SGSS Hounslow is equipped with educational facilities including 3 modern classrooms supported with a Library. It is situated in the new annexe on the first floor of the Academy.
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed.
In todays Information Age, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services.
So we decided to ask our sangat members what the Library means to them.
Shree Kaur Subharwal, aged 5 said:
“The library in a Gurdwara is for the young Sikhs to study their religion. Children come to the Gurdwara and learn in the classroom. The books in the library are to help them practise their Punjabi and Gurmukhi”.
Hazoor Singh, an elderly gentleman said:
“A library is very important. The Gurdwara should have a good, well equipped library with a good collection of Sikh literature and help books particularly suitable for children and the youth. It is important to make available the help of electronics, including Internet, and recording facilities to stretch the potential of their visitors.”
The library is free to use for visitors to the Gurdwara. If you wish to borrow any of the books, please see the librarian on duty at the time. You must take responsibility for the safe and punctual return of any materials you borrow. The library is there for everyone to use and if individual visitors hang on to books for too long, they will be depriving others from the benefits
Please be courteous to other visitors of the library by speaking in soft voices.
If you do not find a particular book or material you are looking for, please contact the library and let us know. If we can, we will try and acquire the material for you. This is subject to deman, availability and cost. The Gurdwara makes no guarantee to provide requested materials.
If you have books or material that you would like to donate to the library, please contact the library and let us know. We will gladly accept dontated
materials that could benefit other visitors.
We are always looking for sewadars to help us improve our facilities and services. Please contact the library if you would like to help.