Books are human’s best friend, as the person who is habitual of reading books regularly are mostly found positive towards life and never feels alone. People who don’t read books becomes like the stagnant water which lost its purity and freshness with time. Whereas a person who reads books is like a flowing water which quench the thirst of millions of peoples. Millions of books get published every year and they continue to be an integral aspect of people’s lives around the globe. At the same time we already have plethora of books all over the world on various topics whether it is related to Academics, Research, Culture, Politics, History, etc. Acknowledging the importance of books is necessary for harnessing its benefits.
Benefit of books
Books are essential in a variety of ways, it not only enrich your mind or entertains you but it has guided many people’s through different phases of their life and has been a reliable reference for centuries. They stimulate your senses and promote good mental health. Reading books enhances your vocabulary, allowing you to travel through words, and many times motivates you to stand and start again through various motivational literatures.
Role of Library
If we talk about books then, library is its integral part. The word library is derived from a French word “Librairie”. In Latin “liber” means book. Library is an organized collection of information resources made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing and this collection of information may be in the form of books, newspapers, journals and research papers etc. In today’s digital world library is also having collections of audio cassettes, video tapes, CD’s, DVD’s and e-books. The library plays an important role in our academic as well as social lives.
Library provides us physical or digital access to various informative materials may be in a physical building or in room, or a virtual space, or both. The scope of library is not only limited to academic institutes only but the existence of library can be seen in various industries, residential societies and clubs which shows its importance.
Challenge to library and Related Solution by GNIOT
In this pandemic situation when people hesitate to go outside and students are not going to their school or college, reading books in a library is a big challenge. But we know when there is a will there is way. The library of our college GNIOT is providing online access academic or research materials. Now students can read various books and journals online using e-nalanda, delnet and ndl(National Digital Library).
Nowadays many students as well as many elders prefers to spend their time in net surfing, playing online games or busy with social media and going away from these valuable treasures, which is not a good sign for our society. So, we should motivate our children, students, relatives or friends to read book so that they can enhance their thought and be a person with good and progressive thoughts.
By: Dr. Amba
CSE Department, GNIOT
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