Proceedings of the Meeting of Librarians of Agricultural Universities August 11, 2016
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2016-08-24
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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.
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Meeting of Librarians of Agricultural Universities was held under the chairmanship of Deputy Director General (Agril. Edn), ICAR, New Delhi on 11 August, 2016 at Lecture Hall
of National Agricultural Science Complex, DPS Marg, New Delhi. Librarians from 69 Agricultural Universities and other delegates participated and interacted during the one day
meeting.
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