Activities
RRRLF promotes public library services rendering book and financial assistance to the public libraries under different schemes of assistance in collaboration with Library Department or Department in charge of Public Library Services. Matching : Assistance under these schemes are given from the resources shared on matching basis with the States/Union Territory Administrations (See Details at SLPC). For developed States 50 : 50, Developing and lagging states 60 : 40 & North-Eastern States 90 : 10. Non-Matching Assistance under these schemes are given fully from the Foundation's own resources while assistance under scheme at 2 is rendered on 75 : 25 matching basis (75% being Foundation's share). While Aplication Forms can be downloaded, details of schemes are available in the Foundation's Information Manual "Books for the Millions at Their Doorsteps" which is available in the office of the Convener, State Library Planning Committee (i.e., Director/Officer-in-charge of the library) of the respective State / U.T. or in the state (Central) libraries of all states / union territories and RRRLF zonal offices. Promotion of District Youth Resource Centres (DYRCs) The Development of DYRCs is being made commensurate with the decision of the inter Ministerial Steering Committee constituted for the purpose with the respresentative from the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation and Nehru Yuvak Kendra sanghatana. The DYRCs are assisted for the following purpose : RRRLF has undertaken several promotional activities for qualitative improvement of library services. Besides organisation of many seminars and conferences, it has played a major role in the preparation of National Policy on Library & Information System. It has also issued guidelines on public library systems and services. Raja Rammohun Roy Memorial Lecture by a scholar of eminence is an annual feature of anniversary celebrations for the Foundation. RRRLF also interacts with many national and international professional associations like IFLA, ILA, IASLIC and different state level library associations. To disseminate innovative, new concepts and ideas for the development of Public Library Services and system in the country through research oriented activities, the Foundation introduced Annual Raja Rammohun Roy Award to the best contributor of an article covering the area of development of Public Library Systems and Services or suggesting measures for promotion of reading habit. The Foundation has also undertaken a programme of giving seven awards annually - one for the best State central Library and six for the best District Libraries of six regions in the country. Since 2005 the Foundation also instituted RRRLF Best Rural Library Awards - one per each state. The Foundation institutes "RRRLF Felowship" to offer fellowship to five eminent men and women in the field of Library Services who have contributed to the library movement in the country through active involvement in the movement, organizational initiative or intellectual leadership or are dedicated to the propagation of reading habit among the masses. A research cell along with a special library on Library & Information Science and a statistic unit supported by a comuter unit are providing necessary input to its various activities. About 5000 important books and journals on Library & Information Science and allied fields have been acquired in the library. Besides carrying on Research Projects on public library or allied subject, the Research Cell renders advisory and consultancy services whenever required. It has prepared and published a report on loss of books in libraries for the Government of India. RRRLF has brought out a number of publications. The significant publications are The Foundation has installed computers in its Computer Section for building-up data-bank of Public Libraries for the country. The Foundation's computer unit is intended to give information storage, retrieval and data processing support for all the application areas. As a step towards modernisation to become a fully automated institution, the Foundtion has upgraded its computer system with inter office LAN. The INTERNET connectivity and E-mail facility has been installed in the office of the Foundation through National Informatics centre. The Scheme of Central Selection has since been computerised fully, other activities are on the way of being fully computerised.
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