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Save as otherwise provided in this Act, every [Taluk Library Council] shall have power - (a) to elect members to the District Library Council under sub-section (3) of section 19; (b) to supervise, co-ordinate and control the library service under its jurisdiction in the Taluk and to give directions and advice to the affiliated libraries in regard to their day to day functions and management; (c) to provide library service including mobile library service to the persons residing in the taluk and to establish new libraries within that area: (d) to provide suitable lands and buildings for affiliated libraries and furniture, fittings, equipment and other conveniences necessary for the purpose; (e) to provide such libraries with books, periodicals, news papers, maps, manuscripts, works and specimens of art and science, lantern slides, films, cinema projectors, radios, recorders, television sets, charts, video cassette players, tape recorders, video cassette recorders and the like; (f) to provide for lectures, seminars, symposia conferences and conduct other activities as may be conducive to the carrying out of the purposes of this Act; (g) to accept any endowment or gift or contribution for any purpose connected with its activities; (h) to appoint and control such officers and servants as may be necessary for the efficient performance of its duties and functions under this Act and the rules made thereunder; (i) with the sanction of the District Library Council, to do any other thing that may be conducive to the furtherance of the purposes of this Act; and (j) to exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed on it or delegated to it by or under this Act or the rules made thereunder. Substituted by Act 20 of 1998 w.e.f. 22/05/1998.