Library Educator’s Course 2018 – My treasure trove is full
Written by Lakshmi Karunakaran, LEC 2018 On the final day of our last contact a few weeks ago, teary eyed as I bid goodbye to friends and faculty in the serene campus at the St Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre in Goa, I had a conversation with Jane Sahi, a senior faculty member at the […]
Library Educator’s Course – 2018, How do I stop gushing?
Written by Radhika Timbadia, LEC 2018 I was intrigued when I came across an email about the Library Educator’s Course earlier this year. I wondered what it would entail. I was at a point in my life where I was winding down other work and beginning to think about opening a bookstore. I was very […]
Art Attack in Chimbel
Written by Velanky and Pranita The Bookworm van travels to the Chimbel community library thrice a week as part of the Mobile Outreach Program (MOP). Children usually have read aloud sessions during these three days. But this pattern was interrupted in August when Sujata had an innovative idea of having […]
Stepping into Library Work: My Immersion at LEC 2018
Written by Jennifer Thomas, Educator. Rolling my suitcase down the quiet corridors of the Spiritual Renewal Centre in Old Goa, the beautiful venue for the third contact of the Library Educators Course 2018, I felt a sense of trepidation. The only sound was the noise of my suitcase wheels. The stillness and calm of the […]
Book Browsing at our Community Library
Written by Stephie and Velanky In early October, a time when Goa usually receives very little rain, we set off for Cacra, a site where we have MOP (Mobile Outreach program) sessions twice a week. While going down the slope we could feel the breeze picking up and the sky turning gloomier. The sea waves […]
Time for Reflection and Introspection
Written by Megha Dharnidharka, LEC 2017, Alumni The LEC course is truly unique and I feel incredibly privileged to have been part of such a thoughtful and reflective course. Each contact period was an immersive experience and I came away changed every single time. Imagine my delight when I learnt that I would have the […]
Envisioning the Bigger Picture
Written by Dharamjeet Kumar “Library as a refuge”, the phrase is so much relatable yet I never thought of putting it like this. This vision about library has been one of the major takeaways from LEC contact 2. The library has been an escape for me in times of loneliness or unpleasant surrounding. Several times […]
Mesmerising Contact 2
Written by Dr Neeza Singh, LEC 2018 Right from the time of entry into the beautiful serene building of St Joseph Renewal Centre on the top of the hill on the first day of the Contact 2 till the time I bid adieu to all in the class on the last day, every moment was […]
Is Poetry Really For Me?
Written by Nirupama Kaushik, LEC 2018 Our taxi drove through the gates of St. Joseph Vaz Spiritual Renewal Centre and stopped in front of the building I knew well. After all, this was where I had spent six lovely days in April engrossed in books, discussions, presentations and lighthearted conversations. Coming back after three months […]
My date with Alice in Wonderland
Written by Shirley Miranda Bookworm invited me to do a Read Aloud for the Mobile Outreach Program at Cacra village. I was given a pop-up book of Alice in Wonderland by Robert Sabuda, and Stephie, Manjita and I made plans to have a tea party at the end of the session. With great enthusiasm, we […]