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ROLE
OF STATE GOVERNMENT IN PUBLIC LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT
The
State Government in the Department of Tourism & Culture is the
Nodal Department to look after the management organisation and
establishment of Public Library in the State. Of course the
Information and Public Relations Department, Panchayati Raj
Department, Labour and Employment Department, the Urban Development
Department have certain responsibilities in establishment of reading
rooms and information centres for meeting the information
requirements of the public to some extent, but not to the fullest
extent. However public libraries have been established by the
voluntary organisations and NGOs and are rendering valuable public
library services in the urban and rural areas of the State. There
are also libraries established in clubs and societies of the learned
bodies those had been established during late 19th century and early
part of 20th century. Public libraries those existed in the form of
Bhagabat Tungis, Sanskrit Tols, Monastries (Mathas), Temple sites,
Madrassas, Mosques, Chapels, Churches, Cathedrals are various forms
of public libraries, now totally reformed.
The Department of Tourism & Culture is looking after
promotion of cultural institutions (libraries, museums, archives,
old records, record rooms) and are providing cultural grants for
different activities. The library affairs is looked after by the
culture wing of Tourism & Culture Department consisting of
Principal Secretary or Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Govt. in the
cadre of Indian Administrative Service. He is supported with cadres
of other officials. A minister in charge of Culture forms the
Government of the public library services. A Directorate of Culture
comprising a Director in the rank of Additional Secretary, a Deputy
Director, Culture (Library), an Assistant Director, Culture
(Library) and some ministerial staff constitute the Directorate. The
Directorate looks after the administration of a grid of libraries
comprising the HKM State Library at the apex level and the library
located in the State Capital of Orissa, Bhubaneswar in its own
building. A separate account of HKM State Library is provided in
other sites. There are 30 districts and the following unit libraries
are working, in a District; (1) District Library and where the Dist.
Library does not exist there a (2) Grantee District Library which is
a recognized Government library of I & P.R. Department (3) A
Block Level Library usually called a Gandhi Pathagar, which is
generally a registered voluntary organization working in a block
area and the library receives regular grant-in-aid from the
Department of Culture under R.R.R.L.F. Schemes (4) Information and
reading rooms of I & P.R. Department (5) Municipal Libraries of
Urban Development Department (6) Heritage libraries in forms of
clubs, mathas, temples (7) Libraries maintained by voluntary
organizations and NGOs.
The annual budget of the Public Library Services during
2001-2002 to 2005-2006 is present in another site.
For
further information, Contact: Dr. Buddhadev Panda, Deputy
Director, Culture , Bhubaneswar,
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