Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: a) “Board” means the State Public Library Governing Board under Section 5. b) “Local Library Authority” means concemed District Public Library Authority. c) Book means: i. Book, multivotume book/encyclopedia, manuscript, rare book etc. ii. Map, sheet of music, chart or plan. iii. Electronic and digital resources available in CD/DVD/Pen Drive etc. iv. e-books, e-databases, e-journals etc. d) Library and Information Service means ‘Issuing/loaning books’; ‘Providing services regarding references and Information Service’; ‘Inter Public Library Loan Service’, ‘Photocopy/Photostate Service’; ‘Internet-access service’ etc. e) “Departmental Library” means a Library maintained by the Department of the State Government. f) “Public Library” means a library, which permits citizens to use it for information, reference or borrowing without charging fee or subscription. i. any library established or maintained by City/District Library Authorities including the branches, the mobile libraries, village libraries, and book deposit centers of such a library. ii. any library established, maintained and managed by the Government and declared open to the public. iii. any library established or maintained by a local body or co-operative society or registered body and declared open to the public. iv. any library declared to be eligible for grant-In-ald and receiving aid from the Government or from the Library Mund or Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata. v. any other library notified by the Government as a pubile library for the purpose of this Act. g) Public Library System means a library system consisting of a State Central Library, District Libraries, Town Libraries, Branch Libraries, Block Libraries, Village Libraries, Book deposit Centers, Mobile Libraries and other subsidiaries that may be associated & benefitted alongside. h) “Reference and Information Service” means assistance from the Library staff to the reader or user of the library to enable him/her to know, to locate and to consult books and other materials in printed form, digital form or accessible via the Internet, and to secure from such books, materials, and information relevant to his needs. i) “State” means the State of Punjab. j) Government means Government of Punjab. k) “State Central Library” means “Musafir Memorial Central State Library, Patiala”. l) “Subscription Library” means library run on Subscription fee from its members. m) “Year” means the financial year.