OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY

OUR SCHOOL LIBRARY

 

He was praised by everyone for his said brave deed

Ever since I was admitted to this school. I was very keen to see the spacious hall, where only the student of the higher classes were allowed to go during the lunch hour. To others it was something very important, where one could go only with the prior permission of the class teachers. But I being a student of Class IX did not have to face that difficulty any more.

 

It was on July 20 that I got a chance of peeping through the glass-panes of the big almirahs. I found out that there were some heavy volumes. It was difficult for me to even move them. Then there were some very small ones also. These were like toys which even my younger brothers and sisters would like to have. Most of the other books were of an average size.

 

There was an awe-inspiring official who appeared to be very busy. I could read from the name-plate that he was the librarian. He had heaps of books on all sides of this table, and in shelves behind his seat. It seemed as if he was drowned in a sea of books. Here I remembered.

 Alone, alone, all all alone,

Alone in a wide, wide sea

                                                Ancient Mariner

                                                (S.T. Coleridge)

 

Nearby was the Newspaper section, where about 20 newspapers of various languages were displayed on stands. There were about 60 magazines also on Sports, Science, Current Affairs, Commerce, Management and Computer Sciences.

 

This grand library had a Reference Section for teacher also. I learnt that there were about 6,00 books on various subjects. I was happy that I saw the library that day.