Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-23b — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-23b
Sec. 11-23b. (Formerly Sec. 10-28). Library service centers for public libraries and public schools.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 11-1a re programs of state-wide library service.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-9e — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188a / Section 11-9e
Sec. 11-9e. “Cooperating library service unit” defined. Budget recommendations.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Library Board shall include in its budget recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly such amounts as are required in the estimation of the board of the operation of the cooperating library service units to provide services pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-85 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-85
Sec. 11-85. Claim of ownership. Title to donated or abandoned property to vest in museum. Acquisition of title.
Status: in_force

(b) If a museum receives a written claim of ownership for any property for which notice of donation or abandonment was made, pursuant to section 11-84 , from a person other than the lender on record with the museum, the museum shall, not later than sixty days after receipt of such written claim of ownership, determine if such ownership claim is valid. A claimant shall submit proof of ownership to the museum with such written claim of ownership. If more than one person submits a written claim of ownership, the museum may delay its determination of ownership until the competing claims are resolved by agreement or legal action. If the museum determines that such written claim of ownership is valid or if the competing claims are resolved by agreement or judicial action, the museum shall return the property to the claimant submitting the valid claim of ownership or dispose of the property as such valid claimant requests. Any costs incurred as a result of returning such property or the disposition of such property shall be the responsibility of the valid claimant unless such valid claimant and the museum have mutually agreed to alternate arrangements.

(c) If no written claim of ownership is presented to the museum on or before sixty days after the publication of the second notice, such property shall be deemed donated or abandoned and title to the property shall vest in the museum. If a valid claim of ownership for such property is made after title to such property has vested in the museum under this subsection and the museum holds title to such property, then the museum shall return such property to the owner of such property and the title of such property shall revert back to such owner.

(d) Any person who purchases or otherwise acquires property from a museum that obtained such property by donation or abandonment pursuant to this section and sections 11-81 and 11-82 shall acquire good title to such property.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-24a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-24a
Sec. 11-24a. Definitions. Principal public library. Nonprincipal public library.
Status: in_force

(1) “Board” means the State Library Board.

(2) “Public library” means a library that serves its residents through its outlet or outlets without charging a borrower's card fee and which receives its financial support in whole or in part from local tax funds.

(3) “Principal public library” means the public library which has been so designated by the local municipal governing board.

(4) “Local funds” means moneys received by a public library from any source, public or private, excluding state or federal grants.

(5) “General library purposes” means all functions of a public library, including the purchase of land or the construction, alteration or remodeling of buildings.

(b) A municipality may have more than one public library, but may designate only one library as its principal public library. A principal public library may be designated for more than one town if it meets conditions established and approved by the State Library Board. In any town or municipality where there are multiple libraries, there shall be a separate board or governing body and a different library director and staff for each public library. Each public library shall be a separate library facility and there shall be a separate town appropriation to each public library.

(c) Any public library not designated as a principal public library shall be a “nonprincipal public library”. A nonprincipal public library in a municipality may be eligible to receive a state grant, construction cost grant, emergency repair grant or Connecticard grant provided it meets the following conditions: There is a separate board of trustees or governing body for each such nonprincipal public library; there is a different library director and staff for each such library; there is a separate library facility; and there is a separate town appropriation to each such library.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8m — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8m
Sec. 11-8m. Municipal reports to Public Records Administrator. Annual report of Public Records Administrator to legislative committee.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the Public Records Administrator shall submit a report on grants made under sections 11-8j to 11-8 l , inclusive, for the preceding fiscal year to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration. Each such report shall include: (1) A description of the grants made under sections 11-8j to 11-8 l , inclusive, including the amount, purposes and the municipalities to which they were made; (2) a summary of the activities for which the State Library used the moneys allocated to it under section 11-8k ; and (3) any findings or recommendations concerning the operation and effectiveness of the grant program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-84 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-84
Sec. 11-84. Notice that property on loan to museum may be deemed donated or abandoned.
Status: in_force

(b) If the museum does not have an address on record for the lender of the property, or the museum does not receive written proof of receipt of the mailed notice after thirty days after the date such notice was mailed, the museum shall publish a notice, at least once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the town in which the museum is located and the town of the lender on record with the museum, if available. Such published notice shall contain: (1) A brief and general description of the unclaimed property, (2) the name and address of the lender on record with the museum, (3) a request that all persons who may have any knowledge of the whereabouts of the lender provide written notice to the museum, and (4) a statement that if no claim of ownership is made or action to recover such property is filed on or before sixty days after publication of the second notice, the property shall be deemed donated or abandoned and shall become the property of the museum.

