Public Library Act

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Government of India
Ministry of Culture

 

13-August-2013 16:39 IST

 

Public Library Act

 

The Minister of Culture Smt. Chandresh Kumari Katoch has said that State Governments are pursued for enactment of Public Library Acts through Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation which is the nodal agency of Ministry of Culture, Government of India for development of Public Library System and services in the Country. Name of the States and year of passing of Library legislation are given below:-

Tamil Nadu-1948	Odisha- 2000
Andhra Pradesh-1960	Gujarat- 2001
Karnataka- 1965	Uttaranchal- 2005
Maharashtra- 1967	Rajasthan- 2006
West Bengal- 1979	Uttar Pradesh- 2006
Manipur- 1988	Lakshadweep- 2007
Haryana- 1989	Bihar- 2008
Kerala- 1989	Chattisgarh- 2009
Mizoram- 1993	Arunachal Pradesh-2009
Goa- 1993

 

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Smt. Katoch said, the Government of India has constituted a High Level Committee,  i.e. National Mission on Libraries for preparing long term plans and strategies for development of the library sector, including conceptualization and approval of projects and preparation of a ‘National policy on Library and Information Systems for India’, interacting with State Governments on all library matters, especially on public library matters, cutting standards, including quality standards for library collections, services, technical work and infrastructure, and devising in-built mechanisms to ensure compliance for all types of libraries etc. 

The Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation works for development of Public Library System and services in the country and implements Schemes in collaboration with Central/State Governments/U.T. Administrations, the Minister added. 

Library -Posters

HRD Ministry launches free online library

New Delhi, AUgust 13, 2013, DHNS:

Resources expected to benefit thousands of schoolgoers

The Ministry of Human Resources Development has launched a free online library for school going students on Tuesday here, throwing open educational resources that would help several thousands of school goers in the country. 

The National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), currently offers resources for students of class I to class X.

Learning materials offered in the site http://nroer.gov.in  are in different formats, from concept maps to videos, audio clips, talking books, multimedia, learning objects, photographs, diagrams, charts, articles, wikipages and textbooks.

For class IX and X students, the NCERT has so far made learning resources available in science, history, geography, political science, economics and mathematics.

The repository currently offers learning resources in Hindi, Urdu, Sanskrit and mathematics for elementary classes.

Resources in environment science have been made available for students of class II to class V, social science for class VI to class VIII and science for class VI to class VIII. The repository allows users to download, share, comment and rate media resources.
The NROER seeks to make learning resources available in the repository in all the subjects and grades in multiple languages. “We will add more content for all the class within this year,” an NCERT official said.

In addition to the educational resources, the repository also plans to let users enrol in various online courses and contests.

“School education has in the recent times witnessed immense growth. Having promised our children the right to education, leveraging technology is important to expand school system,” HRD Minister M M Pallam Raju said after launching the repository here.

The repository turns out to be an excellent resources for teachers too. “It is a comprehensive digital repository of quality educational resources that can be used by teachers in teaching -learning process,” an HRD Ministry official said. The NROER serves as a platform for teachers to create content that can be local and tailored to the children’s needs. The teacher-made contents are uploaded after review.

“The idea is to make a wide range of resources available to teachers so that they use the ones appropriate to their teaching style and suitable for the students’ needs, besides aiding subject learning,” a NCERT official said.

 Link: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/350957/hrd-ministry-launches-free-online.html