About Us
About The Movement
VISION
To create a world where knowledge is free, accessible, and shared,
where libraries are open 24 hours,
and books belong to everyone, not institutions.
We envision a society where
reading is a culture, not a privilege,
and libraries are living public spaces, not locked rooms.
Mission
The Open Library Movement is committed to democratizing access to knowledge through a network of free, barrier-free, community-powered libraries across India.
We work to:
- To establish 24×7 Open Libraries in public spaces — streets, villages, cities, campuses, bus stops, railway stations, community areas, and open grounds.
- To ensure free access to books with no fees, no registration, and no membership barriers.
- To promote the “Take One Book – Read – Return – Pass to the Next Reader” system
- To actively oppose book dumping and scrapping, and protect books as carriers of ideas and history.
- To encourage book donation instead of disposal under the message: “Read. Donate. Don’t Scrap Books.”
- To revive the habit of reading in the digital age and reduce screen dependency.
- To build community-owned libraries, maintained by trust, responsibility, and shared values.
- To use reading as a tool against ignorance, hatred, and misinformation.
AIM
To make reading a basic human right, not a luxury.
To democratize knowledge by removing economic, social, and bureaucratic barriers.
To create no-registration, no-restriction libraries accessible to all age groups.
To transform book circulation into a social movement, not a controlled process.
To save books from destruction and keep them in continuous circulation.
To empower youth, workers, farmers, women, and marginalized communities through access to books.
To establish a nationwide Open Library Network.
To promote libraries as spaces of thinking, dialogue, and awareness.
To strengthen democracy by building an informed and reading society.
To leave behind a knowledge legacy for future generations.
Our Team
Members
Mr. Sharad Pawar
Expert Instructors
Mr. Raj Thakare
Expert Instructors
Mr P Chidambaram
Expert Instructors
Mr Pruthviraj Chavhan
Expert Instructors
Mr Sharad Tandale
Expert Instructors
Mr Rohit Pawar
Expert Instructors
Shri Niwas Patil
Expert Instructors
“A book is not owned by one person —
it belongs to every reader it reaches.”
Our Core Principle