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Only persons residing or having their place or business within the
Union Territory of Delhi Shall be registered as members. Reading
materials shall be lent for home reading only to registered
members. |
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Persons falling under the below mentioned categories may be
enrolled as members of the Library on their own responsibility: -
(i) (a) A member
of Parliament.
(b) A member of the Metropolitan
Council, Delhi.
(c) A member of Local Body or a
Statutory Panchayat, or a Lumberdar of village within Delhi.
(d) A registered medical practitioner
holding M.B.B.S or B.I.M.S. Qualification.
(e) A Gazetted Officer of Government
of India, Delhi Administration, or any other State of India,
stationed in Delhi.
(f) An Officer of Semi-Government
Institution or Public undertaking equivalent in rank to a
Government Gazetted Officer, as approved by the Director from time
to time.
(g) A Taxpayer paying tax on
immovable property or income or land revenue in his own name.
(All tax-payers shall produce the latest receipt or a certificate
of the tax having been paid, issued by the appropriate authority,
to the satisfaction of the Director or his representative.
(h) The head of a recognised
educational institution located in Delhi. (A recognised educational
Institutional means one recognised by a Statutory University
located in Delhi, or by the Directorate of Education, Delhi or by
any Municipal Authority within Delhi).
(i) Lecturers of colleges affiliated
to the Statutory Universities located in Delhi.
(j)Librarians of Government, Semi
Government Institutions (including recognised Higher Secondary
Schools) and other Libraries located in Delhi and recognised by the
Director for this purpose.
(k) The head of banks or insurance
companies located in Delhi and those of their branches and such
other officers recognised by the Director for this purpose.
(l) Managing Directors and
Administrative Officers of Limited Companies (Established under the
Indian Companies Act) located in Delhi and recognised by the
Director for this purpose.
(m) A Lawyer / A Charter
Accountant.
(n) A Notary Public / An Oath
Commissioner.
(o) An editor of a newspaper or
journal published from Delhi, which has been continuously in
circulation for at least five years.
(p) An Inspector, Deputy Officer and
Station Headquarters Officer of the Police Department, Delhi.
(q) A member of Delhi Library
Board.
NOTE: A person in the above mentioned
categories applying for membership shall affix his name and office
stamp under his signature or otherwise satisfy the Director or his
representative that he is proper person.
(ii) Persons who are not
eligible to become members under Rule 2(i) may be registered as
members on the recommendation of those enumerated under aforesaid
Rule as stipulated below: -
Any person residing or having his place of
business within the area of the Library and recommended by either
of the above categories mentioned in section (i).
NOTE: Applicant must see that the
application bears the stamp of the recommended at the appropriate
place in a legible manner.
(iii) Any person not
eligible under Rule 2(i) and unable or not desiring to obtain the
recommendation as required under 2(ii) may be registered as a
member against a refundable cash security deposit of Rs.50/-.
The refund
of the security deposit must be claimed within six months from the
date of termination expiry of membership, otherwise it shall
lapse to the Board).
(iv) (a) Registered
members in the age group five to fifteen will be entitled to borrow
books from the Children Department. Children below the of five
years shall be entitled only to the use of Children's Activity Room
and shall be escorted by their parents or guardians.
(b) Registered
members above the age of fifteen shall be entitled to borrow books
from Adult Lending Department.
(c)The staff
of the Delhi Public Library is not allowed to recommend a member of
the Public for membership of the Library.
(d) The
Director reserves to himself the right to refuse any application
for membership without assigning any reason, there of, and the
Director's decision in such cases shall be final and binding.
(e) The
Director may debar a person from recommending applications for
membership if such a person is found to have recommend application
without proper verification of the antecedents and particulars of
the applications. The Director shall inform the person concerned
about his decision through a letter sent under certificate of
posting. The person concerned may appeal against the decision of
the Director to the Chairman within thirty days of the issue of
letter sent by the Director. The decision of the Chairman shall be
final and binding in all such cases.
The Acting Chairman and the Acting Director shall have like
powers.
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To get registered as a member, a person shall fill up and sign the
prescribed membership form, obtainable on payment of Rs.2/-. A
member shall not be required to pay any subscription or fee.
Admission to the Library: |
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The public shall be admitted to the Library or any of its units
only during its working hours, which shall be fixed by the Director
from time to time.
Provided that person not of sound mind or found undesirable or
offensively unclean in person or dress or intoxicated or suffering
from any infectious disease shall not be admitted into the
Library.
Further provided that the Director or any other official of the
Library who is acting as Head/Incharge of a Department/Section may
refuse admittance to any person (whether member or non-member) to
the Library or any Section or Department thereof without assigning
any reason, therefore, if in the opinion of the official concerned
it is not desirable to allow him admittance. The official above
named may remove or cause to be removed such person from the
Library for similar reasons.
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Sticks, umbrellas, boxes, printed material in loose or in bound
form and other receptacles shall be left at the entrance. The Library,
shall not, however, be responsible for any loss or damage done to
or replacement made of the articles deposited at the
lockers. |
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(a) The person so depositing the property shall be
required to pay fine per day if the property is not claimed
the same day. If, however, the property is not
claimed within one week it will be treated as the property of the Board may
be auctioned at the discretion of the Director.
In cases where the property is claimed after one week's
time provided it has not been auctioned, it may be returned to
the depositor at the discretion of the Director against payment
of the fine.
(b) In case the token issued to the depositor is lost by him/her shall be required to pay Rs. 0.50 paise as penalty and the
articles will be returned to him/her on production of sufficient proof regarding identity. |
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A person shall not bring into any part of the building
any wheeled vehicle or conveyance. Those shall be parked only at
the place provided for the purpose.
The owner of such vehicles shall make their own arrangements
for the safe custody of their vehicles. The Board and other
officials of the Library shall not be responsible for any loss
or damage done to such vehicles while parked
inside Library premises. |
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Dogs and other animals shall not be admitted. |
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Silence shall be observed in the Library |
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Spiting and smoking are strictly prohibited. |
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Sleeping is strictly prohibited. |
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A person shall not partake refreshments except at a place provided for the purpose. |
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The member and other visiting the Library shall be bound by these rules and procedures and practices in force from time to time. |
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Reference Library |
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Any person over the age of 15 and such others as the Director, may permit, may enter the Reference Library or Reading Room. Entry into the Reference Library or the Reading Room shall be deemed to be an assent to the rules in force for the time being. |
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Books and other reading material must not be removed from the Reference Library, Readers will be held responsible for books issued to or consulted by them inside the Reference Library for any loss or damage such books may sustain. |
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No person shall write upon, damage or mark upon any book manuscript belonging to the Library. |
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Readers shall be responsible for any damage done to the Books or other property belonging to the Library and shall be required to replace such books or other property damaged or pay the value thereof. If one book of a set is damaged the person responsible shall be liable to replace the whole set or pay the value thereof. |
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A person shall not do a tracing or any portion of any book or use mechanical reproduction without the express permission of the Director. Before leaving the Library readers shall return to the Reference Assistant books, manuscripts or maps, specially requisitioned for consultation. |
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In special circumstances the Director may at his discretion permit certain books to be borrowed from the Reference Library for a limited period. The decision of the Director in all such cases shall be final and binding, |
