WELCOME TO THE
World of Bookworm
Bookworm is a library-focused organisation, based in Goa.
Registered as a charitable trust for over a decade, our vision has always been ‘To inspire and develop a love for reading as a way of life, and nurturing humane engagement, in everyone.’
What We Do
It’s much more than just books!
While the heart of Bookworm lies in its books, it is also a space for creative learning kept alive and vibrant, through a variety of programmes for children as well as adults.
Library & Resource Centre (Lib)
Libraries and activity spaces actively running with a diverse collection of children’s books, along with book talks, author events, engagements, and much more.
Libraries in Schools (LiS)
Facilitating an active engagement of teachers as library educators, to provide grade-appropriate reading resources; while developing thinking and literacy skills.
Mobile Outreach Program (MOP)
Taking books to children in communities from families with limited economic resources; while focusing on first-generation learners.
Professional Development Program (ProD)
Certificate courses, online and on-ground workshops of capacity development for schools, institutions, education organisations, professional librarians, etc.
Visual Arts Program (VAP)
Embedded within all Bookworm programs, to create engagement using different types of art and craft activities themed around books.
Home Based Libraries (HBL)
A project focusing on providing specially curated playsets to help children with learning disabilities and special needs to engage at home, with the help of parents.
Our Core Values
Our core values ground our programs, the libraries we provide, and the training that we conduct. They guide us through every decision that we make.
- Accountability - We acknowledge and take responsibility for our commitment of library work to ourselves, each other and society.
- Fairness - We aspire to create libraries that are open to all providing equal opportunities and cultivating a mindset for social justice.
- Stewardship - We strive to be mindful of our collective needs and ensure that everyone’s contributions are recognized and valued.
- Transparency - We try and uphold an open way of communication as an organisation, such that critical information on policy and programs are available to the public.
- Probity - We uphold the quality of moral principles in being honest and accountable in our governance and to all our supporters and members.
Our Impact
We believe that measuring our impact is incredibly important. It provides data so that we can continually improve our programs. We also believe it is important to communicate, both the successes and challenges, that we face to those that support us.
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A Few Kind Words
Reshma Ahmed
FOUNDER – SNEHJORI ALUMNI - LIBRARY MENTORING & SUPPORT PROGRAMME, 2023“The LMS journey of one year has been extremely fulfilling and filled with learnings for me. The sessions were well coordinated and extremely helpful in making us think more deeply about our library work. The program provided me with opportunities to brainstorm on some very interesting problem statements, collectively come together with ideas, and implement the same in our library practices. We got to learn from each other through group and one-on-one interactions.”
Preedip Balaji, Bangalore
ALUMNI - LIBRARY EDUCATOR’S CERTIFICATE COURSE, 2022-23“The LEC course taught me to build inclusive, engaging library practices, emphasizing on equity, diversity and inclusion to create welcoming spaces for all. In India, there's a lack of courses specifically designed to empower library practitioners to cultivate enjoyable learning and reading experiences within library spaces. LEC fills this gap effectively. Highly recommended to library practitioners and professionals as well as teachers and educators.”
Avinash Khawas, Kalimpong, West Bengal
ALUMNI - LIBRARY EDUCATOR’S CERTIFICATE COURSE, 2022-23“LEC is something which can totally change your whole perspective of library work, library environment, library space and much more. Each minute thing related to the library is touched upon and taught practically.
I would like to recommend the LEC course to each and every individual who is associated with library, library studies and to those who are also associated with children. This course is totally different from the regular CLIS/BLIS/MLIS course and is more focused in practicality.”
Prabha Sudagade (Tendolkar), Bangalore
ALUMNI - LIBRARY EDUCATOR’S CERTIFICATE COURSE, 2021“LEC has opened up for me a new direction in my career. Having experience working as a librarian for higher-level readers, I never knew about children's libraries. Carefully designed not only to cover librarianship but also to go beyond it and learn the educator's part in establishing libraries - it may be community libraries, school libraries, or different children's literature, genre, activities to cultivate reading skills among children. ‘Learning to Read’ takes a child towards’ Reading to learn in this journey one can support through LEC."
Pooja Agrawal Suba, Mumbai
ALUMNI - LIBRARY EDUCATOR’S CERTIFICATE COURSE, 2020“The LEC Course altered my lens of what a library is. I now view libraries as vibrant, safe places with unlimited potential. My knowledge of engaging with books has expanded significantly, placing the reader at the center.
It introduced me to a diverse collection of books, which would enrich children & adults alike, and become means of opening critical dialogues. I would recommend teachers & educators; facilitators in the NGO space who interact with children to do this one-of-a-kind course!”
Anuradha Pachanooru, Secunderabad
ALUMNI - LIBRARY EDUCATOR’S CERTIFICATE COURSE, 2017-18“One should do the LEC course because it is for their own understanding about library practices, how it can become their own strength to work with books, libraries, or any organisation which works on these in particular. They can learn how to reach out to like-minded people and communities to work as a library educator. It will give strong inputs and a theoretical understanding of some social issues that can be addressed, and also help how to work with children on these issues.”
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