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Empowering transgender population in India through community libraries
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Empowering transgender population in India through community libraries
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| Creator |
Dhanya, S.
Thanuskodi, S. |
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| Subject |
Transgender
Community libraries Information Poverty Library services |
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| Description |
422-429
The paper attempts to identify the dilemmas faced by the transgender community in India with respect to their social life and information needs. Through a study of literature, the possibilities of introducing community libraries or Library-cumResource Centres (LRC) dedicated towards the betterment of transgender community in India have been explored. READ (Rural Education and Development) - a successful community library model has been discussed in the paper which could be adapted and modified to create such initiatives across the transgender populated areas of India. The limitations and implications are also discussed in the paper. |
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| Date |
2021-12-24T09:54:24Z
2021-12-24T09:54:24Z 2021-12 |
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| Type |
Article
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| Identifier |
0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/58716 |
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| Language |
en
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| Publisher |
NIScPR-CSIR, India
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| Source |
ALIS Vol.68(4) [December 2021]
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