Tuesday, 14 December 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh (Retd) has said that the ancient knowledge-sciences, Vedas, Upanishads, texts, culture and civilization of India should be documented in the libraries and the libraries should be the centers of preservation of our ancient knowledge-science, civilization and culture. He said that libraries should be established as an archive house of our ancient Indian culture and knowledge and through libraries, the new generation can be made aware of ancient knowledge and science.
The governor said this while participating in a programme titled “Celebrating 75 years of Excellence in Higher education and Research” organized by the Department of Library and Information Science of University of Delhi at Delhi University in New Delhi on Monday. “In order to preserve our ancient texts and literature, it is also necessary to digitize them. We also have to take care of information security, so that our ancient knowledge is not destroyed,’’ he said. The Governor said that the library is an educational democracy. Our libraries are effectively discharging their social and educational responsibilities.
He said that libraries have played an important role in the promotion of education and they are vast storehouses of knowledge and information.
“In today’s era of internet, digitization and mobile culture, information and knowledge are present at our fingertips all the time, but the importance of libraries has not diminished anywhere. Inculcate the habit of reading books, a good book can be a friend, guide, teacher and guardian. Books play a big role in giving knowledge as well as in building character and boosting confidence. Present books to each other as a gift,’’ he opined.
The Governor said that with the passage of time, our libraries will have to be connected with modern technology, digitalization, IT, big data analytics, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence. The new generation will have to be encouraged to use libraries more along with online studies.
The union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, The Vice Chancellor (VC) of Delhi university and others were present on the occasion.
