256.51 - DIVISION OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES -- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
256.51 DIVISION OF LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION SERVICES
-- DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
1. The division of libraries and information services is
established within the department of education. The division shall
do all of the following:
a. Determine policy for providing information service to the
three branches of state government and to the legal and medical
communities in this state.
b. Coordinate a statewide interregional interlibrary loan and
information network among libraries in this state and support
activities which increase cooperation among all types of libraries.
c. Establish and administer a program for the collection and
distribution of state publications to depository libraries.
d. Develop, in consultation with the library service areas
and the area education agency media centers, a biennial unified plan
of service and service delivery for the division of libraries and
information services.
e. Establish and administer a statewide continuing education
program for librarians and trustees.
f. Give to libraries advice and counsel in specialized areas
which may include, but are not limited to, building construction and
space utilization, children's services, and technological
developments.
g. Obtain from libraries reports showing the condition,
growth, and development of services provided and disseminate this
information in a timely manner to the citizens of Iowa.
h. Establish and administer certification guidelines for
librarians not covered by other accrediting agencies.
i. Foster public awareness of the condition of libraries in
Iowa and of methods to improve library services to the citizens of
the state.
j. Establish and administer standards for state agency
libraries, the library service areas, and public libraries.
2. The division may do all of the following:
a. Enter into interstate library compacts on behalf of the
state of Iowa with any state which legally joins in the compacts as
provided in section 256.70.
b. Receive and expend money for providing programs and
services. The division may receive, accept, and administer any
moneys appropriated or granted to it, separate from the general
library fund, by the federal government or by any other public or
private agency.
c. Accept gifts, contributions, bequests, endowments, or
other moneys, including but not limited to the Westgate endowment
fund, for any or all purposes of the division. Interest earned on
moneys accepted under this paragraph shall be credited to the fund or
funds to which the gifts, contributions, bequests, endowments, or
other moneys have been deposited, and is available for any or all
purposes of the division. The division shall report annually to the
director and the general assembly regarding the gifts, contributions,
bequests, endowments, or other moneys accepted pursuant to this
paragraph and the interest earned on them. Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 48, §18; 2001 Acts, ch 158, §12; 2006 Acts, ch 1152,
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Referred to in § 256.57