Thursday, June 19, 2008

Sirsa gets Haryana’s First e-Library


Sirsa gets Haryana’s First e-Library.
SIRSA NEWS
14 June, 2008
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The first e-library of Haryana was inaugurated and dedicated to the members yesterday at District Library Complex near Bal Bhawan Sirsa, by Commissioner, Education Haryana Mr. Rajan Gupta.
The e-library has been setup with an initial cost of approximately Rupees 18 lacs. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Rajan Gupta said that in the times of electronics and computers it becomes imperative to go in for e-libraries so that the a larger database of information may be available to the users. He said that facility of e-libraries shall be made functional in all the district libraries of Haryana very soon. He praised the initiative taken by Mr. V Umashankar, Deputy Commissioner, Sirsa in the setting up of this library. (Watch Video Byte: Mr. Rajan Gupta)

Mrs. Rachna Dewan Sr. Librarian and in-charge of the District e-library said there shall be no extra fee for accessing the e-library; all the members can take benefit of this service, only there may be some nominal charges for taking out printouts of any information. (Watch Video Byte: Mrs. Rachna Dewan)

Mr. Puneet Rawal from Emerald Publishing said that the the journals and database being made available at this e-library is world class and shall make the users at par with the information that used to be only the privilege at institutes like Howard, MIT etc. (Watch Video Byte: Mr. Puneet Rawal)

Mr Rajiv Dewan Mr. Puneet Rawal, Mrs. Monika Gupta, etc were present on the occasion.
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