Thane: It's the age of technology and information where most students own their personal tablet or iPads for e-learning and seeking information. Keeping pace with the technology, even the educational institutes are pushing themselves beyond boundaries to match up to the kid's pace with technology.
Observing the growing need for research and acquiring additional knowledge to rise above the text book knowledge, a number of city school students have started embracing the concept of e-libraries.
Rajani Pattabhiraman, principal, Euro School, said, "Education today is not limited to textbooks. Within the curriculum itself students are expected to go beyond classroom lectures and refer to as many research papers and gather as much information in order to get a holistic perspective. School is where they need to explore and garner this knowledge. As it is not possible to buy all genres of books and research papers and thesis and fit it in our library, we have started an e-library where students can access any book, journal or paper. This saves a lot of paper as well."
These libraries are not only equipped with a plethora of otherwise unavailable books, but also are made available to students at their fingertips. They are simultaneously stocking their bookshelves with book lovers who refer spending time browsing.
"In addition to academics and knowledge about current events, students today are participating in an array of science competitions like the National Children's Science Congress, debates, projects and so on which require quick information at one's finger tips. An e-library facilitates this. It also helps them develop the lost habit of reading," said Rupa Dey, principal of Shrirang Vidyalaya, who is soon have an e-library installed for her students.
"While we have to move with time, we also have to maintain some elements of traditional learning that do work. E-learning is the way ahead, but we have to ensure students don't let go of reading books. Our e-library has eight computers which have access to a variety of books. It however, also has encyclopaedias, fiction and non-fiction books and other books," added Simmi Juneja, principal of DAV public school.
While these institutions have not discarded the traditional library, they have used technology and coding systems to make them better accessible to students.
"We first segregate all books on the basis of their genre, subject, author, title etc. and then assign each book a particular code which is fed into the system. The books are arranged in the library according to the system. If any student wants to find a particular book, they have to only key it into the system and find its location," Shraddha Sansare, librarian at Shrirang Vidyalaya.
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