Library Acts in Indian States:19 Indian States and one Union Territory (Total 20 States) Have enacted Public Libraries act.
Kolhapur Public Libraries Act, 1945 was the first Public Libraries Act Passed in India Before independence. indian library Association
West Bengal Public library act Provides for an independent ministry for library Services.
1. Model public library Act
Model Public Library Act (for State) by S. R. Ranganathan (Presented at the First All Asia Educational Conference held at Banaras on 26-30 Dec., 1930).
This act was Revised in 1957 and 1972.
2. M.D. Sen Committee
Model Public Library Bill (for State) by M.D. Sen Committee (Submitted to GOI in 1963).
3. Working Group of Planning Commission
Model Public Libraries Bill by Working Group of Planning Commission (1965). The Chairman was V. K.R.V. Rao.
Note - A Working Group on Libraries under the chairmanship of Shri V.K.R.V. Rao was appointed by the Planning Commission in 1964 to take a stock of public library development in the country. The Working Group submitted its report on 7th September 1965.
4. Model Public Library Act (for State) of ILA & RRRLF (Chairman: Dr. V. Venkatappaiah, 1989 ).
Indian Library Association (ILA)
On the request of Indian Library Association (ILA) Dr. V. Venkatappaiah drafted the Model Public Libraries Act in 1989 which was presented in the National Seminar on Model Public Libraries Act organised by ILA and RRRLF in 1990. The act was then revised as the Model Public Library and Information Services Act in 1995 and again in 2005.
Dr. S. R. Ijari, Professor of Dept. of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University, Dharwad drafted the Indian Public Library Legislation: A Model for Twenty-First Century' in 2008.
Indian Library Association
The Indian Library Association in collaboration with the Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation organised a 'National seminar on Model Public Libraries Act' in 14th February, 1990 at New Delhi. In this seminar, a Model Public Libraries Act was presented by Dr. V. Venkatappaiah.
Model Union library Act
The Government of India appointed a committee to explore the possibilities to establish a National Central Library at New Delhi in 1948.
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan as a Member of the Committee drafted a Model Union Public Library Act as a part of 'Library Development Plan Thirty Year Programme for India with Draft Library Bills for Union and Constituent States'. Library Development Plan, a thirty year programme, published as a book in 1950 by the University of Delhi.
The Press and Registration of Books Act
The Press and Registration of Books Act (PRB Act) (XXV of 1867) was passed in 1867. The objective was however not to establish governmental control over the freedom of the Press.
It was a regulatory law which enabled the Government to regulate printing presses and newspapers by a system of registration and to preserve copies of books and other matters printed in India. The major amendments to this act were carried out in 1955 following the recommendations of the First Press Commission in 1953.
The Press and Registration of books Act, 1867 (PRB act) is a Piece of Legislation in India that Governs the Printing, Publication and Registration of Books and newsPapers. the Act was enacted to ensure that Books and newspapers are Published and Distributed in Accordance with the Laws of the Land and to Prevent the Dissemination of False, Defamatory, or Seditious Material.
The Delivery of Book (Public libraries) Act (1954)
According to this act, the Publisher of every book, newspaper or Serial must Deliver at his Own Expense a Copy of the book within thirty Days from the Date of its Publication to the National library act Calcutta and are Copy Each to Three other Public Libraries Specified the Central Government.
Article 246 in the 7th Schedule of the Constitution of india issues on libraries are Recorded.
The Delivery of books and newspaper act was enacted and last amended in 1954 and 1956.
4 Copies of a book Should be sent to the national library of india according to the delivery of the books act, 1954.
The Publisher of Every book and newspaper Published, Shall Deliver at his own Expense a Copy of The Book under Delivery of Books and newspapers act, 1954 within 30 Days.
The delivery of books (Public library) act, 1954 was not
implemented in J&K.
Depository libraries
Under the Delivery of Books act, 1954, 4 libraries have been Declared as [Depository libraries].
1. Connemara Public Library, Chennai (1890)
2. Asiatic Society of Bombay, Mumbai (1804)
3. National library Kolkata (1948)
4. Delhi Public Library (1951)
1. Connemara Public Library, Chennai (1890)
Connemara Public Library is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India since 1955. Established in 1890 as part of Madras Museum, and later separated, opened to the public and renamed by the name of the then Governor Lord Connemara in 1896.
