Shillong, November 27: Prof. B. V. Sharma, Director General, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF) has visited State Central Library, Shillong today. Mrs. Alma Ryangsai, Assistant Librarian welcomed her.
The RRRLF, an organization under the union Ministry of Culture, has been serving for upliftment and betterment of Public Libraries throughout the country. Almost each of the Public Libraries under the Department of Art and Culture, Government of Meghalaya have been supported by RRRLF through their various Matching and Non-Matching Schemes.
Prof. Sharma said, ” We are organising a Capacity Building Training Program from 28th November to 2nd December for Public Library Professionals in collaboration with North Eastern Hill University, where library professionals from Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Sikkim and Tripura will be trained in respect of modern ICT technologies for libraries, library automation etc.
They have sanctioned this library as a Model Library under National Mission on Libraries (NML)” Shri Dipanjan Chatterjee, Project Officer, NML, who is also in Shillong for organising the training program said, “We are organising such Training Programs throughout the country in collaboration with various universities and State Governments. Till now 37 programs were conducted and more than 1400 professionals were trained.”
