A thriving library

BANGALORE: Whoever thought the habit of reading books was going down surely was mistaken, as the Dayanand Nagar public library of the North Zone seems to prove otherwise. The library’s membership seems to be thriving with 800 existing members and 53,062 reading material, including 137 magazines and 31 newspapers. The visitors seem to be really fond of reading as they seem to be braving a lot to visit the library.The library which is situated in a BBMP complex on the first floor, has a bathroom on the ground floor at the entrance. The bathroom is extremely dirty and emanates a strong stench as soon as you walk into the complex. When you walk into the complex itself, the first thing that hits you is the foul smell. Added to this, there is water leaking from the ceiling onto the floor which creates a huge puddle at the entrance of the building.The library seems to be well maintained though it’s a little small in size. The librarian Pradeep BM says, “Since the library is not very big, there is not much space for the storage of books. The expensive books are kept inside the cupboard and is taken out as and when it is needed.” The existing space is well managed with neat stacks of books on the racks and well defined spaces for readers to enjoy their reading time.The library has proved to be useful in the area specially because they do not charge for reading books inside the library and even the reading charges are not high which starts only from `25. All the books can be borrowed by the public. The library gets new collection of books at least once in three months.