Books let you fight dragons, meet the love of your life, travel to faraway lands and laugh alongside friends, all within their pages. They’re an escape that brings you home” -Betterbybooks.

Books are indeed a magic that one holds in his hands and the best place to experience this magic is at the library.In order to celebrate this wonderful experience,Christ University library, along with the School of Education, marked the beginning of BOOKMARK - 2017 on 13 July. The day began with the inaugural function at the Central Block Basement, which was graced by the presence Prof. PadmakumarM.M, Head of the Department of Media Studies,Dr.Anil Joseph Pinto, Registrar, Mr Sree Kumar  Nair, Mr Shaiju M C, the publishers, members offaculty Christ University and the students of the School of Education.

There were many stalls set up by well-known publishers such as Cambridge University Press, Bloom’s Berry Publishers, Oxford University Press, World Scientific Publishers, Viva Books Limited,etc. To add more fun and frolic to the event, there were three exciting stalls named as Soul Fuel, Carpedium and Rendezvous put up by the students of School of Education. It was an enthusiastic event with a lot of games and activities like Heads-Up, Pictionary, Crossword Puzzle, Guess the author, Snake and Ladder etcthat attracted curious and excited students.
 

A team of 15 students from the School of Education visited 45 -first year UG classesto orient them about the facilities provided by the library. The first year students were acquainted with therules and procedures to make best use of the facility. This event came to a successful end on 15 July.
“A library is like the best person you know- politely quiet but endlessly informative, amazingly knowledgeable but charmingly discreet, open to everyone yet subject to your every whim” - Lemony Snicket.