Definition

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "aided library" means a library which is open to public and declared by the Director to be eligible for grant-in-aid from the Library Fund in the accordance with the rules made under this Act, and includes a library which is receiving grant-in aid from Government; "book" includes (b) every volume, part of division of a volume, and pamphlet, in any language; (ii) every sheet of music, map, chart or plan separately printed or lithographed; and (iii) newspapers, periodicals, paintings, film slides paper manuscripts, plan leaf manuscripts, micro-films and discs or tape used for audio-visual information or electronic information for the purpose of providing services to the public; (c) "City Library" means a public library established or declared as a City Library under Sub-section (2) of Section 10; (d) "Council" means the Orissa Public Library Council constituted under Section 3; (e) "Director" means the Director of Public Library referred to in Section 7; (f) "Director, Culture" means Director of Culture Government of Orissa; (g) "District Library" means a public Library established as a District Library under Sub-section (1) of Section 10; (h) "District Library Committee" means as the District Library Committee constituted under Section 11; (i) "Gandhi Pathagar" means a library established by Government at Block level; (j) "Government" means the State Government (k) "Library Fund" means the Orissa Public Library Fund maintained under Section 4; (l) "Library Fund" means the Orissa Public Library Fund maintained under Section 12; (m) "Library services" means the services provided by a Public Library in relation to lending of books and references, abstracts, bibliographies and indexes of books and access to information recorded by electronic media; (n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (o) "Public Library" means (a) a library which is open to public and established or maintained by the Government; (b) an aided library such as libraries functioning under or other departments of Governments open to the public and includes a Gandhi Pathagar with is branches and delivery stations, if any, and, any other library which may be declared by Government from time to time, as a Public Library. (p) "Public Library System" means an organic interlinking of all Public Libraries in the State into a network to facilitate library services in a systematic and organized manner; (q) "Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation" means the / Raja Ram Mohan Roy Library Foundation established by the Government of India for expansion of public library services in the country; (r) "State Library" means the library established by Government at the State Capital which has been named as Hare Krushna Mahatab State Library; (s) "Year" means the financial year.