Dear Professional friends There is confusion with regard to States that enacted Public Library Act. Here is the list. If anybody can add on this that helps the professionals and students. 1) Tamil Nadu – 1948 2) Andhra Pradesh - 1960 3) Karnataka - 1965 4) Maharashtra - 1967 5) West Bengal - 1979 6) Manipur - 1988 7) Kerala - 1989 8) Haryana - 1989 9) Mizoram - 1993 10)Goa - 1993 11)Gujarat - 2000 12)Orissa - 2002 13)Uttarakhand - 2005 14)Rajasthan - 2006 15)Uttar Pradesh - 2006 16)Chattisgarh - 2007 17)Bihar - 2008 18)Arunachal Pradesh - 2009 Note: I got news from authentic sources that Pondicherry did not pass the Public Library Act and is still in pipeline. With regard to Orissa, the date is often given as 2001, but the Act is tabled in Assembly in 2001 but approved by Governor on March 11, 2002. Hence the Act came into force from 2002. thanks varalakshmi -- Dr. RSR Varalakshmi Professor, Dept. of Library and Information Science., Andhra University. Visakhapatnam. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.