09/04/2023
Cloud funding campaign for Library and Community Development Centre (LCDC), Poigai
Who we are?
Poigai is a small and remote village located in the Tenkasi district of Tamil Nadu, India. There are five villages and six schools in Poigai Panchayat and the population is approximately 5000. Most people are engaged in agriculture for their livelihood. There is no library in the panchayat or the schools. People do not have the resources to subscribe to newspapers or magazines and hence they don’t have access to accurate and quality sources of information. There is no forum to guide them. Therefore, a Library and Community Development Centre (LCDC) in Poigai was started at Poigai village on 12th May 2022 by Dr. A.Hariharan, the Founder President of the Society for the Advancement of Library Science (SALIS) at a cost of Rs.10 lakhs with the technical guidance of SALIS. The monthly expenditure to maintain the library is about Rs.10,000 – 15,000. The Library now has 1300 books on various subjects for all ages.
The library automated its services. Smart cards are given to the members to borrow books and avail of the services.
To know about the Library, please visit: https://poigailibrary.wordpress.com
The catalogue is available on the cloud for access @ http://107.21.126.203
‘Poigai Library App’ can be downloaded from the Google Play store to access the catalogue.
No fee Library: There is no membership fee or deposit to become a member of the centre or borrow books or avail of any other services and there are also no overdue charges.
Our work and its impact
The LCDC provides information and library services to the community and conducts digital literacy programmes to bridge the digital divide, particularly for school students It also functions as a school library for students. The LCDC organizes regular skill development programmes for people of all ages to empower them and improve their standard of living.
How we will utilize these books
There are 5 schools in Poigai Panchayat and about 800- 900 children. They regularly visit the library to read and borrow books. We conduct programmes regularly - storytelling, public speaking, essay writing, drawing, book reviews and summaries, etc, for students to motivate them to read and create awareness about the benefits of reading. With the funds from this campaign, we will get Tamil and English storybooks from Pratham Books for our community library. The Tamil storybooks will encourage the children to read more books in their mother tongue language and improve their communication skills and the English books will help them do better in academics and boost their self-confidence.
Thank you for your support in advance.
Please visit:
https://donateabook.org.in/product/village-library-in-pogai-tamil-nadu/?preview_id=91739
