Important Days

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA DAVANGERE

 

LIBRARY

Sr. No	Event	Months/ Periodicity	Library Activities
01	International Children’s Book Day  (02 April)	April	v  Exhibition, Book review writing competition, Discussions
02	Ambedkar Jayanti                (14 April)	April	v  Exhibition of books on or by Dr B. R. Ambedkar
03	World Book and Copyright Day  (23 April)	April	v  Exhibitions, Literary competitions, Meet the author programmes
04	Functional Activities	April	v  Stock verification v  Library Orientation sessions v  Preparation of Book Issue Cards v  Preparation list of books for binding v  Issue of books for Class Libraries v  Constitution of Library Committee and Reader’s Club v  Preparation of the list of books/documents recommended for condemnation/ weeding out. v  Final reminder of overdue books
05	Inauguration of Reader’s Club	April	v  Beginning of Reader’s Club activities for the session
06	Functional Activities	May-June	v  Preparation and display of list of defaulters v  Auction of written off books v  Submission of defaulter’s list to the office. v  Preparation of Library/ ID Cards v  Data collection for updating the member database
07	Functional Activities	July	v  Setting of Library v  Starting the circulation of books v  Library stock verification v  Meeting of Library Committee v  Meeting of Reader’s Club v  Meeting of Class library Book selection Committee v  Starting of Library Circulation v  Renewal of subscription to periodicals v  Publication of Library Bulletin/Newsletter v  Arranging of Library books as per subject wise v  Developing of Hanging Library. v  Reviewing of Procuring of Newspapers and Magazines
08	Harry Potter Birthday celebration  (31 July)	July	v  HP Quiz, Writing Birthday wishes, Book talk, HP Book jacket designing, Assembly programmes, Exhibition of HP books
09	Munshi Premchand Day           (31 July)	July	v  Exhibition of books by Munshi Premchand and related competitions
10	Functional Activities	August	v  Preparation of book suggestion/ recommendation lists v  Selection of books by visiting the local book shops by the Committee members
11	Hiroshima Day  (6 August)	August	v  Remembering the victims, “Against War” exhibition
12	Independence Day                   (15 August)	August	v  Exhibition of books on freedom struggle
13	Functional Activities	September	v  Issue of books to class libraries (2) v  Career Development Programme v  Meeting of Library Committee
14	Teacher’s Day  (5 Sept.)	September	v  Exhibition of books on or by Dr S. Radhakrishnan
15	Hindi Fortnight	September	v  Exhibition of popular Hindi books in the library and related competitions
17	Gandhi Jayanti ( 2 Oct.)	October	v  Exhibition of books on or by Mahatma Gandhi and Non violence
18	U. N. Day  ( 24 Oct.)	October	v  Exhibition of books on United Nations and other International organisations
19	National Unity day ( 31 Oct)	October	v  Exhibition of  books on or by Sardar Vallabhai Patel
19	International School Library Day (ISLD)  &  Month	October	v  Talk by an eminent (local) TGT (LIS) and other Activities,
20	Functional Activities	November	v  User awareness programmes for Teachers v  Information  literacy sessions
21	Children’s Day (14 Nov.)	November	v  Exhibition of books on or by Jawaharlal Nehru, Competitions…
22	National Education Day          (11 Nov.)	November	v  Exhibition of books on or by Dr.  Abdul Kalam Azad, Essay writing, newspaper reading competitions
23	National Library Week (3rd Week of November)	November	v  Exhibition of rare books in the library v  Competitions: book review, Storytelling , Book reading ,Literary quiz, Designing Bookmarks , Assembly programmes , “Find the book”, Library cultural programmes, etc.
24	Indira Gandhi’s Birthday (19 Nov.)	November	v  Exhibition of books on Indira Gandhi and other Indian Prime Ministers & competitions.
25	Functional Activities	December	v  Organizing programmes for    class Libraries v   Issue of books to class libraries
26	Army Flag Day (7 Dec.)	December	v  Exhibition of  books on Indian Army and warfare
Nearest Year
27	Functional Activities	January	v  Publication of Library Bulletin/Newsletter v  User awareness programme on Exam oriented resources in the Library v  Exhibition of Multimedia CD/DVDS
28	Republic Day (26 January)	January	v  Exhibition of books on “India: Society and constitution”
29	Martyr’s Day (30 January)	January	v  Exhibition of books on or by freedom fighters & competitions.
30	National Youth Day (12 Jan.)	January	v  Display of Books on  or by Swami Vivekananda.
31	Functional Activities	February	v  Returning of class library books v  Reminders to defaulters v  Stopping the circulation of books to students v  Meeting of Library Committee
32	Safer Internet Day (7 Feb.)	February	v  Online/ cyber safety workshops, talks, exhibitions, etc.
33	Functional Activities	March	v  Stock verification
	Other Library Routine Activities
35	Book Fairs	03 times a year	v  In collaboration with external agencies
36	Preparation of Library statistics	Quarterly	v  As per the Library Policy
37	Checking of Library note books	Regularly	v  Class VI-IX
38	Display of New Arrival List	Regularly	v  As and when needed
39	Retro conversion of documents	Regularly	v  As and when needed and parallel to other activities.
40	Disposal of old newspapers and magazines	Quarterly	v  As per the rules
41	Books/document selection and accessioning	As and when needed	v  Acquisition of resources shall be a dynamic activity and followed under the supervision of Library Committee
42	Screening of VCDs	Once in a month	v  Screening of Educational and issue based VCDs for primary children
43	Reader’s Club activities	Whole academic year	v  Seminars, Exhibitions, displays, competitions, Meet the Author, Book discussions
44	Know your Library Programmes (Library orientation)	Once in a month	v  Tour to the library to understand its resources and activities
45	Library Blogs, Digital library	Regularly	v  Updating and maintenance
46	Best Reader Awards	Once in an year	v  For best library users from each class. Distributed on the Annual Day function