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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes 11. The library legislation has the provision of …………………. support to the public libraries.
12. Public library service can be effectively offered only through …………………….

12.5 Factors of Library Legislation

Dr. S. R. Ranganathan recognized the following factors of Public Library Act.
a) Preliminaries: The description of all the terms used in the act and the brief title of the act
are under this component of library Act.
b) Top Management: It discusses the issues relating to the management of the libraries that
will fall under the jurisdiction of the Act, such as who will manage the libraries. It is the
second component for consideration.

c) Library Committee: To give suggestions to the library authority (top management) and to
the librarians, a committee is to be constituted. The library Act should clearly mention
who will be the members of such library committees, what are their functions, rights,
qualifications, responsibilities, etc.
d) Finance: The Act should mention clearly-

Rate of library cess/Local extra tax or surcharge;
Goods on which tax will be levied i.e. vehicle, land, house, other properties, etc.;
The method of receiving the cess from the public;
Checking of received money through cess;

Other sources of finance;
There should be a component in the library Act itself to maintain all the records of
accounts and audit from time to time. The appointment of staff, categories of the
staff, pay scale, service condition and working period should also be mentioned in
the Act.

The laws, rules and by laws should be mentioned in the Act.
Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
13. The appointment of staff, categories of the staff, pay scale, service condition and working
period should not be mentioned in the Act.

14. The description of all the terms used in the act and the brief title of the act are under this
component of library Act.
15. Top Management is the second component for consideration.

12.6 Components of Library Legislation

The Public Libraries Act, which is to be operated in Indian conditions, should have the following
components:
1. The PREAMBLE of the Act should clearly spell out the objectives of library legislation and
therefore, it should be precise and explicit.
2. State Level Authority: The Act should have the provision for the constitution of a Board as
the State Library Authority. The Minister-in-charge of libraries should be the State Library

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