Chapter 264

2007 -- S 0390 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/03/07

 

A N A C T

RELATING TO LIBRARIES - OFFICE OF STATE LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES

          

     Introduced By: Senators Bates, Gibbs, and Tassoni

     Date Introduced: February 13, 2007

 

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

 

     SECTION 1. Section 29-3.1-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-3.1 entitled "Office

of State Library and Information Services" is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

     29-3.1-1.1. Definitions. -- For the purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise indicated by

the context, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings:

      (1) "Interlibrary cooperation" means two (2) or more independent libraries working

together to achieve a common purpose;

      (2) "Public library" means a library in a city or town that has been designated by the city

or town council or town financial meeting as a library to provide library services to all individuals

residing in the city or town;

      (3) "Public library development" means the activities undertaken to strengthen, improve,

or initiate library services that are provided by a public library; and

      (4) "Resource sharing" means the sharing of library materials, the creation and

maintenance of a statewide library catalog, providing statewide access to databases and/or staff

expertise between two (2) or more libraries.

 

     SECTION 2. Section 29-6-9 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-6 entitled "State Aid to

Libraries" is hereby amended to read as follows:

 

     29-6-9. Rhode Island library network. -- (a) In order to provide each individual in

Rhode Island with equal opportunity of access to resources that will satisfy their and society's

information needs and interests, the department of state library services office of library and

information services is hereby authorized to establish a Rhode Island library network, hereafter

referred to as the library of Rhode Island network (LORI), to be administered by the department

of state library services office of library and information services for the purpose of maintaining,

promoting, and developing a program of statewide resource sharing and interlibrary cooperation.

The department of state library services office of library and information services shall include as

part of its budget a budget for the administration and operation of the Rhode Island library

network to:

      (1) Provide central support services for the Rhode Island library network library of

Rhode Island, such as delivery of materials, telecommunications, consultant services, resource

sharing and access to bibliographic and other information sources;

      (2) Reimburse libraries for the actual cost of providing services to individuals outside the

library's primary clientele; and

      (3) Support the development, maintenance of, and access to the resource sharing

potential embodied in specialized collections and services at the Providence public library and

other libraries which can be provided most cost-effectively on a statewide basis.

      (b) By fiscal year 2000, the state shall provide from state and federal revenue sources

one hundred percent (100%) of the funding for the following statewide library services:

      (1) Reference resource center at the Providence public library;

      (2) Interlibrary delivery system;

      (3) Interlibrary telecommunications system;

      (4) Electronic interlibrary loan system; and

      (5) Library holdings database; Statewide catalog of all library holdings.

      (6) Cooperating libraries automated network; and

      (7)(6) [Deleted by P.L. 1996, ch. 100, art. 29, section 1.]

      (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), the funding for the statewide

library catalog and the statewide access to databases shall be subject to appropriation by the

general assembly. The duty imposed upon the office of state library and information services to

create and maintain a statewide library catalog and provide statewide access to databases shall be

subject to appropriation by the general assembly.

 

     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage.

     

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