(c) For purposes of this section, if the loan of property was made to a branch of a museum, the museum shall be considered to be located in the town in which such branch is located. Otherwise the museum is located in the town in which it has its principal place of business.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8k — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8k
Sec. 11-8k. Historic documents preservation grants to municipalities. Allocation of moneys in historic documents preservation account.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Public Records Administrator finds that any grant awarded pursuant to this section is being used for other purposes or to supplant a previous source of funds, the Public Records Administrator may require repayment.

(c) The Public Records Administrator shall allocate moneys in the historic documents preservation account, established under section 11-8i , for (1) the preservation and management of historic documents maintained by the State Library, and (2) the expenses of administering the historic documents preservation grant program, established under section 11-8 l . The total amount of such allocated moneys in any fiscal year shall be thirty per cent of the moneys deposited in such historic documents preservation account in such year. On or before September 1, 2001, and annually thereafter, the State Library shall submit a report describing the activities performed with the allocated moneys for the preceding fiscal year to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-38 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 191 / Section 11-38
Sec. 11-38. Compact.
Status: in_force

INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT

ARTICLE I. Policy and Purpose

Because the desire for the services provided by libraries transcends governmental boundaries and can most effectively be satisfied by giving such services to communities and people regardless of jurisdictional lines, it is the policy of the states party to this compact to cooperate and share their responsibilities; to authorize cooperation and sharing with respect to those types of library facilities and services which can be more economically or efficiently developed and maintained on a cooperative basis, and to authorize cooperation and sharing among localities, states and others in providing joint or cooperative library services in areas where the distribution of population or of existing and potential library resources make the provision of library service on an interstate basis the most effective way of providing adequate and efficient service.

ARTICLE II. Definitions

As used in this compact:

(a) “Public library agency” means any unit or agency of local or state government operating or having power to operate a library.

(b) “Private library agency” means any nongovernmental entity which operates or assumes a legal obligation to operate a library.

(c) “Library agreement” means a contract establishing an interstate library district pursuant to this compact or providing for the joint or cooperative furnishing of library services.

ARTICLE III. Interstate Library Districts

(a) Any one or more public library agencies in a party state in cooperation with any public library agency or agencies in one or more other party states may establish and maintain an interstate library district. Subject to the provisions of this compact and any other laws of the party states which pursuant hereto remain applicable, such district may establish, maintain and operate some or all of the library facilities and services for the area concerned in accordance with the terms of a library agreement therefor. Any private library agency or agencies within an interstate library district may cooperate therewith, assume duties, responsibilities and obligations thereto, and receive benefits therefrom as provided in any library agreement to which such agency or agencies become party.

(b) Within an interstate library district, and as provided by a library agreement, the performance of library functions may be undertaken on a joint or cooperative basis or may be undertaken by means of one or more arrangements between or among public or private library agencies for the extension of library privileges to the use of facilities or services operated or rendered by one or more of the individual agencies.

(c) If a library agreement provides for joint establishment, maintenance or operation of library facilities or services by an interstate library district, such district shall have power to do any one or more of the following in accordance with such library agreement:

1. Undertake, administer and participate in programs or arrangements for securing, lending or servicing of books and other publications, any other materials suitable to be kept or made available by libraries, library equipment or for the dissemination of information about libraries, the value and significance of particular items therein, and the use thereof.

2. Accept for any of its purposes under this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services (conditional or otherwise), from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or interstate agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation, and receive, utilize and dispose of the same.

3. Operate mobile library units or equipment for the purpose of rendering bookmobile service within the district.

4. Employ professional, technical, clerical and other personnel and fix terms of employment, compensation and other appropriate benefits; and where desirable, provide for the in-service training of such personnel.

5. Sue and be sued in any court of competent jurisdiction.

6. Acquire, hold, and dispose of any real or personal property or any interest or interests therein as may be appropriate to the rendering of library service.

7. Construct, maintain and operate a library, including any appropriate branches thereof.

8. Do such other things as may be incidental to or appropriate for the carrying out of any of the foregoing powers.

ARTICLE IV. Interstate Library Districts, Governing Board

(a) An interstate library district which establishes, maintains or operates any facilities or services in its own right shall have a governing board which shall direct the affairs of the district and act for it in all matters relating to its business. Each participating public library agency in the district shall be represented on the governing board which shall be organized and conduct its business in accordance with provision therefor in the library agreement. But in no event shall a governing board meet less often than twice a year.

