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Compendium on Acts and Rules

CHAPTER VII
Library.
243. The library attached to the office of every District and Subdivisional Officer is
One library in
each district intended to be for the use of all his express permission. Members (for the time being) of
and each
subdivision. the Council of State, the libraries in that district will be in general charge. If practicable, a
separate room should be assigned for the library.

Place, charge 244(a). In subdivisions the head clerk should be in charge of library but a junior clerk
and librarian should be appointed as librarian, who should do duty of pasting the correction slips in

the Manual, and should furnish a separate security.

Duties of 245. The librarian should keep, a complete list of all manuals, etc in all departments (all
librarian. of which really belong to the library) and call them in when necessary and post the

correction slips. It should be strictly forbidden to any department to get manuals except
through the librarian who will be held responsible that the manuals, codes, books of

references, etc., relating to every department are kept corrected up to date.

Lists of 246. Lists should be prepared, dated signed and hung up in the library in a conspicuous
officers in place, showing during what periods what gazetted officers and what librarians have from
charge.
time to time held charge of the library.

Catalogue. 247. A catalogue of the books in the library is to be kept in the following form vide Form
No. 14, Appendix A:-

Group No. Title of Group
Title of Book and No. of 1 No. of copies in Almirah or rack Shelf No.
serial No. in volumes. library. No.
group.
1 2 3 4 5

248. The catalogue should be revised every fifth year, and a report about all books then
Revision of
the missing should be submitted by the Subdivisional Officer to; the District Officer and by
catalogue.
the District Officer to the Commissioner, respectively. The letter A should precede the

almirah number entered in column 4; the rack number should be entered alone with no
letter preceding it.

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