Author: Vivek Vellanki

Vivek Vellanki is a Doctoral student in the Department of Teacher Education, College of Education, Michigan State University. He can be reached at vivek.vellanki@gmail.com.
Open Libraries: Realities and Radical Possibilities
Issue 3 - September 2017, Spotlight Archives

Open Libraries: Realities and Radical Possibilities

Usha Mukunda in conversation with Vivek Vellanki This conversation is an edited version of a podcast originally featured as part of Dialoging Education, a podcast developed by the Regional Resource Centre for Elementary Education, University of Delhi. As an 8-year-old I eagerly waited for that one hour every week we used to get to spend in our school’s library. I had memorized the chore. We would all stand in a line outside our class, with fingers on our lips. The librarian, Rukmini Ma’am, would walk us to the library. All the while, there would be murmurs along the way; do you think the Hardy Boys solved the mystery? I am going to finish reading that story about Shikari Shambu today; I can’t wait to find out what happens to Harry Potter once he gets off the train. The library wa...