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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)]...


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)]...


Libraries (Public)

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)]...


Extension service

Extension service, means and includes the activities pertaining to preservation and promotion of cultural heritage and encouraging the intellectual, literary and scientific character of the community, the Rajasthan Public Libraries Act, 2006, s. 2(i).Extenso manerii, 4 Edw. 1, s. 1. It was a direction for the making of a survey of buildings, lands, commons, parks, woos, etc....


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)]...


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