NEW DELHI: The libraries of government schools of directorate of education(DoE) are all set to get a new lease of life. A mega book fair has been organised for procurement of books for libraries, starting Saturday, until February 2. The DoE is also starting a three-tier library system, which will bring a library to every pre-primary and primary class, separate libraries for class 6 to 10, and modernisation of existing libraries.In his budget speech, finance minister and education minister Manish Sisodia had proposed this three- tier system. Towards this, Rs 17 crore has been earmarked for new books, and another Rs 100 crore to work on current library infrastructure.Under the three-tier system, every pre-primary and primary class will have one library each, separate libraries will be set up for class 6 to 10 in 400 schools, and all existing libraries will be modernised.With this, there is also a change in procedure for procurement of books, “to bring more transparency in the process,” according to senior DoE officials. A public notice was issued in November last year inviting publishers to submit their books for different academic levels in government schools. A total of 1,921 publishers submitted their books under pre-primary, primary, secondary and senior secondary categories.The submitted books were scrutinized by Library Technical Committee, and the selection process will be done through an online module. Schools will place their demand on the module after which the publishers will supply books to respective schools. Payments will be released by the committee once books are delivered.Until last year, schools used to buy books year after year on the basis of choice and need. Now, each school has since been allocated a separate fund for procurement of books for its library.