in the one india bulls building is just 12000 sq ft half the floor space of the old place and the reading material will be transferred to the basement from where books and no longer people will travel the distance the auditorium has been removed from the new address as public events will now unfold at partner venues like zenzi blue frog hard rock cafe iit powai hotels and the campuses of colleges in its new expansive format the bc wants to focus more on indouk collaborations instead of the best of british line of before but even as they speak of progress practicality and the way of the future a lament can be heard among the bookshelves the online url will be wwwmylibrarybritishcouncilorgmembers speakive been a member for 20 years and every saturday i make a beeline for the library to reserve a title this is an irreparable loss all the same i understand the move almost everything is online now including libraries bcl could have opened another branch nandini bhaskaran journalistits ridiculous how can you browse books now i usually go to the library with my kids and help them select titles its a real experience for them i prefer that to selecting books on my computer amanda noronha homemakermy first reaction was oh my god no i recognise the need for it but the unimaginable joythe conversations and silences of the bookscannot be had online however with the convenience of books being homedelivered i may change my mind later dr mitra mukherji parikh head of department literature sndt university