Dear All, The Library Media Centre at Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom celebrated International School Library Day with various programmes from 26-28 October 2009. Competitions were held on Book jacket designing, spot poetry and literary quiz. A large number of students participated in the competitions. There was a Library Lot on 28th October 2009. The talk and interactive session by Dr. Dr. A. Gopikkuttan, HOD, Dept. of Library & Information Science, University of Kerala was one of the main attractions. He shared his thoughts on libraries, books and reading. He urged the students to become information literate to reach their goals. The prizes for the winners of the competitions were also distributed in the function. Dr. Cicy Roy Mathew, Principal chaired the programme. The Day was celebrated first time in the Vidyalaya and was a great success. Proclaiming the importance of school libraries on the academic and overall achievement of the students was the main aim of the event. For photographs of the ISLD 2009, please visit http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/category/library-activities/ Thank you   S.L.Faisal   Librarian   Kendriya Vidyalaya   Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram-695 004   Kerala   India   Ph.09447699724 Official   http://librarykvpattom.wordpress.com   http://libzine.wordpress.com   http://homeworksonline.wordpress.com   http://mydearbook.wordpress.com Professional   http://librarynext.wordpress.com   http://kvlblogs.wordpress.com Social Networks   http://kvlibrarians.ning.com/   http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/isl-link/ Personal   http://slfaisal.wordpress.com Sent from Cochin, KL, India -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.