Unfulfilled dream of Ranganathan and National Librarian's Day

Every year, India celebrates National Librarian's Day on August 12, the birth anniversary of the great library science exponent Dr. S. R. Ranganathan. The word 'National' in the latter instance simply means an occasion observed throughout the nation. Today the day of the library, but we feel very sad that the state like Assam, known as the mother of North East India does not have a library legislation. It is very confusing for us, why the Government unable to feel the importance of library act in a state like Assam. Dr Ranganathan had prepared a draft bill for public library system of Assam which he presented in the 8th Annual conference of Assam Library Association held at Guwahati in October, 1964 and further in the 9th Annual Conference in April, 1971 reiterated its earlier demand but it has not got any fruitful result till now.