Section 29-8-1 – — 29-8-13. Repealed.
§ 29-8-1 — 29-8-13. Repealed.
Section 29-7-5. – Deposits of state publications.
§ 29-7-5. Deposits of state publications. Each state agency shall designate one person as its documents officer and shall notify the clearinghouse of his or her identity. The documents officer shall, prior to public release of a state publication, deposit with the clearinghouse a minimum of twenty-five (25) copies of publications that are produced in […]
Section 29-7-6. – Depository agreements.
§ 29-7-6. Depository agreements. The clearinghouse may enter into depository agreements with any municipal library, public library, private college or university library, or research library in the state of Rhode Island, and shall provide for distribution of state publications to the Center for Research Libraries and the Library of Congress. The requirements for eligibility to […]
Section 29-7-7. – List of state publications.
§ 29-7-7. List of state publications. The clearinghouse shall publish and distribute to depository libraries, all other libraries, state agencies, and legislators, a quarterly checklist of state publications. History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 254, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 29-7-6; P.L. 1985, ch. 196, § 2; P.L. 1997, ch. 101, § 1.
Section 29-7-8. – Clearinghouse advisory committee.
§ 29-7-8. Clearinghouse advisory committee. There shall be a state publications clearinghouse advisory committee. The committee shall consist of nine (9) members, five (5) of whom to be selected from the clearinghouse member libraries and appointed by the state librarian to two-year (2) terms. The state librarian and the director of the clearinghouse shall be […]
Section 29-6-7.1, 29-6-7.2. – Repealed.
§ 29-6-7.1, 29-6-7.2. Repealed.
Section 29-6-8. – Eligibility requirements — Institutions.
§ 29-6-8. Eligibility requirements — Institutions. (a) To qualify for state aid under § 29-6-7, an institution shall: (1) Allocate from its appropriation an amount not less than the amount allocated and expended the previous year for operating expenditures to support library services for residents or students; and (2) Submit, or cause to be submitted, […]
Section 29-6-9. – Rhode Island library network.
§ 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 office of library and information services is hereby authorized to establish a Rhode Island library network, hereafter referred to as the […]
Section 29-6-10. – Appropriation authorization.
§ 29-6-10. Appropriation authorization. The general assembly shall annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of §§ 29-6-2, 29-6-6, 29-6-7, and 29-6-9; and the state controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his or her orders upon the general treasurer for the payment […]
Section 29-6-11. – Severability.
§ 29-6-11. Severability. If any provision of § 29-1-1, or of chapters 3.1, 4, or 6 of this title, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of these provisions, and the application of these provisions to other persons or circumstances, shall not be affected thereby. History of Section.P.L. […]