Section 202-B:7 – Preservation.
202-B:7 Preservation. – The state librarian shall coordinate with each component of state government, the program libraries, and the state archivist to establish a system whereby state government information products available via state government electronic information services shall be maintained permanently for program library and general public access. Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, […]
Section 202-B:8 – Planning.
202-B:8 Planning. – I. The state librarian shall, in cooperation with all branches and agencies of state government, develop and publish annually a plan to increase the quality and quantity of state government information available in electronic format incrementally beginning with information that is most used and readily available. A copy of the plan […]
Section 202-B:6 – Duties of Program Libraries.
202-B:6 Duties of Program Libraries. – Program libraries shall make government information products received or accessed through the program available for the free use of the general public. They shall organize the tangible information products in an acceptable fashion. Source. 2001, 281:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.
Section 202-A:22 – Custody and Control of Trust Funds.
202-A:22 Custody and Control of Trust Funds. – Trust funds given to towns and cities for the use of a public library shall be held in the custody and under the management of the trustees of trust funds. The entire income from such funds shall be paid over to the library trustees. Payment of […]
Section 202-A:23 – Exceptions.
202-A:23 Exceptions. – Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the library trustees from accepting, receiving, investing, and administering directly any trust funds and donations when so specified by the donor. Library trustees administering and investing such special funds shall be governed by the provisions of RSA 31:25, RSA 31:25-d, and RSA 41:6. Source. 1963, […]
Section 202-A:24 – Offenses Against Libraries.
202-A:24 Offenses Against Libraries. – Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously deface, damage or destroy any property belonging to or in the care of any gallery or museum or any state, public, school, college, or other institutional library, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any such person shall forfeit to or for the […]
Section 202-A:25 – Detaining Books.
202-A:25 Detaining Books. – Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film, or other property belonging to or in the care of any gallery or museum of any state, public, school, college, or other institutional library, may be given written notice to return it, which shall bear upon […]
Section 202-B:1 – Policy Statement; Short Title.
202-B:1 Policy Statement; Short Title. – The legislature finds that providing citizens with access to public documents will allow increased citizen involvement in state policies and empower citizens to participate in state policy decision making. To this end, the legislature hereby declares that a system of dissemination and access to state government information be […]
Section 202-B:2 – Definitions.
202-B:2 Definitions. – In this chapter: I. " Component of state government " means any state government department, independent regulatory agency, state government corporation, state controlled corporation, or other establishment in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch. II. " Dissemination " means the act of distributing tangible state government information products to program libraries, […]
Section 202-B:3 – State Government Information Access Libraries Designated.
202-B:3 State Government Information Access Libraries Designated. – The state librarian is authorized to designate no more than 25 public and academic libraries as state government information access libraries. In designating program libraries, the state librarian shall take into account geographic representation, population served, and capability of the library to carry out the program. […]