1. Introduction
Knowledge is the wealth of a person which keeps growing. Knowledge is the wealth which never depletes with sharing and can be transferred without limit. It’s a popular proverb that people learn either by reading or by experiencing. People do not have to wait the whole life to learn through their experiences, when they have choices to learn through reading. Reading books just for educational degree have been common practice in Nepal. Reading the non-academic books is found rarely among the people. Reading autobiographies, literature arts such as novels, poems, dramas, etc is rarely found among us after we pass our school or leaving educational institution. Reading books can expand the horizon of knowledge of the person and open the doors of possibilities and innovations which can change the world.
With an objective to instill the reading culture of non-academic books, ‘Gov - SkLib’ is an initiative to act as bridge to reach these books to interested readers through library of public and private schools.
2. Objectives
The objectives of this initiative are as follows:
- i. To maximize the utilization of the existing public and private libraries of schools.
- ii. To create a common platform to share the existing books people already have
3. Impacts of the initiative
The impacts of this initiative are as follows:
- i. Improvement in library management
- ii. It decorates the library with more knowledgeable books
- iii. Broadened knowledge among the students and people and make them dynamic and adaptable
- iv. Improved reading habits of students and people
- v. Good will and networking among the readers
- vi. Public recognition of the implementers
- vii. Enhanced leadership skills and public speaking skills
4. Target population
Most of the libraries are intended only for getting good grades in exam and the students are rarely exposed to outer side of world. There are only countable numbers of libraries which people can access and they are neither well maintained nor easily accessible. Sometimes it is hard to find books even in store and some people have it through international purchase or some kind of other methods and they could make it available through SKLi. In this way SKLi is intended to provide opportunities to students and people to expand their knowledge.