Terms Used In Michigan Laws 397.554

  • Cooperative board: means the governing board of a cooperative library. See Michigan Laws 397.552
  • Cooperative library: means the library or service center designated by a cooperative board to execute services established by a cooperative plan and provided to libraries participating in a cooperative. See Michigan Laws 397.552
  • Public library: means a library that is lawfully established for free public purposes by 1 or more counties, cities, townships, villages, school districts, or other local governments or a combination thereof, or by a public or local act, the entire interests of which belong to the general public. See Michigan Laws 397.552
   A preliminary cooperative plan for library services which sets forth a statement describing the specific services that will be rendered to those libraries participating in a cooperative library, the means and agencies by which the services will be rendered without duplication of existing resources and expertise, and the cooperative board that will receive funds and execute duties shall be developed by participating local public library boards.