(b) Any private library agency or agencies party to a library agreement establishing an interstate library district may be represented on or advise with the governing board of the district in such manner as the library agreement may provide.

ARTICLE V. State Library Agency Cooperation

Any two or more state library agencies of two or more of the party states may undertake and conduct joint or cooperative library programs, render joint or cooperative library services, and enter into and perform arrangements for the cooperative or joint acquisition, use, housing and disposition of items or collections of materials which, by reason of expense, rarity, specialized nature, or infrequency of demand therefor would be appropriate for central collection and shared use. Any such programs, services or arrangements may include provision for the exercise on a cooperative or joint basis of any power exercisable by an interstate library district and an agreement embodying any such program, service or arrangement shall contain provisions covering the subjects detailed in article VI of this compact for interstate library agreements.

ARTICLE VI. Library Agreements

(a) In order to provide for any joint or cooperative undertaking pursuant to this compact, public and private library agencies may enter into library agreements. Any agreement executed pursuant to the provisions of this compact shall, as among the parties to the agreement:

1. Detail the specific nature of the services, programs, facilities, arrangements or properties to which it is applicable.

2. Provide for the allocation of costs and other financial responsibilities.

3. Specify the respective rights, duties, obligations and liabilities of the parties.

4. Set forth the terms and conditions for duration, renewal, termination, abrogation, disposal of joint or common property, if any, and all other matters which may be appropriate to the proper effectuation and performance of the agreement.

(b) No public or private library agency shall undertake to exercise itself, or jointly with any other library agency, by means of a library agreement any power prohibited to such agency by the constitution or statutes of its state.

(c) No library agreement shall become effective until filed with the compact administrator of each state involved, and approved in accordance with article VII of this compact.

ARTICLE VII. Approval of Library Agreements

(a) Every library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall, prior to and as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the attorney general of each state in which a public library agency party thereto is situated, who shall determine whether the agreement is in proper form and compatible with the laws of his state. The attorneys general shall approve any agreement submitted to them unless they shall find that it does not meet the conditions set forth herein and shall detail in writing addressed to the governing bodies of the public library agencies concerned the specific respects in which the proposed agreement fails to meet the requirements of law. Failure to disapprove an agreement submitted hereunder within ninety (90) days of its submission shall constitute approval thereof.

(b) In the event that a library agreement made pursuant to this compact shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to its entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency having such power of control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it as to all matters within his or its jurisdiction in the same manner and subject to the same requirements governing the action of the attorneys general pursuant to paragraph (a) of this article. This requirement of submission and approval shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the requirement of submission to an approval by the attorneys general.

ARTICLE VIII. Other Laws Applicable

Nothing in this compact or in any library agreement shall be construed to supersede, alter or otherwise impair any obligation imposed on any library by otherwise applicable law, nor to authorize the transfer or disposition of any property held in trust by a library agency in a manner contrary to the terms of such trust.

ARTICLE IX. Appropriations and Aid

(a) Any public library agency party to a library agreement may appropriate funds to the interstate library district established thereby in the same manner and to the same extent as to a library wholly maintained by it and, subject to the laws of the state in which such public library agency is situated, may pledge its credit in support of an interstate library district established by the agreement.

(b) Subject to the provisions of the library agreement pursuant to which it functions and the laws of the states in which such district is situated, an interstate library district may claim and receive any state and federal aid which may be available to library agencies.

ARTICLE X. Compact Administrator

Each state shall designate a compact administrator with whom copies of all library agreements to which his state or any public library agency thereof is party shall be filed. The administrator shall have such other powers as may be conferred upon him by the laws of his state and may consult and cooperate with the compact administrators of other party states and take such steps as may effectuate the purposes of this compact. If the laws of a party state so provide, such state may designate one or more deputy compact administrators in addition to its compact administrator.

ARTICLE XI. Entry into Force and Withdrawal

(a) This compact shall enter into force and effect immediately upon its enactment into law by any two (2) states. Thereafter, it shall enter into force and effect as to any other state upon the enactment thereof by such state.

(b) This compact shall continue in force with respect to a party state and remain binding upon such state until six (6) months after such state has given notice to each other party state of the repeal thereof. Such withdrawal shall not be construed to relieve any party to a library agreement entered into pursuant to this compact from any obligation of that agreement prior to the end of its duration as provided therein.

