Each library region must be affiliated with an area reference and resource center designated by the State Librarian. [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]
1. Duties. An area reference and resource center may:
A. Provide a common borrower’s card for libraries and residents within library regions, as determined through contractual arrangements between the Maine State Library and the area reference and resource center; [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]
B. Participate with the Maine State Library consultant or specialist in planning and conducting workshops on community-library planning; [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]
C. Provide office space and support services to the extent able to the Maine State Library consultant or specialist; and [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]
D. [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (RP).]
E. Provide other cooperative activities and services as libraries may need or require. [PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]

[PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1973, c. 626, §6 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 700, §§B30,31 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 150, §15 (AMD).

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 115

  • Area reference and resource center: means a large public, school or academic library designated by the State Librarian and receiving state aid for the purposes of making its resources and services available without charge to all residents within a library region, of providing supplementary library services to local libraries within the library region and of coordinating the services of all local libraries within the library region that by contract become part of the library region. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 110
  • Maine State Library consultant or specialist: means an individual who acts as a general library consultant or specialist to one or more library regions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 110
  • region: means a defined geographic area consisting of local libraries. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 110
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