Things are rapidly changing. I notice some good changes for the library professionals, especially in the Indian context. They are:
1. Large number of new institutions are being set up in India. These range from primary schools to specialised higher education and research institutions.
2. Emphasis is increasingly shifting to research output in institutions of higher education in India.
3. Policy makers are waking up to the fact that they need to invest in education. The objective is to increase the access to education.
4. All these developments will lead to investment in the libraries.
The reason that it is good news for library professionals is that, I do not see any other option for the government to increase access to education and knowledge to its youth, other than developing existing libraries and creating new ones. Once this fact sinks into the minds of the policy makers, we will be able to see the benefits to libraries.
