• Dr. Anuja Anantrao Kastikar
• Shri. Lakshman Sugriv Kuchekar

The 21st century is considered to be a century of significant advances in science and technology. With the advancement of electronic devices and globalization, the borders of countries have disappeared and the world has become just a call away. Now a day it is very easy and convenient to establish contact from one corner of the world to another. The knowledge of every element of the world is available on the platform called internet. Internet is used as the most effective means of searching in the world. However, doubts arise as to whether the information on it is true and even if complete information and its objectivity are available, questions are raised about its immediate availability and use. Therefore, while students need to look to the library as the primary source of knowledge, college students are often seen studying reading materials in line with electronic social media. Due to this, well-equipped libraries are left without students and readers and it is necessary to use the resources in them. Library is a major tool for producing learned, enlightened and well-informed citizens. Because, books not only solve human problems but also work to build people and society. Libraries have till date contributed substantially to the intellectual quality of the intelligentsia of progressive Maharashtra. The society received a large pool of knowledge from the library movement. But, in the decade of 2020s, excessive use of social media like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, Messenger etc. is seen especially among the college youth. Therefore, in the age of Ain Umedi, it is seen that this generation has moved away from the original reading culture and is using the reading materials that have come on social media. Often this platform of reading materials available in the form of social media or the Internet is considered as an alternative to the library. But this is not completely true. Because the internet or related reading material platforms can never be a substitute for the library. To inculcate this feeling in the minds of the society, it is very important to study the presented research topic to find out the real facts and present them to the society through the presented research thesis. The information provided on the website is informative. Whereas a library contains information of an objective and profoundly substantial nature, widening the circle of knowledge. No one can guarantee the information on the websites. However, since the perpetuity of the information in the reading material available in the libraries can be objectively attributed to the author, the decline of the reading culture and the youth going ahead with reading for work, this new thought trend is presented to restore the reading culture and libraries to their former glory and to develop the reading culture according to the original theory.

Library, Knowledge, Reading, Role, Book, Mobile, Internet, Media, globalization, Culture, Technology, etc.

"Reading Culture and Role of Library", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no.n17-n21, April-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304F03.pdf

"Reading Culture and Role of Library", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 4, page no. ppn17-n21, April-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2304F03.pdf