Library legislation is legislation that helps establish and maintain public libraries.
Great Britain Edward Edwards of the British Museum was a firm believer of the establishment of public libraries with public funds through legislation.
The thread was picked up by William Ewart and moved proposal in the Parliament of the Great Britain in 1849.
On approval of the selection committee, the Bill was introduced in early 1850, which is a red letter day in the annals of the Library movement not only in the Great Britain, but also in the whole world, as it was the first Library Act to be ever enacted.
A library act provides the following advantages: The Advisory committee for Libraries constituted by the Government of India (1958) proposed the following five functions of library legislation: