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It should clearly define the government's responsibility in the matter of public libraries. Legislation should lay down the constitution and functions of the library authority at national, state and district levels. Legislation should provide an assured basis for library finance. There are two ways of providing a firm basis for library finance.
The Public Libraries Act 1850 (13 & 14 Vict. c. 65) was an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which first gave local boroughs the power to establish free public libraries. . The Act was the first legislative step in the creation of an enduring national institution that provides universal free access to information and literature, and was indicative of the moral, social and educative concerns ...
On May 29, 1787, Virginia Constitutional Convention Delegate Edmund Randolph introduced fifteen resolutions to the Convention (following a plan formulated by fellow Virginia Delegate James Madison) that included a proposal to have a national judiciary conduct impeachments of national officials and to replace the Congress of the Confederation ...
The two parchment documents were turned over to the Library of Congress by executive order, and in 1924 President Calvin Coolidge dedicated the bronze-and-marble shrine for public display of the Constitution in the main building. The parchments were laid over moisture absorbing cellulose paper, vacuum-sealed between double panes of insulated ...
Boston Public Library: A Centennial History (Harvard University Press, 1956) Wiegand, Wayne A. Main Street Public Library: Community Places and Reading Spaces in the Rural Heartland, 1876–1956 (University of Iowa Press, 2011) Wiegand, Wayne A. A Part of Our Lives: A History of the American Public Library (Oxford University press, 2015).
The Constitution of the United States is the oldest and longest-standing written and codified national constitution in force in the world. [ 4 ] [ a ] The drafting of the Constitution , often referred to as its framing, was completed at the Constitutional Convention , which assembled at Independence Hall in Philadelphia between May 25 and ...
The first public library supported by taxes was the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire, which made books available to the public in 1833. [5] New Hampshire was one of the first to use new state laws to its advantage, which entitled local government units to levy taxes .
The library was open to the public and was the first Polish public library, the biggest in Poland, and one of the earliest public libraries in Europe. [ 22 ] At the start of the 18th century, libraries were becoming increasingly public and were more frequently lending libraries .