The long-awaited project of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) education department to launch e-libraries for the students of 25 civic schools will finally see the light of the day. The civic body will spend a whopping Rs 1.58 lakh for each digital library, where hundreds of e-books will be made available for free. The project will be run on a pilot basis, after which it will be implemented in remaining schools as per response. The e-libraries will be incorporated into the master computer at the school library. These libraries will include all genres of books for students from class V to X, including animated, textbooks, subject-related, vocabulary builder, grammar, autobiographies of known personalities, audio-visual books, etc. The textbooks will be in PDF format and will be available in English and Marathi languages as of now. Four such computers will be made available at each school. Training will be imparted to the librarian/teacher on how to access the e-library; additional chairs and tables for both teacher and students, internet facility will also be provided. As of now, the department has finalised 25 schools for the project and the installation work will begin by next month. As per the authorities, since the dashboard for e-library is ready, the project would not be held off till the next academic year. "The schools can start using it as soon as the entire work is done," said an official who is in charge of this project. Education officer of BMC Mahesh Palkar said that there are 3,000 books in portable document format (PDF) that can be accessed by the teachers in every school through a personalised account. "The ID and password for the database will be given to all the teachers who will also be trained to use it. The teachers will be instructed to assist the students in accessing the books," said Palkar.

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