COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
OF THE NATIONAL MALTA LIBRARY  ġ S.L.92.04 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 92.04
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT OF THE 
NATIONAL MALTA LIBRARY RULES 
15th February, 1938
GOVERNMENT NOTICE 82 of 1938, as amended by Government Notice
11 of 1948.
Title.
the National Malta Library Rules.
Direction of the 
National Malta 
Library.
2. The National Malta Library shall be under the direction of
a Committee and a Librarian who shall also be the keeper of
manuscripts and Director of the Circulating Libraries.
The Committee.
than twelve members. The Librarian shall be  ex officio  a member of
the Committee, and all the other members shall be nominated
yearly by the Minister of Education, in the month of December.
Representation of 
the Committee.
Amended by:
G.N. 11 of 1948.
4. The Minister of Education shall be the Chairman of the
Committee and in his absence the senior member of the committee,
in order of seniority of service on the Committee, shall act as
Chairman. The Librarian shall act as secretary of the Committee.
Meetings.
month, with the exception of the months of July, August and
September, and at such other times as may be deemed necessary.
Special meetings.
three members may ask for a meeting, specifying the purpose for
which the meeting is to be called.
Quorum.
members of the Committee are present, not including the
Chairman.
Decisions by 
majority votes.
8. Every question shall be decided by a majority of votes, and
the Chairman shall have a casting vote in case of an equality of
votes.
Regulations for 
maintenance of 
order.
9. The Committee may draw up regulations, as occasions
arise, for the maintenance of order in the library, for the circulation
of books and for other purposes connected with the management of
the National Malta Library and of the circulating libraries
established in Malta.
Librarian to draw 
up annual report.
10. The Librarian shall draw up an annual report, giving
particulars respecting the number and nature of -
( a ) the works purchased; 
( b ) the works presented;
( c ) the works supplied by law;
( d ) the works missing or damaged beyond repair; 
( e ) the working of the manuscript department; 
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( f )  the working of the circulating libraries; and 
( g ) other matters of interest relating to the library.
List of works to be 
published.
11. A list of works added to the library shall be published
quarterly by the Librarian in the Government Gazette.
Duties of the 
Librarian.
12. The Librarian shall keep -
( a ) a general inventory;
( b ) a catalogue of all books arranged according to the
name of authors;
( c ) a catalogue arranged by subject; and
( d ) a register of the books lent and returned.
He shall also keep a catalogue of incomplete, defective or
imperfect works, and an index of the works in course of
publication.
