§ 13-2-1001. Title
This subchapter may be referred to as the “Arkansas Digital Library Act”.
§ 13-2-1002. Creation
(a) (1) The Division of Higher Education and the Arkansas State Library shall develop a digitized collection of information that includes information that is in the public domain, cleared for public distribution over the internet, and to which students of public postsecondary schools in Arkansas have access. (2) The digitized information under this subchapter shall […]
§ 13-2-905. Powers and duties
(a) (1) Immediately after their initial appointment, the board of trustees of the regional library system shall meet and elect the officers as they deem necessary. (2) A quorum of this board shall be a majority of the total number of members. (3) The board shall: (A) Adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations, and policies […]
§ 13-2-906. Annual reports
At the end of each calendar year, the board of trustees of every regional library system shall make a report to the governing body in the county or counties or municipality or municipalities wherein the board serves, showing the condition of the system during the year and other statistics and information as the board deems […]
§ 13-2-907. Contracts for library services and with other libraries
(a) Regional library systems are authorized to contract with other regional libraries, municipal libraries, or county public libraries or with library authorities of any college or university or any privately organized or endowed library, whereby common library branches or buildings or joint library services for the residents or patrons of the participating jurisdictions may be […]
§ 13-2-704. Disclosure permitted
A library may disclose personally identifiable information concerning any patron to: (1) The patron; (2) Any person with the informed, written consent of the patron; (3) A law enforcement agency or civil court, under a search warrant; or (4) Any person, including without limitation the patron, who has received an automated telephone notification or other […]
§ 13-2-705. Construction — Statistics
(a) No provision of this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit any library or any business operating jointly with a library from disclosing information for the purpose of: (1) Collecting overdue books, documents, films, or other items or materials owned or otherwise belonging to the library; (2) Collecting fines on overdue books, documents, films, or […]
§ 13-2-706. Use of information in evidence
Personally identifiable information obtained in any manner other than as provided in this subchapter shall not be received in evidence in any trial, hearing, arbitration, or other proceeding before any court, grand jury, department, officer, agency, regulatory body, legislative committee, or other authority of the state or political subdivision of the state.
§ 13-2-801. Short title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Library Materials Security Law”.
§ 13-2-802. Definitions
For the purposes of this subchapter: (1) “Library materials” means books, manuscripts, letters, newspapers, court records, films, microfilms, tape recordings, phonograph records, lithographs, prints, photographs, or any other written or printed documents, graphic material of any nature, and other personal property which is the property or in the custody of or entrusted to a public […]