Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 117 – Maine State Library consultants or specialists
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Staff of the Maine State Library holding the position of consultant or specialist shall provide consulting or specialist services to libraries in all library regions. The State Librarian, with the advice of the Maine Library Advisory Council, shall appoint a staff member holding the position of consultant or specialist to serve as a primary point of contact or liaison to one or more library regions. [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
1. Duties. A Maine State Library consultant or specialist shall:
A. [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (RP).]
B. Study the needs of the library region or regions and make recommendations to the Maine Library Advisory Council; [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
C. Coordinate services among libraries of all types; [PL 1973, c. 626, §6 (NEW).]
D. Provide liaison between the library region or regions and the Maine State Library; [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
E. Encourage local initiative and commitment to regional cooperative library service; and [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
F. Work with area reference and resource center staff members in planning area reference and interlibrary loan service. [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
G. [PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (RP).]
[PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 626, §6 (NEW). PL 1977, c. 125, §§5,6 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 464, §§31-33 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 82, §10 (AMD). PL 2019, c. 150, §17 (AMD).
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 27 Sec. 117
- 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 Library Advisory Council: means an advisory body representing a constituency of participating libraries from all geographical library regions, as described in section 114-A. 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