The Manyara Regional Commissioner Hon.Queen Sendige has asked librarians in the country to be a well of knowledge all the time when they provide the service of providing information to readers.

The Head of Manyara Region Hon.Queen Sendige has asked librarians in the country to be a well of knowledge all the time when they provide the service of providing information to readers.

Hon. Sendige has said this in her opening speech of the General Meeting of the Tanzania Library and Information Association (TLA) which is being held for 6 days from February 26 - to March 1, 2024 at KISORA ROYOL HALL in Babati District.

 In her speech at the opening of the meeting as an official guest Hon. Sendige has thanked the leaders of the Tanzania Librarians Association (TLA) for their decision to choose Manyara Region to host the Tanzania Librarians Association General Meeting for the year 2024.

In addition Hon. Sendige has appointed librarians to be a well of knowledge because they serve different readers with different understandings, thus asking them to have a lot of knowledge that will help them to know the many sources of information that readers need to pass through.

In addition, he has called for the establishment of a library in the Manyara Region in order to promote reading in the Manyara community, including government institutions and the private sector.

"I would like to thank you very much for your presence for 6 days in this Region. It is a special honor that you have given our Region the honor of holding your Conference as part of encouraging reading because a lot of knowledge is obtained through reading books and through various sources according to the technology we have today". Sendige said.

Likewise Hon. Sendiga has called on the leaders of TLA. The next meeting should include the participation of stakeholders from various sectors in the library so that they can help express their opinions and reconcile the shortcomings when reading the books themselves first so that they can understand the knowledge contained in them.

"You will have done something very important if you involve your stakeholders, they are the ones who know your successes and failures, involving them in your meetings will help you a lot to raise your industry, especially in this period when technology has hit a big plateau", said Sendiga

Initially welcoming the official guest in his speech, TLA Vice Chairman Dr. Leontine on behalf of the Chairman of TLA Prof Ally Mcharazo has thanked Hon. Sendiga for accepting the invitation to be an official guest at the opening of the Conference.

Dr. Leontine has explained that the Tanzanian Librarians' Association (TLA) was established in 1974 with many big goals, which is to bring together all the librarians in the country so that they can jointly discuss various strategies and challenges facing the country's library industry.

Dr. Nkebukwa has explained that the Tanzania Librarians Association (TLA) has continued to hold its meetings every year by going around every region in the country except for Manyara Region where the meeting is being held for the first time.

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