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The
main objective of the Foundation is to spread the library
movement in small towns and villages and to develope reading
habit among the people. The objective should be kept
in view in selecting libraries and books for assistance. |
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The
Foundation does not prescribe any fixed norm for the selection
of books from different subject groups for all the States
and Union Territories since the objective conditions (viz.
availability of literature in different subjects in regional
languages, extent of literacy, developement of library service
and reading habits of the people) differ from State to State.
However, the following proportion for guidance : |
| a) |
Art
& Literature |
20% |
| b) |
Social
Science, History and Others |
15% |
| c) |
Philosophy
and Religion |
05% |
| d) |
General
and Reference books |
20% |
| e) |
Popular
Science |
20% |
| f) |
Children's
literature including literature for Neo Literates |
20% |
(The
percentage indicated above, e & f in particular, should be flexible
keeping in view the litereture available in regional languages ).
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Books
in English will mainly be selected centrally by the Central
Book Selection Committee of the Foundation. Books in regional
languages will be selected in the States / U.T.
In the interest of the national integration States / U.T. should
buy at least 20% of books from the publications in Hindi,English
and other regional languages. On the same consideration
translations of award winning books of other regional languages,
viz. Adan Pradan series being published by National Book Trust
should find place in the list of selected books. |
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Since
many central and state govt. organisations are engaged in the
production of good literature, it is expected that some percentage
of books will be selected from the publications of govt. and
semi-govt. organisations viz. Publications Division, Sahitya
Akademi, National Book Trust, NCERT State / Sahitya /
Granth Akademies etc. |
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Since
rural public libraries are required to cater to the needs of
neo-litetatures and people with limited education, some books
should also be selected for them. |
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Keeping
the above guidelines in view the selection of books and of recipient
libraries will be made by the the State Library Committee.
If considered necessary, the SLC may set up a sub-committee
to be known as Book Selection Committee. Subject experts
and libraries may be associated in the committee or the sub-committee
as the case may be. |
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Each
book, preferably with ISBN number, should be selected after
physical examination and retained as the specimen copy for price
verfication. If it is not possible to get specimen copies,
the selectors may take help from other book selection
tools, such as, latest catalogues of reputed publishers, book
reviews published in standard papers and journals. |
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While
issuing advertisement in newspapers for submission of books
it should be ensured that wide publicity is given. A copy
of the advertisement may also be sent to the concerned publishers
and booksellers association(s). |
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Books
received for selection should be entered in a register.
The Book Selection register should contain columns showing the
detailed bibliographical description of the book, party submitting
the book, date of submission, result of selection, remarks etc.
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Ordinarily
not more than 20 books of a publisher shall be considered by
the Book Selection Committee in one session. |
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Books
selected by the Book Selection Committee or sub-committee should
be formally approved by the State Library Committee. At
least 15 days' notice should be given to the members for attending
a meeting of the State Library Committee. |
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Books
written, edited or published by the members of the State Library
Committee or the book Selection Committee may not ordinarily
be selected during their tenure. Under no circumstances
a member of the said committee or committees shall participate
in the discussion while considering a book he / she is interested
in as author, editor or publisher. |
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Text
books, costly books and foreign publications should not ordinarily
be selected. Preference should be given to the books published
in the recent years, that is within the last three calander
years including the year of selection. |
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Care
should be taken in verifying the price of a book. In the
notification or the advertisement calling for submission of
books it should be clearly mentioned that the printed price
of the book, unless a different price is quoted while offering
it for selection, will be accepted as correct price and will
remain valid for one year from the date of submission.
No claim for increased price will normally be entertained after
the selection. Books without printed price and books whose price
have been altered by pasting slip or rubber stamp shall not
be selected. The maxim " the best reading for the
largest number of the least cost" should continue to be
the guiding principle of the book selectors. |
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The
Foundation buys books at a graded rate of discount as mentioned
below :
| a) |
1
to 10 copies |
10%
discount |
| b) |
11
to 25 copies |
15%
discount |
| c) |
26
to 100 copies |
20%
discount |
| d) |
101
to 200 copies |
25%
discount |
| e) |
201
to 500 copies |
30%
discount |
| f) |
501
and above |
35%
discount |
Special
consideration are made if it can be proved by the concerned
institutions or concerns that due to their pricing policy
they do not give more than a prescribed rate of discount to
any other party. The rate of discount should be kept
in view while preparing the list of books.
A
list in proportion to the fund available or earmarked should
be prepared. Separate lists are to be prepared in bi-lingual
and multi-lingual states within the availability of funds. |
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In
preparing the list of books the requisite bibliographical details
are to be recorded viz. name of title, name of author, name
and address of publisher, subject, year of publication, edition
(paper back or hard cover), ISBN number and price. Every
page of the booklist should bear the signature of the selectors
indicating the authenticity of the selected books. |
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In
selecting town and rural libraries care should be taken to ensure
that the selected libraries are actually functioning.
The selection of unregistered libraries should generally be
avoided. The list should contain full name and address
of the selected libraries. |
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The
result of selection should be intimated to the parties submitting
the books as early as possible after the final selection. |
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Selection
of books containing provocative references that may create political,
communal and social tension should be avoided. |
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The
State Library Committee which find difficulty in implementing
these guidelines may approach the Foundation with suggestions. |
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