possible.

And i hope that students of coming batches will carry this tradition & give their contribution in growth and development of Department and library.