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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19300
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19300
The Legislature hereby declares that it is in the interest of the people and of the state that there be a general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence through the establishment and operation of public libraries. Such diffusion is a matter of general concern inasmuch as it is t
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19301
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19301
There is in the state government an agency known as the California State Library.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19302
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19302
The California State Library is under the control of an executive who shall be a technically trained librarian and shall be known as the “State Librarian.”
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19303
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19303
The State Librarian shall be appointed by and hold office at the pleasure of the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19306
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19306
The State Librarian shall nominate a Deputy State Librarian to be appointed by, and hold office at the pleasure of, the Governor.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19307
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19307
As used in this chapter, “public library” means any public library as defined in this code, or any county law library established pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 6300) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19320
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19320
The State Librarian may do all of the following: (a) Make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for the government of the California State Library. (b) Appoint or employ civil service personnel as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (c) Sell or exchan
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19320.5
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19320.5
The State Librarian may employ consultants to provide technical assistance to public libraries in the development and enhancement of library services.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19321
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19321
The State Librarian shall also do all of the following: (a) Purchase books, maps, engravings, paintings, furniture, and other materials and equipment necessary to carry out California State Library programs and services. (b) Number and stamp all books and maps belonging to the li
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19322
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19322
The State Librarian may do both of the following: (a) Contract directly with counties, cities, or districts within this state, agencies of the state, and agencies of the United States government for the purpose of providing library services. (b) Establish and operate library serv
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19323
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19323
The State Librarian shall make available in the state on a loan basis to blind or print disabled persons, or to persons with a disability that prevents them from reading conventional printed materials, audio recordings of books and other related materials. The materials to be mad
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19324
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19324
The State Librarian may consider for rendering into embossed braille any print books and other materials, excluding textbooks, requested by an eligible patron with print disabilities. Consideration of the patron’s request shall be dependent upon available staffing, resources, and
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19325
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19325
The State Librarian may provide the following: (a) Toll-free and local telephone services for registered patrons of the federally designated regional libraries for the blind and print disabled, in order to enable those persons to have direct patron access to library services. (b)
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19325.1
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19325.1
(a) The State Librarian may operate a telephonic reading system, fund the operation of telephonic reading systems operated by qualifying entities, or both. (b) Pursuant to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act and in accordance with Section 270 of the Public Utilities Code, t
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19326
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19326
(a) The State Librarian may annually award a gold medal for excellence in the humanities and science to an individual or organization for publication of a work that has enriched the collection of the California State Library and enriched the state by significantly contributing to
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19327
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19327
(a) In order to protect and preserve valuable and irreplaceable treasures of the state, the State Librarian may enter into an operating agreement with a private, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, currently known as the California State Library Foundation, as follows: (1) The Ca
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19328
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19328
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that Bernard E. Witkin’s legendary contribution to California law is deserving of a lasting tribute and an expression of gratitude from the state whose legal system, he, more than any other single individual in the 20th century, helpe
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19330
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19330
Books may be taken from the California State Library by the Members of the Legislature and by other state officers during regular office hours.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19331
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19331
The Controller, when notified by the State Librarian that any officer or employee of the state for whom he or she draws a warrant for salary has failed to return any book taken by him or her, or for which he or she has given an order, within the time prescribed by the rules, or t
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19332
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19332
In case of the neglect or refusal on the part of any officer or employee of the state to return a book for which he or she has given an order or a receipt or has in his or her possession, the State Librarian may purchase for the library a duplicate of the book, and notify the Con
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19333
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19333
The State Librarian may bring suit in his or her official capacity for the recovery of any book, or for three times the value thereof, together with costs of suit, against any person who has the book in his or her possession or who is responsible therefor. If the department has p
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19334
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19334
Every person who injures or fails to return any book taken is liable in three times its value.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19335
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19335
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Reading Initiative Program.
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19336
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19336
The State Librarian shall establish the Reading Initiative Program with funds appropriated for that purpose and with funds received from private sources. The State Librarian shall administer the program, for which purpose he or she shall do all of the following: (a) Develop a lis
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Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19340
Education Code - EDC - EDC § 19340
The Local Public Library Partnership Program is hereby established under the administration of the State Librarian for purposes of ensuring that, by third grade, all pupils have access to a local public library.