My journey of evolving as a Library Educator
Written by Geetanjali Mehra, LEC 2021 A Library Educator, a word which seems to be so complete in itself. A word that brings together the responsibilities and knowledge of both, a librarian and an educator. Hence, the person plays an important and critical role in opening the collection, engaging children, and making them feel safe […]
My Learnings as a Tibetan Librarian
Written by Lobsang Sangmo Despite being in exile for 62 years, the Tibetan community in India is fortunate to have good Tibetan schools with all the facilities which also include a Library. Ever since my childhood I have known the library as a place where we can borrow and return books. It’s been one and […]
Chapter One
Written by Pooja Sagar, LEC 2021 It all started when… One morning, a colleague forwarded the ‘Bookworm’ Library Educator’s Certificate (LEC) course prospectus to our school’s library WhatsApp group. The prospectus was ‘magical’! It gave me such a profound sense of the kind of program that I could expect from Bookworm, that I was just […]
Playing by the Book
Written by Joeanna Rebello Fernandes, LEC 2021 I’d imagined a quiet week. The LEC was a course on library education, and the libraries I’d known were silent as churches (with the occasional sermon thrown in). The first in-person contact would be low-decibel too, I thought—high-impact, but muted. There was serious pedagogy to be discussed—reviews of […]
LEC- Joyful Learning!
Written by R. Devabalan, LEC 2020 Having spent almost a quarter-century in development work, I had the privilege of participating in training, workshops, and multiple learning courses but the Library Educators Course organized by Bookworm Trust is unique. What makes LEC unique, are three things: the facilitators, the curriculum, and the mentoring support. The facilitators […]
My Library Dream
Written by Bhavna Faizullabhoy, LEC 2020 I still cannot believe that it has been a week since I returned from Goa, having completed a course in Library Education from Bookworm Trust Goa. Reading and books have always been an integral part of my existence and have shaped who I am. Sometime in 2019, I had […]
Learning from Stories and Stories of Learning
By Poonam Bhonsle, LEC 2020 I thrive on stories. As much as I love listening to stories I equally enjoy narrating them to others. This year the pandemic exposed me to different kinds of stories – of despair, of suffering, of anxiety and of grief. Amidst all this, I was worried whether I will be […]
LEC with Bookworm
My first year with the Library Educator Course (LEC) was an experience that threw open different doors and windows in my mind, and left me floating in the ideas that emerged. LEC is a seven month professional development course offered by Bookworm that consumes and excites. I stood on the fringes and let everything wash […]
The LEC Way
Written by Sonia Deshpande, LEC 2020 It was in a pre-pandemic February of 2020 that I eagerly applied to the Library Educators Course (LEC) offered by the Bookworm Trust, Goa. It was the title of the course that drew me to it, the bringing together of the library with education. The course was about to […]
LEC 2020 – A unique lived experience
Written by Kuheli Sarkar, LEC 2020 Imagine you are planning a road trip, you have heard from people who have taken the trip earlier how exciting it is, and now you are looking forward to experiencing it. Suddenly something awful unfolds and you are no longer sure whether you’ll be able to make it. How […]