Mysore/Mysuru, May 30 -- University of Mysore (UoM) Vice-Chancellor Prof. N.K. Lokanath said that the cornucopia of information available on cellphone has thrown a new challenge to the youngsters to identify genuine and fake messages.

He was speaking after inaugurating the two-day MyDLIS Diamond Jubilee Summit organised by Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, Manasagangothri, in association with Mysore University Information and Library Science Alumni Network (MILAN) at Vijnana Bhavan here yesterday.

People blindly believe in the barrage of fake information received on various social media networks. The only tool to address this situation is books. Earlier, the litterateurs and students were visiting library to glea...