(1) The Government shall constitute a State Library Development Cell which shall be 5[a cell of the Directorate of School Education] of the Government. The functions of the State Library Development Cell shall be as follows:
(a) to prepare the annual as well as short or long term plan for libraries in the State in co-operation with the development and other concerned departments of the Government and of the Central Government;
(b) to prepare and publish descriptive and statistical reports on the working of all the Public Libraries;
(c) to arrange or to secure training of various categories of library employees;
(d) to conduct inspection of and render advisory service to the district talukas and other libraries in the State;
(e) to administer the system of grant-in-aid to the aided libraries, and to undertake their inspection.
6 [(2) The Head of State Library Development Cell (hereinafter called the “State Library Officer), shall be a person appointed by the Government as per the recruitment rules to be notified by the Government for the said post.]
(3) The 7[State Library Officer] shall perform the following duties:—
(a) he shall participate in all meetings of the Council and the Committees which may be set up by the Council;
(b) he shall be responsible for carrying out such of the recommendations of the Council as have been approved by the Government.
(c) he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed in the regulations made by the Council.
(d) subject to any rules made by the Government State Library Development Cell:
(i) shall be responsible for implementing the programme of work for the year as approved by the Council;
(ii) shall administer the Grant-in-aid scheme for aided libraries;
(iii) shall decide where district and other Libraries in the State are to be set up -5- and approve the constitution and bye-laws of a Public Library;
(iv) may absorb an aided library into the Public Library of the State.