Every District & Sub-Divisional library has a ISSUE cum LENDING SECTION & READING SECTION. In the District Library Guwahati there is another section SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY where reader can get Medical and Engineering book to read but can not borrow books from Reading and Science & Technology Section. In ISSUE cum LENDING SECTION readers can borrow two books for 15 days. For issue a book from library to home readers have to take membership card from library with a small amount of fees 15/-.
In the District Library Guwahati and District Library Jorhat RFID(Radio Frequency Identification is installed. All the district library has installed 'Koha' library open source software for library automation. In the Reading section we provide old newspaper for readers without any library membership card and permit to xerox.
In addition one full flagged Children Library under Directorate of Library Services named BISHNU NIRMALA CHILDREN LIBRARY which is specially only for children.