The Legislature of the Virgin Islands recognizes that access to information is a basic need of all of its citizens and undertakes to promote, support, implement, maintain and coordinate library and information services of uniformly high quality on a territory-wide basis for the educational, social, economic, physical and cultural well-being of the Territory and its […]
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Academic library” means any library which serves primarily the faculty, staff and student body of a degree-granting college or university, which is approved as an institution of higher learning by a nationally recognized accrediting organization. (2) “Agency” means any agency, department, bureau, board, commission, […]
(a) There is established within the Department of Planning and Natural Resources the Office of Libraries and Archives which shall be headed by a Director. The Office shall be the Territorial Library Agency. (b) The Director of the Office is designated the Territorial Librarian, who shall be appointed by the Governor and suitably qualified to […]
Circulation records and other library records identifying the names of library patrons shall be confidential in nature. All records pertaining to a library patron’s use of library resources and services shall not be considered public records as defined in Title 3, chapter 33, section 881, VIC, and shall not be disclosed to the public pursuant […]
(a) The Virgin Islands Library Network (hereinafter, referred to as the “Network”) is established within the Office of Libraries and Archives. (b) The Territorial Librarian is authorized to promote, participate in and provide administrative library and other services to the Virgin Islands Library Network, but its governance is shared by the agencies representing public, academic, […]
The Territorial Librarian may from time to time appoint temporary citizens’ advisory boards, whose members shall serve without pay, to advise on particular library problems or programs.
(a) There is established in the Office of Libraries and Archives, the position of Archivist of the United States Virgin Islands who shall function under the general supervision and control of the Director, in conjunction with the Archives Council. The Archivist shall be appointed by the Governor, on the basis of merit as determined by […]
(a) The head of any Government agency may turn over to the Archivist for administration, disposition and preservation such records in his custody as are not needed for transaction of current business of his office. (b) The head of each agency shall: (1) establish and maintain an active continuing program in accordance with the standards […]
(a) There is established in the Office of Libraries and Archives the United States Virgin Islands Archives Council. The Archives Council shall be comprised of twelve members consisting of the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Finance, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Lieutenant Governor, the President of […]