ARTICLE XII. Construction and Severability

This compact shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes thereof. The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the constitution of any party state or of the United States or the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of any state party thereto, the compact shall remain in full force and effect as to the state affected as to all severable matters.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8
Sec. 11-8. Records management program. Public Records Administrator.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Librarian shall, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, appoint an assistant who shall be the Public Records Administrator. All powers, functions and duties assigned to the Examiner of Public Records are hereby transferred to the Public Records Administrator.

See Secs. 1-9 to 1-12, inclusive, re standards for ink, paper, binders etc. used for public records.

See Sec. 7-109 re destruction of documents.

Cited. 216 C. 253; 223 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-86 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-86
Sec. 11-86. Conservation and protective measures applied to property on loan. Liens. Immunity from liability.
Status: in_force

(b) If a museum applies conservation or protective measures to any property on loan to the museum under this section, or with the agreement of the lender, unless the written loan agreement for such property provides otherwise, the museum shall acquire a lien on such property in an amount equal to the costs incurred by the museum for such conservation or protective measures taken.

(c) The museum shall not be liable for injury to or loss of any property that was on loan to the museum and for which conservation or protective measures were taken under this section, if the museum (1) had a reasonable belief at the time the conservation or protective measures were taken that such measures were necessary to protect such property or other property in the possession of the museum, or that such property was a hazard to the health and safety of the public or museum staff, and (2) exercised reasonable care in the choice and application of such conservation and protective measures.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-24b — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-24b
Sec. 11-24b. State grants to principal public libraries; incentive grants.
Status: in_force

(1) An annual statistical report which includes certification that the grant, when received, shall be used for library purposes is filed with the State Library Board in such manner as the board may require. The report shall include information concerning local library governance, hours of service, type of facilities, library policies, resources, programs and services available, measurement of levels of services provided, personnel and fiscal information concerning library receipts and expenditures;

(2) Documents certifying the legal establishment of the principal public library in accordance with the provisions of section 11-20 are filed with the board;

(3) The library is a participating library in the Connecticard program established pursuant to section 11-31b ;

(4) Except for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2015, inclusive, the principal public library shall not have had the amount of its annual tax levy or appropriation reduced to an amount which is less than the average amount levied or appropriated for the library for the three fiscal years immediately preceding the year of the grant, except that if the expenditures of the library in any one year in such three-year period are unusually high as compared with expenditures in the other two years, the library may request an exception to this requirement and the board, upon review of the expenditures for that year, may grant an exception;

(5) State grant funds shall be expended within two years of the date of receipt of such funds. If the funds are not expended in that period, the library shall submit a plan to the State Librarian for the expenditure of any unspent balance;

(6) Principal public libraries shall not charge individuals residing in the town in which the library is located or the town in which the contract library is located for borrowing and lending library materials, accessing information, advice and assistance and programs and services which promote literacy; and

(7) Principal public libraries shall provide equal access to library service for all individuals and shall not discriminate upon the basis of age, race, sex, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, handicap or place of residency in the town in which the library is located or the town in which the contract library is located.

(b) Within the limits of amounts appropriated, the amount each principal public library shall be eligible to receive annually as a state grant shall be determined by the State Library Board as follows:

(1) Principal public libraries, as defined in section 11-24a , shall receive a base grant of one thousand two hundred dollars for each fiscal year.

(2) Of the amount appropriated for purposes of this section less the amount distributed as base grants, sixty per cent shall be set aside and paid to principal public libraries pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(3) Of the amount appropriated for purposes of this section less the amount distributed as base grants, forty per cent shall be set aside and paid to principal public libraries pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(c) The principal public library for each town shall be eligible to receive an equalization grant in an amount determined as follows:

(1) The adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in subsection (a) of section 10-261 , for all towns in the state shall be ranked from highest to lowest.

(2) The adjusted equalized net grand list per capita, as ranked for all towns in the state from highest to lowest shall be divided into the following four classes: Class A, towns ranked from one to forty-two, inclusive; class B, towns ranked from forty-three to eighty-four, inclusive; class C, towns ranked from eighty-five to one hundred twenty-six, inclusive; and, class D, towns ranked from one hundred twenty-seven to one hundred sixty-nine, inclusive. Funds available for purposes of this subsection pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section shall be distributed among the four classes so that principal public libraries for class B, C, and D towns, respectively, shall receive two times, three times and four times as much on a per capita basis as principal public libraries for class A towns.

(3) Grants to the principal public library for each town shall be determined as follows: Said funds available for purposes of this subsection shall be multiplied by the per cent of funds for each class to determine an appropriation per class; the appropriation per class shall be divided by the total population per class to determine an amount per capita; the grant for the principal public library for each town shall be the town's total population multiplied by the amount per capita. For purposes of this subdivision, “total population” of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population.

