The functions of the State Central Library shall be,- (a) to procure and organize all reading material useful for the general public; (b) to provide facility of self-reading to the general public; (c) to act as a supplement to other public libraries in the State; (d) to organize book exhibitions, lectures, seminars and other activities, etc. for promoting reading habits among public at large; (e) to act as an agency to disseminate information relating to various development schemes/welfare programmes of the State and the Central Government; (f) to provide book lending services to the general public in such manners as may be prescribed; (g) to plan and co-ordinate library co-operation among public libraries in the State including inter-library loan service; (h) to provide reading facilities and special services to handicapped; (i) to work as an apex institution in public library system of the State; (j) to procure and make available literatures suitable for neoliterates as a support system for various adult education programmes in the State; (k) to promote Computerization in Public Libraries of the State and organize training programmes for the benefit of professionals working in Public Libraries; (l) to carry out such other work as may be entrusted to it by the State Library Council or the Director for the Development of Public Library system and service in the State.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The functions of the State Central Library shall be,-<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(a) to procure and organize all reading material useful for the general public;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(b) to provide facility of self-reading to the general public;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(c) to act as a supplement to other public libraries in the State;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(d) to organize book exhibitions, lectures, seminars and other activities, etc. for promoting reading habits among public at large;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(e) to act as an agency to disseminate information relating to various development schemes/welfare programmes of the State and the Central Government;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(f) to provide book lending services to the general public in such manners as may be prescribed;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(g) to plan and co-ordinate library co-operation among public libraries in the State including inter-library loan service;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(h) to provide reading facilities and special services to handicapped;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(i) to work as an apex institution in public library system of the State; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(j) to procure and make available literatures suitable for neoliterates as a support system for various adult education programmes in the State;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(k) to promote Computerization in Public Libraries of the State and organize training programmes for the benefit of professionals working in Public Libraries; <br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>(l) to carry out such other work as may be entrusted to it by the State Library Council or the Director for the Development of Public Library system and service in the State.<br><br>