Sec. 11-1a. Programs of state-wide library service.
Sec. 11-1a. Programs of state-wide library service. (a) The State Library Board
may institute and conduct programs of state-wide library service which may include,
but need not be limited to, (1) a cataloging and processing service to be available to
libraries, (2) the creation and maintenance of current and retrospective union catalogs
of books, union lists of serials and similar cooperative listings of library materials, (3)
a program of coordinated acquisitions, storage and deposit of library materials, (4) the
support and encouragement of the transfer, as loans or copies, of library materials between libraries and to nonresident library patrons, (5) the provision of suitable high-speed communications facilities, (6) the creation and maintenance of bibliographic and
regional reference centers, (7) the provision of traveling collections of library materials
and of book examination centers, and (8) the provision of a publicity and public relations
service for libraries.
(b) The State Library Board shall create and maintain one or more library research
centers which shall utilize any appropriate sources of information, both within and outside of the state, to meet the needs of those making inquiries.
(c) The State Library Board shall maintain the state's principal law library which
shall be located in the State Library and Supreme Court Building. The State Library
Board shall distribute state documents, statutes and public acts to the law libraries established pursuant to section 11-10b.
(d) The State Library Board shall create and maintain a library service for the blind
and other persons with disabilities, as provided for in 2 USC Sections 135a, 135a-1
and 135b.
(1969, P.A. 245, S. 2; P.A. 73-645, S. 3, 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 2; P.A. 76-368, S. 3, 9; P.A. 80-217, S. 1, 2; 80-340, S. 1,
2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7, S. 2, 3; P.A. 89-167, S. 4; P.A. 90-234, S. 1, 8; P.A. 95-234, S. 2, 3; P.A. 01-173, S. 41, 67.)
History: P.A. 73-645 deleted reference to creation and maintenance of library research centers in former provisions
and added new Subsec. (b) re library research centers, changing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators to numeric indicators in
former provisions, now designated Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-316 changed state library committee to state library board; P.A.
76-368 added Subsecs. (c) to (e) re law libraries, cooperation with judicial department and maintenance of books and
various expenditures; P.A. 80-217 changed hours of operation in Subsec. (c) from all day Monday to Saturday plus two
evenings to all day Monday to Friday; P.A. 80-340 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision for state-wide toll-free telephone
access to research centers; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting a provision re hours of operation of
the tier I libraries in Bridgeport and New Haven, said provision being added to Sec. 11-19a, and amended Subsec. (e) to
reflect establishment of tier II libraries at New London and Danbury pursuant to Sec. 11-19a by deleting the authorization
for the state library board to expend funds to maintain books in New London and Danbury provided it determines that
staffing is not necessary at the tier II library in Norwich and deleting proviso that library facilities and staff are maintained
at Danbury and New London without additional expense to the state; P.A. 89-167 added Subsec. (f) re the creation of a
library service for the blind and other persons with disabilities; P.A. 90-234 deleted provisions detailing authority of state
library board over system of law libraries formerly found in Subsecs. (c), (d) and (e), relettering former Subsec. (e) as (d),
and revised Subsec. (c) to require the state library board to maintain the state's principal law library located in the state
library and the supreme court building and to distribute state documents, statutes and public acts to law libraries; P.A. 95-234 added new Subsec. (e) re the Connecticut Library Network, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-173 deleted Subsec. (e)
re Connecticut Library Network, effective July 1, 2001.
See Sec. 11-19a re system of law libraries.
See Sec. 11-23a re library service centers in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas.
See Sec. 11-23b re library service centers for public libraries and public schools.