A three days “workshop on e-Granthalaya and NewsNIC software” was conducted during 11th – 13th April 2006 at National Informatics Centre, Meghalaya State Unit, Shillong. The workshop was sponsored by the Directorate of Arts and Culture, Meghalaya Government. The workshop was attended by about 50 participants from 15 major libraries of the state. The Workshop was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Minister for Arts and Culture, Meghalaya Government. Sh. T Dkhar, TD & SIO, NIC gave the inaugural address. The participants were given an overview of the various modules of the software and CDs were distributed to the participants. E-granthalaya is a Library Management Software being provided by the NIC at no cost to the libraries in India.