(d) The principal public library for each town shall be eligible to receive an incentive grant in an amount to be determined as follows:

(1) The State Library Board shall, in such manner as prescribed by the board, determine for each fiscal year, a state-wide average for per capita library expenditures and each town's individual per capita library expenditure based on the annual statistical report filed in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.

(2) The per capita library expenditure of each town shall be ranked from highest to lowest and the ranked expenditures shall be divided into the following classes: Class A, towns which meet or exceed the state-wide average for per capita library expenditures; class B, towns which meet seventy-five to ninety-nine per cent, inclusive, of the state-wide average; class C, towns which meet fifty to seventy-four per cent, inclusive, of the state-wide average; and, class D, towns which fall below fifty per cent of the state-wide average. Funds available for purposes of this subsection pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section shall be distributed among the four classes so that principal public libraries for class A and B towns, respectively, shall receive three times and two times as much on a per capita basis as principal public libraries for class C towns.

(3) Grants to the principal public library for each town shall be determined as follows: Said funds available for purposes of this subsection shall be multiplied by the per cent of funds per class to determine an appropriation per class; the appropriation per class shall be divided by the total population per class to determine an amount per capita; the grant for the principal public library for each town shall be the town's total population multiplied by the amount per capita. For purposes of this subdivision, “total population” of a town means that enumerated in the most recent federal decennial census of population.

(e) Application for grants under this section shall be made to the State Library Board in such form and at such time as the board designates. The grant may be used for general library purposes and no portion of the grant money shall revert to the general fund of the town or towns normally served by such library.

(f) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall make available, upon the request of the State Library Board, such information as is needed by the board to determine grant payments in accordance with the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section.

(g) The State Library Board shall report triennially to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to education on the impact of the state grants distributed pursuant to this section.

(h) The State Library Board shall, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

(i) No principal public library shall be eligible to receive a state grant in accordance with the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section if such principal public library does not maintain and adhere to collection development, collection management and collection reconsideration policies that have been approved by the governing body of such library. Such collection reconsideration policy shall offer residents a clear process to request a reconsideration of library materials. In the instance of a book challenge, these policies shall govern.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8a
Sec. 11-8a. Retention, destruction and transfer of documents. Centralized microcopying services.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Librarian may require each such state agency, or each political subdivision of the state, to inventory all books, records, papers and documents under its jurisdiction and to submit to the State Librarian for approval retention schedules for all such books, records, papers and documents, or the State Librarian may undertake such inventories and establish such retention schedules, based on the administrative need of retaining such books, records, papers and documents within agency offices or in suitable records centers. Each agency head, and each local official concerned, shall notify the State Librarian of any changes in the administrative requirements for the retention of any book, record, paper or document subsequent to the approval of retention schedules by the State Librarian.

(c) If the Public Records Administrator and the State Archivist determine that certain books, records, papers and documents which have no further administrative, fiscal or legal usefulness are of historical value to the state, the State Librarian shall direct that they be transferred to the State Library. If the State Librarian determines that such books, records, papers and documents are of no administrative, fiscal, or legal value, and the Public Records Administrator and State Archivist determine that they are of no historical value to the state, the State Librarian shall approve their disposal, whereupon the head of the state agency or political subdivision shall dispose of them as directed by the State Librarian.

(d) The State Librarian may establish and carry out a program of inventorying, repairing and microcopying for the security of those records of political subdivisions of the state which he determines to have permanent value; and he may provide safe storage for the security of such microcopies of such records.

(e) The State Library Board may transfer any of the books, records, documents, papers, files and reports turned over to the State Librarian pursuant to the provisions of this section and section 11-4c . The State Library Board shall have sole authority to authorize any such transfers. The State Library Board shall adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of this subsection.

(f) Each state agency shall cooperate with the State Librarian to carry out the provisions of this section and shall designate an agency employee to serve as the records management liaison officer for this purpose.

See Sec. 7-109 re destruction of documents by municipal officials, boards or commissioners.

Cited. 223 C. 731.

Subsec. (c):

Destruction of public records is an illegal subject of bargaining. 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-1a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-1a
Sec. 11-1a. Programs of state-wide library service.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Library Board shall create and maintain one or more library research centers which shall utilize any appropriate sources of information, both within and outside of the state, to meet the needs of those making inquiries.

