BERHMPUR: The "poor implementation" of a law on public libraries has affected an initiative to build a network of such institutions in the state, experts said on Sunday.
"The Odisha Public Libraries Act was enacted to establish a network of the public libraries from block level to the state level. But even after 10 years of its enactment, the Act was not implemented fully," said RK Mohapatra, a professor of library science at Sanjay Memorial Institute of Technology ( SMIT).
Mohapatra was speaking at a function to celebrate the birth anniversary of SR Raganathan, the father of library science in India, at Chhatrapur in Ganjam district. The meeting was organised by the district library.
"The scenario is equally bad in several other states. Beside Odisha, 17 states have enacted legislations on building of public libraries. But only 10 states have implemented the law in the right spirit," Mohapatra added.
The Act also called for formation of a public library council to monitor the initiative. "The government has failed to set up the body. Even now, most of the blocks lack the proposed state-run Gandhi Pathagar," said Ashok Choudhury, former MLA of Chhatrapur.
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