The college students talked about the role of libraries in the upliftment of education and research. the talk marked the conclusion of National Library Week at Sanchi Bodh University here on Tuesday.
On the occasion a website of the university www.librarysubis.wordpress.com and a webpage www.youtube.com was released. Vice Chancellor of the University, Yagneshwar S. Shastri released the website by clicking on the start page. This website covers the world's digital content, library websites, journals and open source content.
Later, Ph.D. student Puspa Lata said that library works like the CPU of a computer. Dhananjay, a PhD researcher, compared the library to the heart of the body. In this competition, about 17 students of MPhil, PhD, and MA shared their views with the audience. The students told about the various libraries (libraries) of the world. He told about the libraries and their utilities of the US Library of Congress as well as Nalanda, Taxila and Vikramshila universities.
Students said that IIT Kharagpur has set up National Digital Library and has tried to digitize the available books in most of the country's libraries on the portal, making it available on the web.
On the occasion of the library week, a general knowledge competition was held on Monday, in which 60 students took part. The winners of the competition won the competition, Ravi Yadav, the student of MSc Yoga, found Anish Kumar PhD Hindi in the second place, and Prashant Khare, found third place.
University's Naveen Mehta said that libraries are a repository of knowledge and students should go to the daily library and books should be their friends. University Vice Chancellor Yagneshwar Shastri said that books are important in today's digital era because books can be touched and spellbound. Librarian Amit Tamarkar has built the website of Sanchi University's Central Library.