Discuss the role of the library authorities in the efficient functioning of any academic library.
A library authority may appoint a library committee, which is a body consisting of persons who are assigned the job of looking after the library. The library committee is needed because the librarian alone should not carry the whole burden of a big institution like a library.
In case of a University, the library committee is formed with the heads of the departments of the University, the Vice-chancellor, the Librarian, etc. The Vice chancellor is the Chairman of the library committee, and the Librarian is the Secretary. In case of college library, the principal is the chairman, and the librarian is the secretary. In case of school library, there is no need of a library committee because the library itself is a very small one and the librarian is the working head of the library.
The library committee should not be a very large. Only those people should be included as members of the library committee who are interested in the library and in this way the membership is restricted within the limit of twenty.
There are mainly two types of library committees
i) Executive Committee: This committee is most powerful as it has full power over those matters which are delegated to them by the library authority. So the decision of the library executive committee is final and mandatory. It need not report its decision to the library authority.
ii) Advisory or Recommendatory Committee: It simply gives proposals which are subject to the approval of the library authority.
If we go deep into the history of library committee we will also find some other types of library committees. These are as follows:
iii) Self Perpetuating Committee: These committees have the sole authority and independence as regards the control and management of the library under it. It does not have to report to any other higher body about its activities.
iv)Adhoc Committee (Statutory Committee): It has the advantage of being independent of politics. It takes decision expeditiously. This committee is more or less independent. The Madras Public Library Act of 1948 provides the appointment of such
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