Report On National Librarian’s Day
Programme Incharge: Librarian Mr. Salim Dhanse
Library Committee
Incharge Asst. Prof Tejal Nikam Ma’am Venue: Oriental College of
Education,Sanpada
Library, 5th Floor.
Date:
12th August,
2022.
Planning:
Oriental Education Society’s, Oriental
College of Education
organized National Librarian’s Day celebration on 12th August, 2022 in the College Library at 10.30 a.m. The programme was organized to commemorate the 130th birth anniversary of Padmashri Dr. S.R Ranganathan who is considered
as the Father of Library Science. National Librarian’s day was organized
to:
1. Create awareness of the life and contribution of Dr. S.R Ranganathan.
2.
Acknowledge
the contribution of Library and the Library staff of Oriental
College of Education, for creating a healthy educational atmosphere.
Organizing:
Oriental College of Education organized National Librarian’s day. This event was organized by Library Teacher Incharge – Asst. Prof Tejal Nikam Ma’am, Librarian Incharge – Mr. Salim Dhanse Sir and Student Library Member – Prerna Shenoy and Gency Rayen for all the Faculty Members, Library Staff and Students. To ensure smooth functioning of the event roles and responsibilities were distributed. Circular was sent to all students by Librarian Mr. Salim Dhanse Sir to invite them to participate for the celebration. To ignite the spirit of celebration of Azadi ka Amrit Mahaotsav and Librarian’s Day an Elocution Competition was organized for the students on 12th August, 2022.
Execution:
On 12th August,
2022 Oriental College
of Education, Sanpada celebrated National Librarians Day. In the College Library where the event took place, a banner was put up to spread awareness of the event, on a table as a mark of respect a picture frame of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan was placed along with a lamp. This
arrangement was monitored
by Librarian Mr.Salim Dhanse sir and Library Teacher Incharge – Asst. Prof Tejal Nikam Ma’am. The programme
began at 10.30
am. The host for the event Student
Library Incharge, Prerna Shenoy
who welcomed our Respected Principal
Dr.Sangeeta Nath Maam, Faculty Members and all the students. A brief introduction on the important
contributions by Dr. S.R Ranganathan towards Library was shared by the
host.
Our respected Principal
Dr.Sangeeta Nath Ma’am lit the lamp as a
token of gratitude for Librarians /Library
towards human progress.
Students were encouraged to inculcate the habit of reading books/ Newspaper/ Magazine/ Research Papers to enhance their Knowledge
by our respected Principal Dr. Sangeeta Nath Ma’am.
Next our
Librarian Mr.Salim Dhanse Sir, enlighten the audience, with a talk on the life of Dr. S.R.Ranganathan,
his contribution and ideologies. It was truly wonderful to know about the achievements of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan.
Student Library member Gency Rayen addressed
the gathering on the gateway of knowledge through
the books.
A great initiative
followed where few Students of F.Y.B.Ed. College
donated their Sem- 1 books and CBSE books to
the Librarian Mr,Salim Dhanse sir.
A beautiful poem on Library was recited by Asst. Prof Tejal Nikam Ma’am. The audience thoroughly enjoyed the poem and loudly cheered
for it.
The
Elocution Competition began where 5 participants took part and spoke in English, Hindi and Marathi Language
on the topics given. The topics were:
1.
India my beloved Motherland
2.
Books my best
friend
3. Importance of E- Library.
Dr.
Vithoba Sawant Sir and Asst. Prof Kinkini Dutta judged the event. The Judges announced
the results and acknowledged every participant who participated in the competition were incredibly good.
As the wonderful
event drew close to an end the host gave the Vote of Thanks to the Management for allowing
the event to be conducted, our beloved Principal Ma’am
for gracing the event with her presence,
the entire faculty members including the library staff and the students.
The event concluded
by singing the National Anthem.
Before dispersal, sweets were distributed to all present
at the event. With wide smiles pictures were taken to keep alive the beautiful memories
of the day. With great enthusiasm and cheer the celebration ended.
Conclusion:
Through the celebration of National Librarian’s Day, the audience learnt about the valuable contribution of Dr.S.R.Ranganathan in the field of Library Sciences.An informative talk on Importance of Reading was highlighted in the event and during Elocution Competition where students displayed their talent we learnt many new insights on the topics delivered. It was an enriching experience for all those who attended the celebration.
THANK YOU!!!
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