(c) The State Library Board shall maintain the state's principal law library which shall be located in the State Library and Supreme Court Building. The State Library Board shall distribute state documents, statutes and public acts to the law libraries established pursuant to section 11-10b .

(d) The State Library Board shall create and maintain a library service for the blind and other persons with disabilities, as provided for in 2 USC Sections 135a, 135a-1 and 135b. The State Library Board shall consult with the advisory committee relating to the library for blind and physically disabled persons and the Commissioner of Aging and Disability Services, or the commissioner's designee, before taking any action that may diminish or substantively change the library services described in this subsection.

See Sec. 11-19a re system of law libraries.

See Sec. 11-23a re library service centers in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas.

See Sec. 11-23b re library service centers for public libraries and public schools.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-9d — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-9d
Sec. 11-9d. Duties of state agencies re tangible and intangible publications. Designation of staff.
Status: in_force

(b) Every state agency shall, upon publication, deposit a sufficient number of copies of each of its tangible publications with the State Library to meet the needs of the depository library system.

(c) Every state agency shall, upon publication, supply the State Library with, or notify the State Library of the existence, availability and location of its intangible publications.

Cited. 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-23a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-23a
Sec. 11-23a. Library service center in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 11-23b re library service centers for public libraries and public schools.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-1 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-1
Sec. 11-1. Appointment and duties of board.
Status: in_force

(b) The board may elect annually a chairman from its members to serve a term of one year from his election or until his successor is elected. The chairman shall represent the board in certifying such actions as the board may approve. The board shall provide for the supervision of the State Library by a State Librarian who shall serve as the chief administrative officer of the board and shall have administrative authority over the State Library and responsibility for its supervision.

(c) The board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairman deems necessary or upon the request of a majority of members in office. A majority of the members in office, but not less than four, shall constitute a quorum. Any appointed member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office.

(d) The State Library Board shall appoint the State Librarian. Except when specifically prohibited by the conditions, if any, upon which a gift was created or by a conditional sales agreement, the board is authorized to sell, trade or otherwise dispose of any unwanted duplicate, out-of-date or irrelevant materials within the collections of the State Library, provided that the monetary proceeds of such a transaction, if any, shall be deemed to be funds from private sources. The State Library Board is authorized to establish a nonprofit foundation for the purpose of raising funds from private sources to enhance the collections and programs of the library and the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage. All funds from private sources shall be held in the manner prescribed by sections 4-37e to 4-37j , inclusive, for use in furthering any purpose the board considers to be in harmony with the original purpose of the gift or purchase of such materials. The board shall engage in planning for state-wide library service, other than for school libraries, and for the establishment of a research center to facilitate the most effective use of materials in public, university, professional and industrial libraries and may take such action as is necessary to secure maximum state participation in federal aid for public libraries, for scholarships for students of library science and for cooperative library projects. The board may, by regulation, establish standards for principal public libraries and procedures for naming such libraries and periodically review the same. To carry out its duties under the general statutes, the board may make contracts, subject to the approval of the Attorney General and to any appropriations made for such purpose or the availability of other public or private funds.

(e) The State Library Board shall be within the Department of Education for administrative purposes only.

(f) (1) The State Library Board shall appoint an advisory council for library planning and development. The council shall assist the board with the development of state and federal library plans, advise the board on state policies and activities for library development, cooperation among different types of libraries and use of automated communication systems to support cooperative information services and assist the board in evaluating the usefulness of such activities to residents of the state.

(2) The council shall consist of the following persons: Three public library representatives, one of whom shall be from a tax-supported public library serving a population of less than ten thousand, one of whom shall be from such a library serving a population of ten thousand or more and less than one hundred thousand and one of whom shall be from such a library serving a population of one hundred thousand or more; one representative of a cooperating library service unit; one representative of libraries which participate in shared automated library systems; one representative of the Connecticut Library Association; one special library representative; one representative from the academic library community; one representative from the school library community; one representative of institution libraries; one representative of a library serving the handicapped; one representative from the Department of Education; one representative from the Board of Regents for Higher Education; and six users of libraries represented on the council. The State Librarian shall represent the board and shall be an ex-officio, nonvoting member. The council shall designate one of its members to serve as a liaison to the board.

(3) Except for members of the council who represent state agencies, nine of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of one year, eight of such members shall serve for a term of two years and thereafter members shall serve for a term of two years. The State Library Board shall determine which of the members first appointed shall serve for a term of one year and which of such members shall serve for a term of two years. Members may serve up to two consecutive terms. After serving such terms, a member may be reappointed after a minimum of one year without service on the council. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services but may be reimbursed for any necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

(4) To achieve its purposes, the council may form task forces to address specific library issues. The task forces shall include representatives from the library community and users of libraries who possess expertise in the subject areas addressed by the task forces.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.

