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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. (i) A special library cess; and (ii) Reservation of a certain percentage of the education ...
The Uncensored Library is a Minecraft server and map released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and created by BlockWorks, DDB Berlin, [1] and .monks [2] as an attempt to circumvent censorship in countries without freedom of the press. The library contains banned reporting from Mexico, Russia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, Belarus ...
In 1948 Joeckel and Amy Winslow wrote A National Plan for Public Library Service published by the American Library Association. [3] In 1956, the ALA was finally able to persuade Congress to pass the Library Services Act, which provided funds for public library initiatives but did not extend to buildings or land. [4]
The Library Services Act (LSA) was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1956. Its purpose was to promote the development of public libraries in rural areas through federal funding. It was passed by the 84th United States Congress as the H.R. 2840 bill, which the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law on June 19, 1956.
The European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) is an independent association of European library, information, and documentation associations and institutions. Created in 1992, EBLIDA was born out of a perceived long-standing need for European libraries to cooperate on common issues they faced, particularly ...
The Public Libraries Act 1855 (18 & 19 Vict. c. 70) amended the Public Libraries Act 1850. The provisions were: [2] to extend the right to adopt public library legislation beyond municipal boroughs to parish vestries; to reduce the population requirement from 10,000 to 5,000; to allow parishes to group together to meet the population requirement
The Library Bill of Rights is the American Library Association's statement expressing the rights of library users to intellectual freedom and the expectations the association places on libraries to support those rights. The Association's Council has adopted a number of interpretations of the document applying it to various library policies.
The Libraries Offences Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 52) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, applying in England and Wales.. As originally enacted, it provided that certain behaviour in libraries and reading-rooms were considered an offence, liable on summary conviction to a fine of up to forty shillings.