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Foundation of Library and Information Science

Notes retard the progress of a society. Thus, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation was set up by
the Government of India in 1972 as an autonomous body under the then Department of Culture,
Ministry of Education and Social welfare with its headquarters in Calcutta.

15.1.2 Foundation

RRRLF is a central autonomous organization established and fully financed by the Ministry of
Culture, Government of India. RRRLF is registered under the West Bengal Societies Registration
Act, 1961. It is the nodal agency of the Government of India to support public library services
and systems and promote public library movement in the country commensurate with the
objectives as embodied in its Memorandum of Association.
The Foundation works in close association and active cooperation with different State Govts.
and Union Territory Administrations through a machinery called State Library Planning
Committee (SLPC/SLC) set up in each State at the instance of the Foundation. To participate in
Foundation’s programmes, a State Government/U.T. is required to contribute a certain amount
fixed by the Foundation.
The supreme policy-making body of RRRLF is called the Foundation. The Foundation works in
close association and active cooperation with different State Govts. and Union Territory
Administrations through a machinery called State Library Planning Committee (SLPC/SLC) set
up in each State at the instance of the Foundation. To participate in Foundation’s programmes,
a State Government/U.T. is required to contribute a certain amount fixed by the Foundation.

Did u know? Since 2005-06 the Foundation has also taken up the initiative to develop the
District Youth Resource Centre (DYRC) in collaboration with Nehru Yuvak Kendra
Sangathana, an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs.

15.1.3 Objectives

The major objectives of the foundation are as follows:

To promote library movement in the country.
To enunciate a national library policy and work towards its adoption by the central and
state government.

To help in building a national library system by integrating the services of national
libraries, state central libraries, district libraries and other types of libraries through
interlibrary lending system.
To propagate the adoption of library legislation in the country.
To provide financial and technical assistance to libraries, etc.

15.1.4 Organization

It consists of 22 members nominated by the Government of India from amongst eminent
educationists, librarians, administrators and senior officials. The Minister of the Department of
Culture, Government of India or his nominee is the Chairman of RRRLF. Shri Jawahar Sircar,
Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Culture is the present Chairman and Shri K.K.
Banerjee , Director is the executive head and ex-officio Member-Secretary of the Foundation. The
Foundation functions in each State/U.T. through a machinery called State Library Committee
(SLC). Indian Library Association is represented on the foundation. In addition four eminent
librarians are also its member.

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