Floating library arrives in India
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The world’s largest floating library, M.V. Logos Hope, has arrived at the Visakha Container Terminal in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.The ship, which arrived on Saturday, would be open to the public till 11 August, Daily News and Analysis said.Operated by ‘Google Books for All’ (GBA) ships, which is an international charitable organisation based in Germany, Logos Hope is the biggest among all of the four GBA ships.This is the third time in 40 years that a GBA ship has visited India. Previously, M.V. Logos in the year 1972 and M.V. Doulos in 2006 had docked on Indian shores.”It’s exciting first to be here in Vizag (Visakhapatnam),” said Captain Pat Tracy, Relief Master for Logos Hope.The ship is run by around 400 volunteers from across 40 nations.It contains more than 5,000 books in its collection, ranging from science to sports and from hobbies to cookery and dictionaries.”It’s just amazing to see the number of books. Children’s books, books on various topics and I think this is a great mission for the ship to go all round the world and spread knowledge in countries where it’s not easily available,” N N. Sridevi, a housewife, was quoted saying.
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