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Library and Information Society

Notes • Apart from Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, a number of individuals spent their time and energy to put
on the statute book public library laws. Notable among them are Kumar Munindra Deb Rai
Mahasai of Bengal, K.V. Krishna Swamy Iyer, T.R. Venkataraman Sastry, Basheer Ahmed
Sayeed of Madras, M.V. Donde of Bombay, K.M. Ujalambkar of Hyderabad and P.N. Kaula of
Delhi.
• It is only after India’s independence that, Dr. Ranganathan’s dream of public Library Act
enactment was fulfilled.

10.5 Keywords

Entrust : Commit
Authority : Right.

10.6 Review Questions

1. What is library legislation?
2. Describe the five objectives of library legislation.
3. Explain library legislation current status.

Answers: Self Assessment

1. Library Legislation 2. Public 3. (a)
4. (c) 5. True 6. False
7. True

10.7 Further Readings

Ranganathan (S R). Five laws of library science. Ed. 2. 1989. Sarada Ranganathan
Endowment for Library Science, Bangalore.
Krishan Kumar. Library Organization. 1993. Vikas, New Delhi.
Bhatt (R K). History and development of libraries in India. 1995. Mittal Publications,
New Delhi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_legislation

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