It became the state central library in 1950 with the enactment of Madras Public Libraries Act 1948. The library also functions as the UNO/UNESCO Information Centre, serving as a depository library of the UN and Asian Development Bank.
2. Asiatic Society of Bombay, Mumbai (1804)
The Asiatic Society of Mumbai (formerly Asiatic Society of Bombay) is a learned society in the field of Asian studies, initially founded by Sir James Mackintosh on 26th November 1804. In 1954, it was separated from the Royal Asiatic Society and renamed the Asiatic Society of Bombay and in 2002, again renamed as 'Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
The State Central Library was established on 26th June 1947, under the management of Asiatic Society of Bombay as per the recommendations of the then Bombay State's Library Development Committee (1939- 40) under the Chairmanship of Shri A. A. A. Fyzee.
In 1955, the Government of India notified the Central Library as a National Depository Library under the Delivery of Books (Public Libraries) Act, 1954 and books started coming in from December 1955.
3. National library Kolkata (1948)
The Constitution of India Provides for establishment of a National
library under article 62 of the vii Schedule of the Union List, and Declares it as an institution of National importance.
In 1836, the Calcutta Public Library was established at the suggestion of Jocquim Hayward Stocqueler, a journalist and the then editor of the Englishman.
Dwarkanath Tagore And peary Chand Mitra Also Made efforts Which led to the Calcutta Public library on 8th March 1836.
In 1844, the Calcutta Public Library was shifted to a larger building by the then Governor General Lord Metcalfe.
Lord Curzon visited the Calcutta Public library in 1899.
The Imperial Library was founded in 1891 by combining a number of Secretariat libraries. Lord Curzon merged the Calcutta Public Library (1836) with the Imperial Library by the Imperial Library Act, 1902 and the new Imperial Library was formally opened to the public on 30th January 1903 at Metcalf Hall, Kolkata.
John Macfarlane, Assistant Librarian of the British Museum, London, was appointed the first Librarian of the Imperial Library.
In 1928, the Government of India constituted a committee for administrative reorganisation of this library under the chairmanship of J. A. Riche, who recommended the status of Copyright Depository Library to the library.
Harinath De was an Indian historian, scholar and a polyglot, who later became the first Indian Librarian of the Imperial Library from 1907 to 1911. He died at the age of 34
Khan Bahadur Asadullah is associated with the library course offered at Imperial Library. Calcutta in 1935. He was pioneer of the library movement in the Indian subcontinent before 1947
Imperial Library was renamed as National Library of India by an act of Parliament in 1948 (Imperial Library (change of name) Act 1948 ) and declared as an institution of national importance (Article 62 in the 7 Schedule of the Union list of the Constitution of India). It was opened to the public on 1 February 1953 by the then Union Minister of Education, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
The Library is under the Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism & Culture, and Government of India. B. S. Kesavan was the first National Librarian of Independent India (1948-1962) & (1970-1971). Kesavan was awarded PadmaShri by the GOI in 1960. Shri. H. P. Gedam was the last Librarian of National Library of India (2006- 2012).
The library is Situated at Belvedere estate in Kolkata. The Library Building Consists of Bhasha Bhavan, Annexe Building, New Annexe Building and Chemical Laboratory Building.
4. Delhi Public Library (1951)
Delhi Public Library was established on 27 October 1951 as a pilot project sponsored by UNESCO and the Government of India. Delhi Public Library was declared by the Govt. of India as the fourth Library under Delivery of Books Newspaper Act 1954 (27 of 1954) (as amended in 1956) on 16th) December, 1981 to receive a copy of each publication in the country by the publishers of India.
Important Facts
The National Library remains open for 362 days in a year.
"Indian library Review" is a blog of National library of india Kolkata.
A library that is entitled by law to receive a free copy of every book published is - Depository library
The National Library is managed by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
The National Library of India is headed by the Director General. Which is currently Mr. Dr. Prof. Ajay Pratap Singh.
The First Director of the National Library of India was - Dr. R.K. Das Gupta (1977-1980)
The last director of the National Library of India was- Prof. Swapan Chakravorty [2010]
The first official Website of the national library (www.nlindia.org) was launched on January 2022
First public library in India Is - Trivandrum Public library
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