See Sec. 4b-11 re State Library Board's responsibility for building and grounds of State Library and Supreme Court.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-2 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-2
Sec. 11-2. Powers and duties of State Librarian.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-35ee re State Librarian's duties under Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act.

See Sec. 11-23 re State Librarian's duty to advise and assist public libraries.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-80 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-80
Sec. 11-80. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Museum” means any nonprofit or public institution that is organized for educational, scientific, historic or aesthetic purposes, and which owns, borrows, cares for, studies, archives or exhibits property. Museums may include, but not be limited to, historical societies, parks, historic sites and monuments, archives and libraries;

(2) “Property” means any tangible object in the possession of and under a museum's care that has intrinsic educational, scientific, historical, artistic, aesthetic or cultural value;

(3) “Loan” means a deposit with a museum that (A) title to the property is not transferred to the museum, (B) the loan agreement for such deposit does not include a provision that the museum acquire title at some time after such deposit is made, or (C) the loan agreement for such deposit includes an option for the museum to acquire title at some time after such deposit is made;

(4) “Lender” means a person whose name appears on the records of a museum as the person legally entitled to, or claiming to be legally entitled to, property held by the museum or, if such person is deceased, the legal heirs of such person.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-81 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-81
Sec. 11-81. When property on loan deemed donated to museum. Termination of loan of property. Notice of change in ownership information. Notice of laws governing property loaned to museums.
Status: in_force

(b) A museum may terminate a loan of property for any property that was loaned to the museum for an indefinite term if the property has been in the possession of the museum for at least five years. Any property on loan to a museum and whose loan agreement indicates that such property is on permanent loan to the museum shall be considered loaned for an indefinite term for purposes of this subsection. The property for any loan of property that has been terminated pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed donated to the museum.

(c) A museum may terminate a loan of property for any property that was loaned to the museum for a specified term after the expiration of such specified term, provided the museum provides notice of such termination in accordance with the provisions of section 11-84 . The property for any loan of property that has been terminated pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed donated to the museum.

(d) The owner of property loaned to a museum shall provide such museum with written notice of (1) any change of the address of such owner, (2) the designated agent of such owner, (3) the address of such designated agent, and (4) the name and address of any new owner of such property if there is a change in the ownership of such property loaned to the museum.

(e) A museum accepting a loan of property shall provide the owner of such property a written copy of the provisions of sections 11-80 to 11-89 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8n — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8n
Sec. 11-8n. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Librarian shall establish a committee to advise such State Librarian on the development and implementation of regulations under this section. The State Librarian shall designate the members of the committee who shall include representatives of small, medium and large municipalities and municipalities in all geographic regions of the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-6a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-6a
Sec. 11-6a. Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage. Advisory committee. Director.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established an advisory committee to advise the State Library Board with respect to the policies, collections, programs, activities and operations of the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage. The advisory committee shall consist of eight members as follows: The chairperson of the Historic Preservation Council, or the chairperson's designee; the executive director of the Connecticut Historical Society; the State Historian; and five persons appointed by the Governor, three of whom shall be experienced museum professionals.

(c) The State Librarian shall, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, appoint an assistant who shall be the director of the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage. The director shall be a qualified and experienced museum professional.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-9b — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-9b
Sec. 11-9b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “State publications” means all publications printed or otherwise produced in tangible form, and all publications produced in electronic or other intangible form, by or under the direction of the state or any officer thereof, or any other agency supported wholly or in part by state funds;

(b) “Publication” means any document issued by a state agency that is available to the public, regardless of format or purpose, including legislatively mandated reports, with the exception of routine correspondence;

(c) “State agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board and commission, permanent or temporary in nature, whether legislative, executive or judicial, and any subdivisions of each, including state-supported institutions of higher education;

(d) “Depository library” means the designated library for collecting, maintaining and making available to the general public Connecticut state agency publications.

Cited. 216 C. 253.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-25 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-25
Sec. 11-25. Reports by libraries. Confidentiality of records.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Notwithstanding section 1-210 , records maintained by libraries that can be used to identify any library user, or link any user to a library transaction, regardless of format, shall be kept confidential, except that the records may be disclosed to officers, employees and agents of the library, as necessary for operation of the library.

