(1) As soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, the Government shall by notification, constitute for purposes of this Act, a committee to be called the State Library Committee.
(2) The Committee shall consist of—
(a) the Minister Incharge of Education ex-officio - Chairman;
(b) the Principal Secretary/Secretary to the Government in the Education Department - Vice Chairman;
(c) the Secretary, Planning to the Government of Uttarakhand;
(d) The Secretary, Co-operative and Panchayati Raj to the Government of Uttarakhand;
(e) the Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Finance to the Government of Uttarakhand;
(f) Director of Higher Education, Uttarakhand;
(g) Director of Technical Education, Uttarakhand,
(h) Head, State level Library;
(i) One representative of the State Universities nominated by the Vice Chancellor or himself by rotation;
(j) One of the first enrolled reader members of the State Level Library;
(k) Two nominated members with special knowledge of matters relating to the libraries in the State;
(l) two district library heads nominated by State Government in cyclic order;
(m) Nominee of Raja Ram Mohan Rai Library Foundation;
(n) Director, School Education - Member Secretary.
(3) The Committee shall advise the Government on all matters arising under this Act and shall exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may be prescribed under the Act.
Terms of office of certain members of the Committee
4. Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3, every member of the Committee other than an ex-officio member shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his election or nomination, as the case may be :
Provided that such term of a member nominated or elected, shall come to an end as soon as the member ceases to be a member of the body from which he was nominated or elected :
Provided further that a member, who is holding office at the commencement of this Act, shall continue to hold office for a period of three years from the date on which he was nominated, elected or co-opted, as the case may be.
Filling up of casual vacancies of certain members of the Committee
5. Any vacancy occurring in the office of a nominated, elected member of the committee before the expiration of his term shall be filled by nomination or election as the case may be of another person in the manner provided in section 3 and the person nominated, elected shall hold office for the residue of the term of his predecessor.
Meeting of the Committee
6. The Committee shall meet twice every year and can meet any tome if required Act of State Library Com mittee not to be invalidated by informality, etc.
7. No Act of a State Library Committee shall be deemed to be invalid by reason only of the existence of any vacancy in or any defect in the constitution of that Committee.
Chapter –III Cell/Department of Public Libraries with in Education Department Constitution of the Cell of Public Libraries in the Education Department
8. For the purpose of this Act, the Government shall establish a cell of Public Libraries in the Directorate of Education. A Joint/Deputy Director shall be appointed from the posts available in the directorate on the recommendation of the Director of School Education and will be called Officer on Special Duty for Libraries. Who will assist the Director of Education in execution of the following duties :-
(a) Supervise the State Central Library and the branches of such library;
(b) Superintend and direct all matters relating to public libraries;
(c) Declare in accordance with the rules made under this Act, what libraries are eligible for aid from the Government and supervise and direct all matters relating to such libraries;
(d) Direct and control the work of all District Library Authorities under this Act according to the manner prescribed;
(e) Assisting Director of School Education in submitting reports on the working of the libraries under this Act to the Government or the State Library Committee;
(f) Submit reports, on the working of Libraries, whenever necessary;
(g) Publish annually a bibliography of all the books published in the State or on the State in any language;
(h) Perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as may be imposed or conferred on him by this Act;
(i) Arrange for centralized classification, cataloguing, interlibrary loan and coordination of book selection and maintenance of copyright registry;
(j) Assist the Director of School Education, to create and appoint, in accordance with the rules made under this Act, the posts required in the office of District Library Authority and in the public libraries established or maintained by the District Library Authorities.
DISTRICT LIBRARY AUTHORITIES Constitution and incorporation of District Authority