Kosova Library Mission Report/April 2000: Annex 5

Kosova Library Mission:
IFLA/FAIFE report / April 2000

Annex 5

Decree on the National and University Library

Decree on Promulgation of the Law on the National and University Library of the Socialist Autonomous Province Kosova

The council of the socialist autonomous province of Kosova, in the meeting of the joint labour chamber held on May the 20th, 1980 and of the council of BVI of Culture held on April 18th, 1980, promulgated and approved the law on the National University library of the Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosova.

Provincial Council no 630-1/80

The president of the council

Dushan Ristiq

Article 1

The National University Library of the Autonomous Socialist Province of Kosova (further The library) established according to the Law on the National University Library establishment (official news letter of the SAP of Kosova, no 24/70) carries out its activities on the basis of the dispositions of this Law.

Article 2

The library headquarters is in Prishtina.

Article 3

The library activity has a significant social interest.

Article 4

Except the activities determined by the article 25 and 27 of the law on the libraries and library activities (official newsletter the SAP of Kosova no 24/70) carries out duties:

Professionally collects, elaborates, conserves and gives for use the library material,
Takes care of providing the necessary literature from home and abroad from all branches of science to fulfil the needs of scientific research and university study.
Unifies and co-ordinates the reference activities with reference bibliographical work an information-documentation services in the frame work of its special centre in the Autonomous Socialist Province of Kosova.
Is responsible for the protection of the museum exponents and the printed or copied library material with different technical equipment in general in the sap of Kosova in the way determined by the library statute.
Proposes the education and professional training of the library workers and organises different form of the professional training.
Does scientific research work on libraries,
Does other works determined by the library statute.

Article 5

The library has its statute.

The duties and the working process of the library are determined in detail with the library statute.

The council of the sap of Kosova decides of the statute dispositions that deal with issues of a special social interest.

Article 6

Provincial BVI of culture, BVI of education and BVI of science finance the library activity.

The financial means from the paragraph of this article are gained through the accords between the library and the BVIs of culture, education and science as well as with the other interested organisations according to the contracted project activities.

Article 7

The provincial organ competent for cultural matters supervises the legal process of the library activity.

Article 8

The library is obliged to harmonise its activities and management with this law disposition within 6 moths after this law is enforced.

Article 9

When this law is enforced, the law on the National and University Library of Kosova establishment (official newsletter of SAP of Kosova no 24/70) is ruled out.

Article 10

This law is enforced 8 days after is published in the official newsletter of the Autonomous Socialist Province of Kosova.

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