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Public library systems in India are not so effective due to lack of efficient resource sharing and networking to achieve optimum utility of resources as well as to provide need based services. The present library system can be improved by application of ICT and enabling participation. A Kerala Public Library Network (KPLNET), and use of an integrated library automation package in all public libraries can achieve this. The web portal of the Public Library Network maintained by Kerala State Library Council the controlling organization can extend the use of resources and accessibility of the system transcending time and space. Sharing of resources will be much easier through KPLNET. Public can easily access the services through this system for borrowing books, searching of catalogue, e-reading etc. KPLNET can provide the public easy access to the data online. Through multi user licences to acquired content, and introducing resource-sharing programmes the public libraries can reduce their expenses and boost the services. The individual village libraries can develop content on local aspects, which can be pooled by KPLNET. The major objective of the KPLNET will be to unite all public libraries in the State under a single umbrella. Kerala State Library Council (KSLC) controlling more than 7000 public libraries will be the implementing agency for KPNNET. KSLC can perform more effectively once it implements the proposed KPLN. This project suggests e-governance of public libraries under KSLC with a library network using a web enabled system that act as an interactive public interface to enable the public for participation in governance of libraries and also for effective utilization of the library resources.

This work is inserted within the discipline of Information Sciences and Documentation, and more specifically in the field of analysis of official statistical information. The object of study is thus a subset of the information generated and disseminated by government, what is known in this field of knowledge as Public Sector Information.

Subject of this thesis is a comparison of the library legislation in Denmark and Germany. Administrative structures and the political environment in both countries are introduced and compared from a librarianship perspective. Furthermore, library legislation in Denmark and the German Länder (regional states) is portrayed giving historical background and state of play. Another part of this thesis focuses on a detailled comparison of the Danish library act of 2000 with the Thuringian library act of 2008. In the conclusion perspectives for the German development are drawn from the Danish legislative tradition.

Since achieving autonomy in 1980, Galician governments have been pursuing a policy of creation of infrastructures that includes the development of a national library system. A legal framework has been created, and resources have increased enormously, particularly over the last decade, including a 407% increase in funding for libraries. In 2003 there were 275 public library authorities and 389 public libraries. The majority of the network is conformed by small community libraries, managed by local authorities. Buildings, staff, opening hours, collections, and other standard indicators show average figures that fall below international recommendations. 50% of all libraries have less than 100 m2, and 87% less than 230 m2. The ratio of library staff per 1,000 residents is 0.17. Opening hours in 2003 averaged 26.30 per week. The current figure of items per resident is 1.024 and acquisitions 0.063 items per capita. There is approximately 1 public PC per 5,000 residents in Galician public libraries. Urban library systems are underdeveloped and need to be created in four of the seven cities including Vigo, the largest, and there are important provincial imbalances. In addition to this, the Galician Library System lacks some of its essential elements, particularly coordinating, inspecting and standards services. Provision of public library services, with the possible exception of ICT related services, and performance statistics are relatively poor as a result of this situation. Comparison with well developed, advanced systems (UK) confirm the need to improve the framework and resources of the Galician Library System to achieve high quality services and satisfactory performances.

This report will establish the factors that hinder the development of Municipal Public Libraries. For this purpose a questionnaire was developed and conducted fieldwork in 49 municipalities of Lima and Callao, precise tool needed to find the important variables considered in our research answers. To achieve this purpose, this work has been divided into four chapters. In the first one the Professional Project Report is submitted; in the second chapter the theoretical framework of the Public Library, a modern library concept, vision and mission of the same; the relationship between public library and community, emphasizing education, information and culture. A historical review of the public library in the world, Latin America and the development of the Public Library in Peru, is also presented likewise the subject of Municipal Library and corresponding to this type of information units legislation addressed because we consider the key to the process of social change. We boarded the origin of the municipalities, and relations between municipality and education, emphasizing the importance of managing authorities and councilors as one of the defining factors in this relationship officials. In the third chapter the results that describe the current situation of public libraries of Lima and Callao are presented; in the sample taken municipalities that have a library, on the other hand the data collected in surveys of public libraries that are currently operating to show what factors impede the development of municipal libraries are discussed analyzed Maharashtra. The analysis of the survey aims to know how they are organized and managed public libraries of Lima and Callao to support this research. In the fourth chapter a proposal drawn from the results of the investigation, thereby seeks to propose management strategies that enable public libraries full social development consistent with the cultural evolution of the country is formulated.

This paper addresses the following topics related to Turkish - European Union (EU) librarianship; the political background of relations between Turkey and the EU, work related to the information society within the EU and its influence on library and information services, development plans, policies, and projects in culture, education and science on the above mentioned fields in the EU, work related to the information society within Turkey, the main developments in library and information services, development plans and science policies, and projects which will enhance the adaptability of Turkey in its accession period to the EU. Policy initiatives issued by the European Union provide useful insights into the ways in which improvements in Turkish libraries may be realized. Although some efforts have been made to enhance the status of libraries according to development plans as well as cultural and science policies, these initiatives still fall short of those enjoyed by many libraries in the European Union.

This dissertation discusses the administration of culture by public institutions and the conflicts inherent to the relation between culture and power mediated by ntellectuals in public office. It presents an historical frame of reference for the relation between culture and power in Brazil from the beginning of the Republic to the l980's when the military dictatorship underwent a process of political democratization. It sets out the visions of several authors concerning cultural policy and its treatment in different periods and countries, emphasizing the specific Brazilian case. In it we test a series of theoretical references with respect to conceptions of culture, the intellectual and the State. We then describe the history and structure of the object of the case study - the Municipal Secretariat of Culture in Uberlândia(MG). Questions related to the methods and techniques employed are also discussed. The statements which were collected were interpreted using such categories of analyses as culture versus bureaucracy, political populism, paternalism, power, the role of the cultural agent, the processural focus of culture, and the limits and weaknesses of the practice under study. The questions identified in the case of Uberlândia are related to other experiences which took place during the same period. We conclude by verifying that cultural policies practised on a large scale in this country in the 1980's we faced, at the end of the decade, with archaic forms of power where there was apparently no place for experiences whose aim was social change and the democratization of culture.