Provision of financial sources in Public Libraries Acts in the states of North East India

Legislation on public libraries helps attain state-mandated library services, financial support, resource and network sharing among libraries, and administrative effectiveness.An attempt is made in the paper to study different aspects of the Public Libraries Act and to explore the provision of different sources of library funds in the three states of North East India where the Public Libraries Act is enacted.The paper is based on data collected from primary and secondary sources like journals, books, web sources and other relevant publications.The study has found that implementing the Public Libraries Act is a neglected part of these states.Making adequate provision for fund collection in the library legislations of the northeastern states is a powerful means for its growth and extension of services.