JAMMU: To mark the World Book day, Department of Libraries and Research on Saturday organised a Book Exhibitions and took out an awareness march from the SRS Library Complex at Kachi Chawni, Jammu, here.
The book exhibition was inaugurated by Dilshada Khan, Secretary Culture.
In this book exhibition some rare manuscripts, rare books and bestseller books of great Literary and Cultural value were exhibited.
Hundreds of library professionals working in various public libraries in Jammu Division participated in the march which was first of its kind in the history of the Department. Staff of Government High School Kachi Chawni, Jammu and Government Middle School, Kachi Chawni, Jammu also participated in the march.
The marchers carried banners Placards with quotations from sacred books and eminent scholars during the march which evoked an enthusiastic response from bystanders.
The Secretary Culture on the occasion said that the objective for observing the World Book Day was to revive book reading culture in the state and to make aware people in general about the availability of Library facility in the state of J and K.The Director, Libraries and Research Mukhtar-ul-Aziz, while addressing the participants highlighted the importance of the day and said that library professionals have great role to play in spreading awareness amongst general public. He said that Librarians are ambassadors of learning and the intellectual’s interface of the cultural ethos of the fabulous State of Jammu and Kashmir which has a very rich heritage and culture.