Library community centers with technological capacity and Internet capabilities will link rural areas to the outside world. Community based organizations, connecting villagers to groups providing training in various skills, and promoting education for women and girls are keys to rural development and empowerment.

Utilizing a library community center as the catalyst for involving communities in problem-solving and decision-making, helping them to take control of their own destiny, and providing access to communication and technology that link them to other parts of India and the world is at the heart of the READ mode