By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)
Fresh from having organized the successful seminar ‘Books are forever’ at the University of Karachi’s Faculty of Arts Auditorium on February 18, the National Library Association (NLA) has announced to hold programmes to celebrate the International Women’s Day as well as the World Book and Copyright Day during the next couple of months.
“We have decided in principle to commemorate both the occasions as they are vitally important to us. We will be holding the International Women’s Day programme during the month of March while the World Book and Copyright Day will be celebrated in April. We are working out the details which will be announced soon,” Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, President, NLA, informed PNFS on February 28.
“The International Women’s Day relates to us because lots of library professionals working around the country at different locations are females and we need to celebrate the day dedicated to them in a befitting manner,” he remarked.
“Our spirits at the NLA are very high as we have been recognized for doing successful events for the promotion of book and library culture. We have sustained the momentum by convening regular meetings and our top officials continue touching base on daily basis to take care of the works in pipeline,” added.
The NLA has been on a high during the last few months in particular and its successful events seems to have energized the working librarians of Pakistan, who were looking forward to such a platform to let them serve the society more effectively and let their work be known. Their participation in the last edition of the Karachi International Book Fair (KIBF) and their recently organized seminar 'Books are Forever' at the University of Karachi have caught the imagination of the library professionals.
