- CM said while virtually addressing opening session of international conference at Ujjain University
Administrative Correspondent, Bhopal
Chief Minister Dr. Mohan Yadav has said that it is necessary to think and discuss on topics like modernization of libraries, automation, networking, digitization, green library and the importance of library in the new National Education Policy. This will pave the way for modernization of libraries and maintaining their utility in the contemporary education system. In the changing environment due to information technology, it is necessary that libraries continue to play the role of a source of knowledge in society, for this it is necessary that we all make libraries an integral part of the society.
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav was virtually addressing the opening session of the two-day international conference organized by Vikram University Ujjain on the role and challenges of library in the changing educational and social environment from the ministry.
Libraries preserve and disseminate knowledge
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that libraries are a great asset of human history. Libraries preserve, promote and disseminate knowledge in the same way as banks play a role in preserving and promoting the wealth of the society and the nation. Libraries have had a special significance in Indian history. The libraries of Nalanda, Vikramshila and Takshila were centres of learning and storehouses of knowledge, unfortunately these great centres became targets of foreign invaders. Ujjain has been a confluence of religion, spirituality and knowledge and science. Baba Mahakal is seated at the centre of time calculation and Ujjain’s Sandipani Ashram was the Gurukul of Lord Shri Krishna and Balram.
Training in library science
Chief Minister Dr. Yadav said that Vikram University of Ujjain, established in the name of Emperor Vikramaditya, was the first university in the state to provide training in library science. Ujjain’s Scindia Oriental Research Institute is known for its huge and rare collection of manuscripts. Padma Shri Dr. Ranganathan, the father of library science in India, has been the first visiting professor of this university. The credit for starting the education of library science in Madhya Pradesh goes to Dr. Ranganathan.
