NATIONAL SEMINAR

A.P.Sivakumar,District Library Officer,Tiruchirappalli presented a paper on"Public Library Movement in Tamilnadu" at the National Seminar held in Palakad on January 16&17 2013.

TRAINING FOR LIBRARIANS

Newly appointed librarians were given training on"How to make Library movement vibrant"in Dec 2012.

TRAINING FOR TEACHERS

The department of Elementary School Education organized training program for newly appointed teachers.District Library Officer A.P.Sivakumar delivered special address.Steps were taken to enrole teachers as library members.

BOOK LOVERS CARNIVAL

SIVANANDA BALALAYA SCHOOL,TRICHY ORGANISED THE THREE DAY BOOK LOVERS CARNIVAL.A.P.SIVAKUMAR DISTRICT LIBRARAY OFFICER INAUGRATED THE CARNIVAL ON 8th FEB 2013.

LIBRARY PROGRAMES IN TRICHY JAILS

             Libraries were opened in Central Jail and women special jail in Tiruchirappalli.Special programes were held to motivate the inmates for reading.
 

LIBRARY AWARENESS MARATHON

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Mar 26, 2010

Tamil Nadu                                                 
Creating awareness of library movement

Special Correspondent

School and college students take part in mini-marathon

           
                
THURAIYUR: A large number of school and college students took part in the mini-marathon held here on Saturday to create awareness among the people in general and the youths in particular of library movement and the ill-effects of global warming.

The mini-marathon held in two categories – below 15 years and above 15 years - was organised jointly by the Readers' Forum of Branch Library here and the Officers' Club of Thuraiyur.

Collector T.Soundiah flagged it off near the taluk office.

A.P.Sivakumar, Tiruchi District Library Officer, said that about 2,000 college and school students took part. Students below 15 years of age ran 3.5 km from taluk office and returned to the starting point via Tiruchi road, Palakkarai and Perumal temple.

Those above 15 years of age covered eight km.

S.Palanisamy, a student of Jairam Engineering College, won the first prize in the above 15 years category and K.Karunanidhi of Zamindar Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Thuraiyur bagged the first prize in the below 15 years.

Mr. Sivakumar distributed prizes to the winners.

T.Natarajan and Madhavan, Forum president and treasurer of Thuraiyur Government branch library, T.Krishnamoorthy, secretary of Officers' Club of Thuraiyur and B.Balasundaram, librarian of the Thuraiyur branch library offered felicitations.

DISTRICT CENTRAL LIBRARY TIRUCHY- NEW BUILDING

 News In THE HINDU TIRUCHI,

                                January 6, 2013

District Central Library

- Move into new building soon

District Central Library is expected to move back to its own premises on West Boulevard in the city soon as civil works for the new building have been completed.

The new building, with a total plinth area of about 3,200 square metres in two floors, has been constructed at an investment of about Rs.4.30 crore.

The library was functioning at this site till 2007, when Anna Jubilee Building built in the 1980s had to be demolished on grounds of public safety after it was declared a weak structure.

The building was demolished after a protracted legal battle as shopkeepers in the basement resisted any move to shift them out. The new building will not have any commercial space.

One of the oldest and biggest in the State, the library was shifted to a private building at Sethuraman Pillai Colony on the outskirts of the city.

Separate sections

The new library building would feature separate sections for reference, record rooms, magazine reading sections apart from the various sections to accommodate titles on different topics. An auditorium is also planned to be built.

On Saturday, N.R.Sivapathi, Minister for School Education, Law, Youth Welfare and Sports, inspected the building along with D.Sabitha, Secretary, School Education, Jayashree Muralidharan, Collector, and other officials.

However, he declined to give out a specific date for the opening of the building but said it would be soon.