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An international conference on Transforming Library 2017 has began with three day programme scheduled at Central Institute of Technology in Kokrajhar from Saturday

The conference has been organized by central library, CIT Kokrajhar in association with department of library and information science, Guwahati University.Resource person and participants from Sri Lanka, USA, Nepal participated in the conference.

 Prasanna Ranaweera, director of National Institute of Library and Information science, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka graced as chief guest on the inaugural session.

Kampa Borgoyary, BTC deputy chief inaugurated the conference that witnessed international speakers on library and information science in the world.Borgoyary has lauded the conference which will be bringing information gathering about library knowledge and information communication across the globe. 

Sangrang Brahma, organizer of the conference told that it is an initiative to bridge library communication and information sciences library plays a vital role in the overall development of the society.

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