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ProceedingsItem Open Access Proceedings of the Meeting of Librarians of Agricultural Universities August 11, 2016(2016-08-24) Indian Agricultural Research Council, ICAR, New Delhi.At the outset the DDG (Agril. Edn) extended the warm welcome to all the librarians, ADGs, ICAR officials and other delegates of the meeting. He mentioned that importance of library as “temples of learning” and a librarian as “Teacher of Teachers” is immense in the field of education. He said, digital India has been initiated long back by the librarians and some of the libraries in the National Agricultural Research and Education System (NARES) have already made a difference by developing into good libraries despite several constraints. The libraries have the most important contribution in the lives of students, farming and teaching community therefore the strength and weaknesses of each library may be identified and addressed as per the requirements of present day. The DDG referred the LIBRARY as Learning Station, Intelligent tank, Bureau of Knowledge, Reference Centre, Academic Centre, Resource Centre and Yard of tools and technology. He suggested all the librarians to come up with innovative ideas so that their library may be made unique and to create visibility among the target community. He suggested that the book and other purchases in the library may be done as per the demand and right type of books may be purchased which covers the syllabus as recommended by Fifth Deans Committee. He suggested all the librarians should be pro-active for creating modern facilities such as the smart class room, biometric system, e-books etc. He assured that the ICAR is working in a partnership mode with the AUs for the betterment of research and education in the country.