(2) Information contained in such records shall not be released to any third party, except (A) pursuant to a court order, or (B) with the written permission of the library user whose personal information is contained in the records.

(3) For purposes of this subsection, “library” includes any library regularly open to the public, whether public or private, maintained by any industrial, commercial or other group or association, or by any governmental agency, but does not include libraries maintained by schools and institutions of higher education.

(4) No provision of this subsection shall be construed to prevent a library from publishing or making available to the public statistical reports regarding library registration and use of library materials, if such reports do not contain personally identifying information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-32 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-32
Sec. 11-32. Legislative body of municipality may establish or operate a public library.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 11-20 re power of towns, cities, boroughs, fire districts and incorporated school districts to establish public libraries.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-88 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 194 / Section 11-88
Sec. 11-88. Rights and obligations of lenders, claimants and museums identified in loan agreements. Other means of establishing or perfecting title to property available to museums.
Status: in_force

(b) The provisions of sections 11-80 to 11-89 , inclusive, shall not preclude a museum from availing itself of any other means of establishing or perfecting title to property in the possession of the museum.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-20 — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-20
Sec. 11-20. Establishment. Gifts. Pensions.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-403 re deposit of funds in custodian account.

See Sec. 11-32 re power of city councils to establish and maintain public libraries.

Devise to city, with discretionary power as to its application, sustained, although at the time of testator's death there was no public library. 60 C. 32.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-8l — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 188 / Section 11-8l
Sec. 11-8l. Historic documents preservation grant program. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The Public Records Administrator shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, relative priorities for the approval of grants under this section. Such priorities may take into account the differing needs of municipalities, the need for consistency and equity in the distribution of grant awards and the extent to which particular projects may advance the purposes of this section. The Public Records Administrator may establish further criteria for the approval of grants under this section. Not later than February 1, 2001, the Public Records Administrator shall develop and disseminate a pamphlet that describes the evaluation process for grant applications under this section. In awarding grants under this section, the Public Records Administrator shall consult with the State Archivist and any other person the Public Records Administrator deems necessary.

(c) The Public Records Administrator shall authorize grant awards under this section on or before July thirty-first and December thirty-first of each fiscal year in which payment of a grant is to be made.

(d) The Public Records Administrator shall allocate seventy per cent of the moneys in the historic documents preservation account in any fiscal year to fund applications submitted under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-31a — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-31a
Sec. 11-31a. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Connecticard” means a cooperative program among public libraries in Connecticut which allows a resident of any town in the state who holds a valid borrower card issued by his home library to use that card to borrow materials from any public library in the state that is participating in the program;

(b) “Connecticard transaction” means each lending of a recognized unit of library material by a participating library to a person who is a resident of any Connecticut town except the town in which the library is located or any towns for which the library has been designated the principal public library and who has presented a valid Connecticard borrower card at the library making the loan;

(c) “Net plus transaction” means the library services, based on the number of items loaned, rendered to nonresidents of towns normally served by libraries offering state-wide services in excess of the library service rendered to residents of such towns by other libraries;

(d) “Participating library” means a library which has signed a letter of agreement on file with the State Library;

(e) “Resident” means that a person is principally domiciled in a town. A borrower who holds dual residency or who owns property in more than one town is considered a resident only in the town where he is principally domiciled. In all other towns, that borrower shall be a nonresident.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-24c — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 190 / Section 11-24c
Sec. 11-24c. Construction cost grants. Emergency repair grants.
Status: in_force

(b) For applications submitted on or after July 1, 2013, and before July 1, 2023, the board shall grant an amount up to one-half of the total construction cost, not to exceed one million dollars, for each approved project within the limits of the available funding for such projects. For applications submitted on or after July 1, 2023, the board shall grant for each approved project, within the limits of the available funding for such projects, (1) an amount up to one-half of the total construction cost of such project, not to exceed two million dollars, or (2) an amount up to eighty per cent of the total construction cost of such project, not to exceed two million dollars, if such project is located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p .

(c) The State Library Board shall make emergency repair grants to public libraries established pursuant to this chapter for emergency repairs to buildings and equipment, as approved by the board. The board may grant an amount up to one-half of the emergency repair cost, not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for each approved emergency repair project within the limits of the available funding for such project.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 11-19b — Connecticut Code / Title 11 / Chapter 189 / Section 11-19b
Sec. 11-19b. (Formerly Sec. 11-10). Law library use and regulation.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 11-19e re furnishing of legislative materials to law libraries.

See Sec. 51-215 re furnishing of Supreme Court case records and briefs to law libraries.