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International Conference on Libraries for Sustainable Futures: Collaboration, Technology and Knowledge Sharing (Hybrid) at Thiruvananthapuram
Applications are invited from eligible candidates for recruitment to the post of "Librarian and Library Apprentice Trainees" on a temporary contract basis
The Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amaravati Campus, Andhra Pradesh is inviting applications from qualified candidates for the post of a Assistant Librarian.
IISER Thiruvananthapuram invites online application from eligible candidates for the Library Superintendent (UR-1) Group: B non-teaching position on regular basis.
KLA-CPD is organizing a One-Day National Workshop on ‘AI Tools for Teaching, Learning, and Research’,
February 21, 2026 from 9:30am to 3:30pmOne-Day Seminar on Research Journal Article Writing and Publishing
February 16, 2026 from 10am to 4pm
User Awareness Programme on ORCID, IRINS and INFLIBNET Services for Scholarly Communities at Avantika University, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh on March 20, 2026.
March 20, 2026 from 9am to 5pmOnline Webinar on One Nation and One Subscription (ONOS)
February 21, 2026 from 6pm to 8pmResponsible Research in the AI Era: Ethics, Authorship and Scholarly Practices
February 7, 2026 from 8:30am to 5:30pm
Libraries under the Concurrent List: Good News for Public Libraries
The Union Ministry of Culture will likely introduce a Bill in Parliament to bring libraries under the Concurrent List, where the central and state Governments have equal jurisdiction. This would mean that both Parliament and state legislatures could make laws to administer public libraries, with the central law taking precedence over the state law in case of a conflict.
This decision was taken during the two-day ‘Festival of Libraries’ held in August 2023 in New Delhi, where many prominent speakers proposed the idea of more Central control over libraries. Further, the Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture report on the functioning of central libraries in the country; pointed out several lapses in administering public libraries and recommended some major changes.
The Managing Director of the RRRLF, Kolkata, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture, revealed that the present government is planning to bring the subject of “libraries” to the Concurrent list of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution similar to Education, which is already under the Concurrent List.
Dr M Koteswara Rao
Former Librarian,
University of Hyderabad
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