Building, Maintaining And Utilizing Class Libraries as  the Medium to Foster Reading Habits: A Case Study  of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Narimedu, Madurai

Ramasamy; K; Padma; P

Volume : IV, Issue : III, March - 2014

Building, Maintaining And Utilizing Class Libraries as the Medium to Foster Reading Habits: A Case Study of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Narimedu, Madurai

Ramasamy, K, Padma, P

Abstract :

When the main liary is not able to serve the primary class students in school environment, class liaries go to the students. These tailor made and customized class liaries born to serve the information requirements of different cadres of students have become paramount in this modern educational scenario. This paper throws lights on various aspects of a CL – meaning of class liary (CL), why and how of CL, nature of collections in a CL, display of resources in a CL, different activities that can be organized during CL periods, methods of rotating the collections among CLs and the management of CLs. This paper also discuses two CL activities, inter alia, being organised by the Liary at Kendriya Vidyalaya, Narimedu, Madurai.