Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) organised a four day long programme on the occasion of 'library Day'. The birth anniversary of renowned mathematician and librarian, SR Rangarajan is celebrated as the library Day.
To mark the occasion, a seminar on 'Bhopal library Network: Problems and Solutions' was organised at Manav Sangrahalaya. The seminar was presided by Prof Pramod K Verma, Director General, MPCST and Scientific Advisor to Madhya Pradesh Government and AN Sidiqqui, Technical Director, NIC and Arun Kumar Shrivastava, Director, IGRMS were present as special guest.
The programme commenced with garlanding the portrait of SR Rangarajan. librarian and official language officer of IGRMS, Pratibha Som informed "IGRMS organised this seminar to establish a network between libraries of different institutions of Bhopal". DG Verma said in his address "A network between the libraries of various institutions should be established in the initial stage and the rare books should be shared in that network and all the libraries of Madhya Pradesh should be connected by this network through a common centre for which MPCST will put efforts". Prominent librarians and other educated personalities from various institutions of Bhopal informed about the status of computerisation of library, the software and other technologies in use.
Senior librarian Arjun Singh of IIFM informed that the demand for a network between libraries was first raised a decade back. He appreciated the efforts of IGRMS to initiate to establish such a network. In the seminar, establishing a committee of libraries of Bhopal was also discussed.