INCULCATING READING HABITS

BYKamlesh Kumar

Newspapers & supplementsTextbooksStorybooks

NovelsReligious Hymns(!)

MagazinesProfessional Books/Journals

Newspapers & supplementsTextbooksStorybooks

NovelsReligious Hymns(!)

MagazinesProfessional Books/Journals

What do we read?What do we read?

• To know what’s happening around us• To understand the subject matter

• To boost / enhance our imagination• To increase power of judgement

• To imbibe ethical / cultural values• To cultivate social sense

• To understand human life / mind• To experience / experiment new things

• To know what’s happening around us• To understand the subject matter

• To boost / enhance our imagination• To increase power of judgement

• To imbibe ethical / cultural values• To cultivate social sense

• To understand human life / mind• To experience / experiment new things

Role of a Teacher

Emphasizing importance of reading - especially good reading

Recommend specific suitable Titles Regular compulsory feedback

Counselling, Directing, GuidingCo-ordination with the Librarian

Encouragement (book-prize)

Role of a Librarian

Recommending Publicizing Categorising/Classification Abstracting Displaying Distributing Co-ordination with Teachers Developing Collection Management Reports (Stats) Surveys (feedback/suggestions)

Role of a Librarian

Recommending Publicizing Categorising/Classification Abstracting Displaying Distributing Co-ordination with Teachers Developing Collection Management Reports (Stats) Surveys (feedback/suggestions)

METHODS

• Orientation of teachers• Library Activities• Teacher Based Activities• Open access system• Project work method• Book review method• Classroom library• Celebration of library week• Story telling method

Orientation of teachers

Due to the advancement of science, teachers have to equip themselves with current knowledge. So they have to visit the library often for knowing resent developments in their subject. This creates a healthy impression on students and encourages students to visit the library

Library Activities

• Display of New Titles• Newsletter

• Celebrations of Events (World Environment Day, World Book Day)• OPAC

• Internet-sites and Databases (Learn-English, Encyclopaedia Britannica)

• Library’s website• Networking

• Professional Lectures / seminars • News-analysis / Top stories / Book-Reviews

• Display of highest read titles• List of students who have read max titles in a year

Teacher-based Activities

•. Story-telling sessions• Book-banks

• Quiz-competitions• Book-reviews

• Animating stories• Drama

• Public-speaking• Group-discussions

• Story-making sessions• Extracting/Abstracting• Audio/Video sessions

• Poetry• Communication Skills Workshops

Open access library

Open access provides a close relationship between the reader & the read. The reader can easily browse through the books. While browsing, he can find many more titles of his interest, which increase his visits to the library .

PROJECT WORK METHOD

Students should be given more & more library oriented projects. Projects which requires full use of library resources like current periodicals, books, encyclopedias etc. By this students are exposed to the tremendous world of literature. Curiosity to know many more things is ignited in their mind which makes them a voracious readers.

CLASS ROOM LIBRARYEach & every classroom should have a wall cabinet with glass sliding door. On birthday of any student of that class the teacher should encourage the student to donate 2 books for the class library instead of distributing toffees to the children .The book may be of any subject like novel, biography, quiz, sports, or spiritual book. So, there will be a variety of literature in their class library which can be used during arrangement periods also. The best quality &quantity classroom library can be awarded.

Celebration of library week

• By celebrating National Book Week students are exposed to the tremendous world of knowledge.Organizing book exhibitions,Quiz on books & authors, Face to face interaction with eminent writers, Organizing visits to book fairs & hi-tech libraries all these activities will increase their thirst for knowledge.

Book review methodStudents may be asked to write book reviews for the books read from the library.The students who reads maximum number of books & variety of books may be awarded book review prize during the annual day celebration.This acts as an incentive & encourage the students to read more & more books.

Personality of the librarian

The librarian should provide personal Assistance in locating a book or information. Librarian should have pleasing personality, Sense of humour, humble, soft spoken, co-Operative, always eager to help readers, active, Energitic, enthusiastic & love for books. All These qualities help the librarian in attracting More & more readers to the library.

Cybrarian at work