Section 11 in The First Statute under the Assam Agricultural University Act, 1968
11. The Librarian shall work under the control and supervision of the Vice-Chancellor and in exercise of his responsibilities under Section 25 of the Act, shall be responsible for the maintenance of all libraries of the University and for the organisation of their services. The University Librarian shall have the following powers and duties.
(a)he shall have granted overall supervision of the University Librarians and Library personnel, including all campuses and department librarians or collections;(b)he shall prepare the Library Budget for the University Libraries ;(c)at the beginning of each fiscal hear he shall advise each campus Library of the amount of money that will be available for the purchase of Library materials for each of the respective Libraries including the department collections ;(d)he shall have the responsibility of receiving and assessioning all library materials;(e)he shall have the responsibility of initiating the purchase requisitions for all library materials ;(f)he shall have the responsibility of renewing in time subscriptions to journals;(g)he shall prepare a library newsletter at monthly intervals which will carry a list of all library materials received since at last preceding newsletter and other timely library news of interest to student and staff;(h)he shall initiate, participate and co-operate in programme designed to stimulate and encourage the use of the library by students and staff;(i)he shall arrange library hours which will permit maximum library use by both students and faculty ; and(j)he shall arrange for departments and selected Research Sub-station, small collections of volumes and journals that are almost constantly used by the staff and Post-graduate students as reference.Powers and Duties of the Director of Post-Graduate Studies
