Festival of Libraries 2023 on 05-06 August 2023 at New Delhi

 

             The Festival of Libraries 2023 will be inaugurated by the Ministry of Culture and make a good effort in Library Development. So be part of that Inauguration and do a great effort in Library Development with the Government of India.

Ministry of Culture released a press conference on July 19, 2023. Watch the LIVE broadcast of the Press Conference ahead of the much anticipated Festival of Libraries 2023, being held at the National Museum in New Delhi - Click Here

The two-day event will promote conversations on development of libraries in India and foster a reading culture through panel discussions & community engagement.

 

 

Ministry of Culture

(Government of India)

 

Festival of Libraries 2023 on Date 05 - 06 August 2023
Time: 10.30 AM

Honorable President of India -  Draupadi Murmu

Venue at: Hall no. 3, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi (Entry gate: 5A)

 

Entry Registration: Free Entry for All, Click here to Register

 

Contact us at: festivaloflibraries2023@gmail.com

 

 

Important Bullets:

 

• To further the Honorable Prime Minister's vision for development of libraries and for encouraging a culture of reading.
• To start a conversation on the modernization and digitization of libraries and ignite the resurgence of a reading culture
• To facilitate advocacy for action-oriented policy for the development of model libraries down to the village and community level.
• To commemorate National Reading Day and Digital Reading Month celebrated in honor of P N Panicker and advocate for Read and Grow.
• To commemorate National Librarian's Day (12th August) on the birth anniversary of Dr. S  R ranganathan who was considered the Farther of Library Science in India.

 

Components:

 

1. Panel Discussions
2. Archives & Oral Histories
3. Stakeholder Roundtables
4. Children's Zone/Workshops
5. Exhibitions
6. Valedictory Session

 

Drawing Rooms

 

1. Authors Zone

- Meet the author sessions, networking with publishing houses, sessions with U18 Yuva Authors
- Penguin Artist, Pepperscript, NBT, British Council

2. Digital Zone

- Highlight on Podcast, Flipbooks
- Digital Book art & storytelling by Gaurav Ogale
- Readathon of 'A Day at the Museum'

3. Community Library Project

- Capacity building to augment creation of a public library system
- Open Misc Poetry: 'K se Kitaab'

4. Showcase of digital platform that host data of culture relevance from various repositories and institutions all over India

- Exhibition of Rare Books

5. Children's Zone & Workshops

- shilp se Shiksha, Writing Letters to your Favorite Authors, creative Writing & Storytelling, Zine Making, DIY Vintage Postcards

INAUGURAL
 

1. Museum of the World Virtual Inauguration
2. Kickoff of Rampur Raza Library 250th Celebration - Virtual Gound-Breaking ceremony of RRRL Modernization & Release of Sassy Library Thriller Series
3. Tripartite MoU for Golden Triangle for Libraries between RRL (Rampur), KBOPL (Patna), APRI (Tonk)
4. Cursive Writing book in 22 Languages
5. Inauguration of Exhibitions