Local government must continue to expend an amount for library service, i.e., operating expenditures, not less than that of the preceding fiscal year, as reported on the Annual Report for Public Libraries. Libraries must have paid employees who are employees of the town, city, county or system. Town, city, county or system must pay said employees at least the federally required minimum wage and meet the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. All personnel who work more than 20 hours a week must attend at least one continuing education program each year offered by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries, or approved by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries from institutions of higher education, vo-tech schools or library associations. Staff in library systems or public libraries serving over 25,000 may meet this requirement with in-house training.
Personnel are exempt if they have been employed at the library less than one year.
Multi-county library systems must abide by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries' Rules and Regulations concerning systems. Libraries must file a report of expenditures made with state aid grant funds each year by August 15th and library systems by October 1st. Libraries must have a written statement of purpose. Libraries must provide bibliographic access to their collections . Libraries serving a population of 10,000 or more must have submitted to the Oklahoma Department of Libraries a long range plan written or updated within the last 3 years.