“Revolution in the IT sector has made it possible to access
information from various sources other than books. However,
technological advancement will never minimise the role of books as the
primary source of information,” said Library Science consultant K.N.
Prasad of Bengaluru.
Lecture
Delivering the
Parvathamma Hombal endowment lecture, ‘The role of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan
in the growth of public libraries’, on the occasion of the Library Day
programme at Karnatak Vidyavardhak Sangha here recently, Mr. Prasad
said: “Information acquired from books will be inclusive in nature
because the process of reading foster the process of thinking and
reasoning”.
Referring to the role played by the legendary
librarian S.R. Ranganathan, he said that the country was highly indebted
to him as far as public libraries and Library Science is concerned.
“He
was so much committed to the cause of the libraries. Whatever knowledge
that he had acquired in this field, he applied it for the growth of
libraries and Library Science in post-independent India,” he said and
recollected his association with Ranganathan on this occasion.
Mallikarjun
N. Moolimani, librarian at the Government First Grade College of Bidi
in Khanapur taluk of Belagavi district, was felicitated on this
occasion.
Tributes were paid to S. R. Ranganathan on the occasion.
Information
acquired from books will be inclusive in nature because the process of
reading foster the process of thinking and reasoning
K.N. Prasad,
Library Science consultant
Source:
https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/books-will-still-be-the-primary-source-of-information-expert/article24722591.ece
(Accessed on August 20, 2018)
