A branch of the State Central Library was opened on the Technopark Phase 1 campus on Wednesday with an aim to benefit the reading community in Technopark. Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John inaugurated the branch in Bhavani building of Technopark in the presence of State Central Librarian Shobhana P.K. as part of the State government’s 100-day action plan.

The Minister also inaugurated the library’s smart card and digital payment facilities on the occasion. The smart card facility will integrate library members’ details and ease the booking procedure while the digital payment facility will ease the financial transactions including the payment of fines.

Mr. John said that a branch of the State Central Library has been a long-standing demand of IT employees. The facility is stacked with a number of Malayalam and English literary classics and books on a range of other topics, the Minister noted, urging the employees to send their inputs and insights to improve it in the coming days. The branch at Technopark will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on all working days.