Open library for kids
Vidyanjali International School will start the street library on its premises. The shelf on Ram Mohon Dutta Road will stack up to 1,500 books, including fiction, non-fiction and magazines, primarily for children of the locality who can't afford books.
"The idea behind the open street library is to encourage and revive reading among people. There are underprivileged children who cannot afford books... this initiative will give them an easy access to books," Saswati Datta, principal of the school, said.
The library, which is coming up in association with a management institute, will be inaugurated on Sunday.
The organisers aren't worried about books being stolen. Even if books are picked up by people who don't intend to return, the good part is they would perhaps read the books and it would serve the objective of a street library, she said.
One such library has been started about a couple of months ago on the balcony of the principal's home. "I have not seen books disappearing or being stolen."
Students, teachers and anyone who wishes to contribute will provide the books.
"Our students, too, can borrow and contribute books. There are many books that they have already read and they can donate them to this library," Datta said.
The library won't have any catalogue or membership fees.
The responsibility of reading the books and returning them is on the readers, she said.
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Mr. Pralhad Jadhav
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Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
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