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The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) a Chairman, being a person of academic distinction, to be nominated by the Central Government; (ii) three persons to be elected by Parliament, two from the House of the People by the member of the House of the People and one from the Council of States by the members of the Council of States; (iii) three persons to be nominated by the Government of the States by rotation in the alphabetical order. (iv) four persons to represent the Universities in India, to be nominated in the prescribed manner. Explanation.- For the purpose of this clause "University" has the meaning assigned to it in the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 and includes an educational institution declared by Parliament by law to be an institution of national importance; (v) the Chairman of the University Grants Commission or a member of that Commission to be nominated by the Chairman thereof, (vi) the Chief Librarian, by whatever name called, of one of the public libraries within the meaning of clause (b) of section 2 of the Delivery of Books and Newspapers (Public Libraries) Act, 1954: but not including the National Library, Calcutta, to be nominated by the Central Government by rotation in the alphabetical order; (vii) the Chief Librarian by whatever name called, of one of the public libraries in India [not being a library referred to in clause (vi)] containing important collections of manuscripts of historical, literary or aesthetic importance, to be nominated by the Central Government:, (viii) one person to be nominated by the Indian Library Association; a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860; (ix) the Director, National Archives of India; (x) eight scholars of repute in different disciplines covering humanities, science, social science, medicine, engineering and technology and law, to be nominated by the Central Government; (xi) two persons to be elected by the officers and other employees serving in the Library from amongst themselves such manner as may be prescribed; Provided that at least one such person shall be a member of the technical staff of the Library. Explanation.- For the purposes of this clause "member of the technical staff" means the Librarian, Deputy Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Technical Assistant, Junior Technical Assistant, Lecturer, Microphotographer, Chemist and such other like categories of persons as may be prescribed; (xii) two persons, not below the rank of Joint Secretary to the Government of India, to be nominated by the Central Government, to represent respectively the Ministry or Department of the Central Government dealing with matters relating to the Library and the Ministry of the Central Government dealing with Finance. (xiii) one person to be nominated by the Government of West Bengal to represent that Government; (xiv) the Director of the Library, who shall be the Member-Secretary.