§ 245. State library, how constituted. All books, pamphlets, manuscripts, records, archives and maps, and all other property appropriate to a general library, if owned by the state and not placed in other custody by law, shall be in charge of the regents and constitute the state library.
§ 246. State medical library. The state medical library shall be a part of the New York state library under the same government and regulations and shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the state at all hours when the state library is open and shall be available for borrowing books to every […]
§ 247. State law library; legislative reference library. The state law library and the legislative reference library shall be parts of the New York state library under the same government and regulations and shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the state at all hours when the state library is open and the […]
§ 248. Manuscript and records “on file”. Manuscript or printed papers of the legislature, usually termed “on file,” and which shall have been on file more than five years in custody of the senate and assembly clerks, and all public records of the state not placed in other custody by a specific law shall be […]
§ 249. State library, when open; use of books. The state library shall be kept open at least eight hours each day on five days every week in the year except the legal holidays known as Independence day, Thanksgiving day and Christmas day. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the regents from opening the state […]
§ 249-a. Libraries of public institutions of higher education; access and use. The state university trustees and the board of higher education of the city of New York are hereby authorized to establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to make provision for access and use by the residents of the […]
§ 250. Duplicate department. The regents shall have charge of the preparation, publication and distribution, whether by sale, exchange or gift, of the colonial history, natural history and all other state publications not otherwise assigned by law. To guard against waste or destruction of state publications, and to provide for the completion of sets to […]
§ 251. Transfers from state officers. The librarian of any library owned by the state, or the officer in charge of any state department, bureau, board, commission or other office may, with the approval of the regents, transfer to the permanent custody of the state library or museum any books, papers, maps, manuscripts, specimens or […]
§ 252. Other libraries owned by the state. The report of the state library to the legislature shall include a statement of the total number of volumes or pamphlets, the number added during the year, with a summary of operations and conditions, and any needed recommendation for safety or usefulness for each of the other […]
§ 253. Public and association libraries and museums. 1. All provisions of this section and of sections two hundred fifty-four to two hundred seventy-one inclusive shall apply equally to libraries, museums, and to combined libraries and museums, and the word “library” shall be construed to mean reference and circulating libraries and reading rooms. 2. The […]
§ 254. Standards of library service. The regents shall have power to fix standards of library service for every free association, public and hospital library or, with the advice of the appropriate tribal government and library board of trustees, Indian library which receives any portion of the moneys appropriated by the state to aid such […]
§ 255. Establishment of a public library. 1. By a majority vote at any election, or at a meeting of the electors duly held, any county, city, village, town, school district or other body authorized to levy and collect taxes; or by vote of its board of supervisors or other governing elective body any county, […]
§ 256. Contracts. 1. Any authority named in section two hundred fifty-five may, individually or jointly with another municipal or district body or tribal government, grant money for the support of the cost of maintaining or the cost of any capital improvements to or expenditure for one or more: free association libraries, provided such libraries […]
§ 257. Acceptance of conditional gift. By majority vote at any election or at a meeting of the electors, duly held, any municipality or district or by three-fourths vote of its council any city, or any library or any designated branch thereof if so authorized by such vote of a municipality, district or council, or […]
§ 258. Closing of museum; admission fee during certain hours. The trustees of any institution supported under this chapter by public money, in whole or in part, may, so far as consistent with free use by the public at reasonable or specified hours, close any of its museum collections at certain other hours, for study, […]
§ 258-a. Purchases by museums, historical societies, zoological gardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta through office of general services. Museums, historical societies, zoological gardens, aquariums, botanical gardens and arboreta which are chartered or incorporated by the regents or otherwise formed pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this chapter or otherwise pursuant to the laws […]
§ 259. Library taxes. 1. a. Taxes, in addition to those otherwise authorized, may be voted for library purposes by any authority named in section two hundred fifty-five of this part and shall, unless otherwise directed by such vote, be considered as annual appropriations therefor until changed by further vote and shall be levied and […]
§ 260. Trustees. 1. Public libraries authorized to be established by action of the voters or their representatives shall be managed by trustees who shall have all the powers of trustees of other educational institutions of the university as defined in this chapter; provided that the number of trustees of county public libraries and Indian […]
§ 260-a. Meetings of board of trustees. Every meeting, including a special district meeting, of a board of trustees of a public library system, cooperative library system, public library or free association library, including every committee meeting and subcommittee meeting of any such board of trustees in cities having a population of one million or […]
§ 260-b. Reduction of salaries for purchase of annuities. Each board of trustees of a library system, cooperative library system, public library or free association library in its discretion, may enter into a written agreement with any employee of such board to reduce the annual salary as otherwise payable by law of such employee for […]
