(1) For the purposes of organizing and administering public libraries in the State, there shall be constituted District Library Authority, one for each of the districts by the name of the district concerned.
(2) Every District Library Authority shall, by the name of the area for which it is constituted, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contracts and may be the said name sue and be sued.
(3) It shall be the duty of every District Library Authority to provide library service in the area of its jurisdiction in such a way that after enactment of this Act to formulate a plan in a phase wise manner to establish a block library as far as possible in every development block, a city/town library in every municipality/town area and a village library in every Gram Panchaayt area as earlier as possible.
Composition of District Library Authority
10. The District Library Authority for each district shall consist of the following members :-
(a) District Magistrate - Chairperson;
(b) Treasury Officer - Member;
(c) District Education Officer - Member Secretary;
(d) One from Government Degree College or Post Graduate College shall be nominated by the State Library Committee and one Principal among the Government Polytechnic and Government Secondary School shall be nominated by the concerning Department;
(e) Two persons who have rendered eminent service to the cause of Education/Public Libraries to be nominated by the State Government;
(f) One Member elected from amongst themselves by the Pradhans/ Municipal Commissioners of each Block/ Municipal Committee;
(g) One reader member of the district Library;
(h) The Librarian, District Central Library;
(i) Librarians of the University/Deemed University Library in the District, if any;
(j) Member of each of the Department of information and Judiciary or a member nominated by Bar Association.
Term of office of members of a District Library Authority