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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes 12.7 Summary

Library Legislation is an instrument for the development of public libraries in a planned
manner to ensure establishment, development and maintenance of libraries in a uniform
pattern.
The legal powers to take over the many private or association libraries are also limited.

The credit of enacting a library act for the first time in India goes to the Kolhapur princely
state of the present Maharashtra in 1945.
Public libraries should stimulate neo-literates, semi-literates, non-users to become readers,
and serve the population with knowledge and information.
In the process of evolution, our country had established good number of public libraries
maintained by local bodies and voluntary organisations, arid some libraries through
subscriptions.
Provision of public library service is a natural corollary to the democratic way of life.

The Advisory Committee for Public Libraries headed by Shri K. P. Sinha, examined this
issue and opined that “in spite of a strong body of opinion against library cess, the
Committee has come to the conclusion that only a cess can provide a stable base for
library finance.”
The Act should have the provision for the constitution of a Board as the State Library
Authority.
There should be a component in the library Act itself to maintain all the records of accounts
and audit from time to time.
In modern times, the public libraries must provide services with certain standard, and
with an objective of reconstruction and development of a society.

12.8 Keywords

Accountability: The obligation of an individual or organization to account for its activities,
accept responsibility for them, and to disclose the results in a transparent manner.
Advisory Council: It is a body that advises the management of a corporation, organization, or
foundation.
Corollary: Proposition that naturally follows, or is inferred from, a proved proposition and
requires little or no additional proof.

Elite Groups: A group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic
status.
Government: A government is a body that has the authority to make and the power to enforce
laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.
Leaders: A person or thing that holds a dominant or superior position within its field, and is able
to exercise a high degree of control or influence over others.
Legislation: Legislation (or “statutory law”) is law which has been promulgated (or “enacted”)
by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it.
Library Association: It is a non-profit organization that promotes libraries and library education.
Manpower: Total supply of personnel available or engaged for a specific job or task.

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