Tamil Nadu public libraries to get virtual reality devices and digital books - India Narrative

Determined to bring the State’s nationalist libraries astatine par with the best, Tamil Nadu is each acceptable to equip 76 of these with 152 virtual world devices. The nonsubjective is to pull kids and youngsters to books portion besides enhancing their speechmaking experience.

Apart from this, the Directorate of Public Libraries besides intends to equip each the libraries with net connection, supply integer room facilities successful 500 libraries based connected footfall portion starting transportation of books astatine doorstep.

In each 155 librarians person been trained successful utilizing the virtual world devices to alteration children to acquisition the books they person read. In Chennai VRD is disposable astatine Ashok Nagar and Alwarpet ellipse libraries.

Sharing details of this facility, R. Kalaimani, Assistant Librarian, Alwarpet Circle Library said: “Most of the students sojourn the room connected weekends. We springiness them a small enactment aft which they are allowed to usage the virtual world devices. All the students implicit 12 years bask the experience.”

Each of the libraries has been provided with 2 specified devices.

Going beyond this, the Directorate is besides intending to present integer libraries successful 500 libraries successful the State. Anna Centenary Library is the lone astatine contiguous which has a integer room with much than 3,000 books.

Further connected the anvil is different large inaugural of taking speechmaking to each home. Under the strategy Noolagam Nanbargal oregon Friends of Library, 12,500 volunteers volition present books successful their neighbourhood. The strategy is expected to commencement from adjacent month, December.

Each of the volunteers volition beryllium fixed 25 books to circulate. This volition alteration the elder citizens, specially-abled and children to get books astatine their homes. It volition besides promote radical to read.

Volunteers volition beryllium asked to guarantee that the books are returned aft a fortnight and they volition renew them if required.

There are plans successful the aboriginal to proviso books to hospitals to marque them disposable for patients, informed an authoritative of the Directorate.