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Libraries (Public). The (English) Public Libraries Acts, 1855-1890, authorised the establishment, at the expense of the ratepayers, of free public libraries in municipal boroughs, Improvement Act districts, and parishes, in England, by the vote of a majority of two-thirds of the inhabitants, taking by voting papers, 'and not otherwise,' (Act of 1890, s. 2). These Acts were consolidated by the Public Libraries Act, 1892 (55 7 56 Vict. c. 53), amended in the following year by 56 & 57 Vict. c.11, which allowed the Act to be adopted in urban districts by the urban authorities instead of by direct popular vote. In rural parishes the parish councils had this power transferred to them by the Local Government Act, 1894. Land may be taken compulsorily. Libraries under the Act are absolutely free, save that a charge may be made to non-residents for the use of a lending library. The Act of 1892 provided that the library rate was not to exceed one penny in the pound in any financial year, and migh...
Public library
Public library, means--(i) a library within the public library system of the State,(ii) a library recognized by the Director under s. 18, and(iii) any other library which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare to be a public library for the purposes of this Act. [Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(o)]...
Public library system
Public library system, means a set up of public libraries in the State with the State central library at the apex and village libraries at the bottom. [Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(q)]...
Library
Library, means and includes collection of books, book deposit center or book service center providing library service or extension service. [The Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(j)]...
Library service
Library service, means and includes providing reading facilities, landing out books to the members of the library and assisting the readers to procure books and relevant information. [The Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(k)]...
Public library association
Public library association, means a public library association recognized under s. 19. [The Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(r)]...
Library
A considerable collection of books kept for use and not as merchandise as a private library a public library...
Public libraries
Public libraries. See LIBRARIES....
University laboratory, University library, Univer-sity Museum or University Institution
University laboratory, University library, Univer-sity Museum or University Institution, means a laboratory, a library, a museum or an institution as the case may be, maintained and managed by the University, whether established by it not. [Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur Act, 2004. s. 2(22)]...
Book
Book, the 'book' in common acceptation is a literary composition from which one may extend or advance his or her knowledge and learning, Commr. of Customs v. Parasrampuria Synthetics Ltd., (2001) 9 SCC 74 (82).--For the purposes of s. 15 of the Copyright Act,1911, dealing with the delivery of books to certain libraries, the expression 'book' includes every part or division of a book, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet of music, map, plan, chart or table separately published, but not a second or subsequent edition of a book unless such edition contains additions or alterations either in the letterpress, or in the maps, prints, or other engravings belonging thereto. By s. 15 a copy of every book published in the United Kingdom must be sent to the British Museum, and on written demand to the Bodleian Library, Oxford, the University Library, Cambridge, the Library of the Faculty of Advocates at Edinburgh, and the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, and subject to certain provisos the N...
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