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9.0 Facilitate donation and maintenance of private collections: There are numerous rich private and personal collections in India which need to be identified, documented and preserved for posterity. While there is a need to create a decentralized model for identification of personal collections, it is also necessary to sensitize organizations to receive and preserve donations of personal collections through a simplified process. The National Mission/ Commission may set up a Committee on Private and Personal Collections under the Chairpersonship of an eminent scholar. Detailed Terms of Reference of the Committee are at Annexure 5. Since special facilities for maintaining private/ personal collections are not easily available, it is suggested that Ten Regional Centres with specific mandates be set up in different parts of the country for this purpose.
10.0 Encourage Public Private Partnerships in LIS development: Philanthropic organizations, industrial houses and other private agencies should be encouraged through fiscal incentives to support existing libraries or set up new libraries. Also, the ingenuity of civil society may be utilized for preparing necessary infrastructure to meet the special ICT needs of the LIS sector. In order to facilitate the coordinated development of libraries across different sectors and to provide the legislative framework, required legal support and financial backing to the library sector, the Government could, in course of time consider including Libraries in the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India. This should be done without in any way abrogating the existing responsibilities of the States towards Libraries. We hope our recommendations will dovetail with the commendable work already underway in the country.
Thank you and warm personal regards,
Sam Pitroda
Chairman
The National Knowledge Commission
cc- Smt. Ambika Soni, Minister, Ministry of Culture
Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission
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