On 27th December, Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA) organized a public library conference at KIIT University Auditorium in association with Prafulla Pathagar. The theme of the conference was “Transforming Public Libraries in Odisha – reaching the unreached”. Librarians and…
CM Naveen Patnaik inaugurates NRO proposed Model Public Library in Berhampur
Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik inaugurated NRO proposed Model Public Library in Berhampur, during the one-hundred-fiftieth celebration of Berhampur Municipal Corporation(BMC). Sri Patnaik also dedicated various development projects in Berhampur city along with the e-library nearby BMC. The Information and…
eLibrary in Odisha State Archives to ensure easy access to books, old records
Odisha State Archives is going to launch elibrary system so that people will not have to search books or old records physically. The state government launched this system here on Friday on the occasion of the International Archives Day. The books that are…
No Big Fat Wedding, this Bhubaneswar couple sets up a Childrens library in the city
A nice report on this by Times of India, here is what they had to write. At a time when more and more people are splurging on weddings, a young couple from Bhubaneswar chose to do something different. In a…
Bhubaneswar gets another Library with 25,000 books at Kalpana Square
Bhubaneswar based group – Singhi Charitable Trust – has opened this library, Singhi Readers’ Hub, which houses 25,000 books in various subjects, mostly for academics and research. The library was thrown open to the public on Sunday. Pratap Singh Singhi, a 63-year-old businessman…
e-Resource system for eleven universities of Odisha inaugurated at Utkal University
Higher Education Minister on Friday opened ‘e-Resource’ system at the Utkal University for students of 11 Government colleges operating under it. Through this system, students of these colleges will have 7X24 hour access to a whopping number of 1.25 lakh…
Bhubaneswar now has a digital library with newspapers from 1850 too
Manmohan Digital Library, the first digital library in the state with over 1.3 lakh digitized pages of Odia literature is ready in Old Town now. The library is being set up by voluntary organization Srujanika, which works on digitization of…