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Section 6

The Haryana Public Libraries Act, 1989 (20 of 1989)State Act of Haryana · Act 20 of 1989

(1) The State Government shall constitute a State Library Directorate which shall be a department of the Government. The functions of the State Library Directorate shall be as follows:—

(a) to prepare the annual as well as short or long term plans for libraries in the State in co-operation with the development and other concerned departments of the State Government and of the Central Government;

(b) to prepare and publish descriptive and statistical reports on the working of all the Public Libraries;

Standing Advisory Committee.

State Library Directorate.

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(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, block and other libraries in the State;

(e) to administer the system of grant-in-aid to the subscriptive libraries, and to undertake their inspection;

(f) to fix the boundaries of the operation of district libraries in the districts.

(2) The Director of the State Library Directorate (hereinafter called the Director) shall be appointed by the State Government and will have the rank of the Head of a department.

(3) The State Library Directorate shall have staff with adequate qualifications and training.

(4) The Director shall perform the following duties:—

(a) he shall participate in all meetings of the Authority and the committees which may be set up by the Authority;

(b) he shall be responsible for carrying out such of the recommendations of the Authority as have been approved by the State Government;

(c) he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed in the regulations made by the Authority;

(d) subject to any rules made by the State Government, the Director—

(i) shall be responsible for implementing the programme of work for the year as approved by the Authority;

(ii) shall administer the grant-in-aid to subscription libraries;

(iii) may absorb a subscription library into the Public Library of the State;

(iv) shall decide where district and other libraries in the State are to be set up and approve the constitution and bye-laws of a Public Library.

7. The State Government shall by an order establish a State Central Library located in the State.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Haryana Public Libraries Act, 1989 (20 of 1989)
Section6
JurisdictionState of Haryana
StatusIn force as published by the source

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