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NH Rev Stat § 201-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:5 - State Library Staff.

    201-D:5 State Library Staff. –||The state library shall employ consultants and other staff to promote the development system by working with library forums, cooperatives, and other groups which include member libraries.|||Source. 1981, 499:2, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:6 - Areas.

    201-D:6 Areas. –||The state shall be divided into 4 or more library areas. These areas shall coincide geographically with the local automated systems. Each area may include one or more cooperatives. The commissioner shall set the number and boundaries of the areas as the automated networks develop. The goal of these decisions shall be to promote cooperative efforts on a local basis and to promote the most efficient use of local and state library resources.|||Source. 1981, 499:2. 1985, 268:6, I(b). 1987, 7:1, eff. May 22, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:7 - Library Forums.

    201-D:7 Library Forums. –||Each library area shall have a library forum consisting of one representative from each public library, at least one representative from each school district, and a representative of each other than public library which chooses to participate. The state library shall be represented on each forum.|||Source. 1981, 499:2, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:8 - Selection of Representatives.

    201-D:8 Selection of Representatives. –||The board of trustees of each public library, and the governing body of each other than public library, shall select its representative to the area library forum.|||Source. 1981, 499:2, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:9 - Purposes.

    201-D:9 Purposes. –||The purposes of the library forums are to:||I. Encourage information sharing between area libraries.||II. Promote cooperative planning and services among area libraries.||III. Provide liaison between area libraries and the state library.||IV. Communicate with the commissioner on local needs and state library services.|||Source. 1981, 499:2. 1985, 268:6, I(b).|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:10 - Rulemaking.

    201-D:10 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A and after public hearing, and subject to ratification by the state library council, relative to:||I. Standards for the associate, certified and accredited categories, and for any subcategory, concerning any or all of the following:||(a) Level of service;||(b) Evaluation and planning;||(c) Cooperation with other libraries;||(d) Participation in the library forum and statewide programs;||(e) Personnel qualifications;||(f) Organization of materials; and||(g) Physical facilities.||II. Allocation of state aid and other funds to individual libraries, cooperatives and other groups, and library areas. For state aid, this shall include setting the allocation rate for each membership category and the local library expenditures to be counted in applying the rate.||III. Requirements that member libraries adopt written policies concerning any or all of the following:||(a) General objectives;||(b) Organization of materials;||(c) Materials selection and collection development;||(d) Personnel;||(e) Public relations; and||(f) Cooperation with public school libraries.||IV. Reporting requirements for funded programs and services.||V. Number and boundaries of library areas.||VI. Democratic procedures for library forums.|||Source. 1981, 499:2. 1985, 268:26.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-D:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-D - Statewide Library Development System|Section 201-D:11 - Library User Records; Confidentiality.

    201-D:11 Library User Records;  Confidentiality. –||I. Library records which contain the names or other personal identifying information regarding the users of public or other than public libraries shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed except as provided in paragraph II. Such records include, but are not limited to, library, information system, and archival records related to the circulation and use of library materials or services, including records of materials that have been viewed or stored in electronic form.||II. Records described in paragraph I may be disclosed to the extent necessary for the proper operation of such libraries and shall be disclosed upon request by or consent of the user or pursuant to subpoena, court order, or where otherwise required by statute.||III. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any library from releasing statistical information and other data regarding the circulation or use of library materials provided, however, that the identity of the users of such library materials shall be considered confidential and shall not be disclosed to the general public except as provided in paragraph II.|||Source. 1989, 184:3, eff. July 21, 1989. 2009, 273:1, eff. July 29, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:1 - Title.

    201-E:1 Title. –||This chapter may be cited as the "Museum Property Act".|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:2 - Definitions.

    201-E:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Loan" means a deposit of property not accompanied by a transfer of title to the property.||II. "Museum" means an institution located in New Hampshire operated by a nonprofit corporation or a public agency, primarily for educational, scientific, historic preservation, or aesthetic purposes, which owns, cares for, exhibits, studies, archives, or catalogs property. "Museum" includes, but is not limited to, historical societies, historic sites or landmarks, parks, monuments, and libraries.||III. "Property" means a tangible object, animate or inanimate, under a museum's care which has intrinsic historic, artistic, scientific, or cultural value.|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:3 - Property Held Without a Loan Agreement.

    201-E:3 Property Held Without a Loan Agreement. –||Any property held by a museum within the state, other than by terms of a loan agreement, that has been held for 5 years or more and has remained unclaimed shall be deemed to be abandoned. Such property shall become the property of the museum, if the museum has given notice pursuant to RSA 201-E:5 and no assertion of title has been filed for the property within 90 days from the date of the second published notice.|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:4 - Property Held Subject to a Loan Agreement.

    201-E:4 Property Held Subject to a Loan Agreement. –||I. Property subject to a loan agreement which is on loan to a museum shall be deemed to be donated to the museum if no claim is made or action filed to recover the property after termination or expiration of the loan and if the museum has given notice under RSA 201-E:5 and no assertion of title has been filed within 90 days from the date of the second published notice.||II. A museum may terminate a loan of property if the property was loaned to the museum for an indefinite term and the property has been held by the museum for 5 years or more. Property on "permanent loan" shall be considered loaned for an indefinite term.||III. If property was loaned to the museum for a specified term, the museum may give notice of termination of the loan at any time after expiration of the specified term.||IV. It is the responsibility of the owner of property on loan to a museum to notify the museum promptly in writing of any change of address or change in ownership of the property.||V. When a museum accepts a loan of property, the museum shall inform the owner in writing of the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:5 - Notice Requirements.

    201-E:5 Notice Requirements. –||I. When a museum is required to give notice of abandonment of property or of termination of a loan, the museum shall mail such notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known owner at the most recent address of such owner as shown on the museum's records. If the museum has no address on record, or the museum does not receive written proof of receipt of the mailed notice within 30 days of the date the notice was mailed, the museum shall publish notice, at least once each week for 2 consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in both the county in which the museum is located and the county in which the last known address, if available, of the owner is located.||II. The published notice shall contain:||(a) A description of the unclaimed property;||(b) The name and last known address of the owner;||(c) A request that all persons who may have any knowledge of the whereabouts of the owner provide written notice to the museum; and||(d) A statement that if written assertion of title is not presented by the owner to the museum within 90 days from the date of the second published notice, the property shall be considered abandoned or donated and shall become the property of the museum.||III. For purposes of this chapter, if the loan of property was made to a branch of a museum, the museum shall be considered to be located in the county in which the branch is located. Otherwise the museum is located in the county in which it has its principal place of business.|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:6 - Property Vested In Museum.

    201-E:6 Property Vested In Museum. –||I. If no written assertion of title has been presented by the owner to the museum within 90 days from the date of the second published notice, title to the property shall vest in the museum, free of all claims of the owner and of all persons claiming under the owner.||II. One who purchases or otherwise acquires property from a museum acquires good title to the property if the museum has acquired title to the property under this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 87:2, eff. June 30, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 201-E:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 201-E - Museum Property Act|Section 201-E:7 - Rulemaking.

    201-E:7 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to:||I. The form of written notification to persons loaning property under RSA 201-E:4, V.||II. Procedures for recordkeeping.|||Source. 1989, 87:2. 1990, 73:1. 1998, 363:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:1 - Declaration of Policy.

    202-A:1 Declaration of Policy. –||Mindful that, as the constitution declares, "knowledge and learning, generally diffused through a community" are "essential to the preservation of a free government" the legislature recognizes its duty to encourage the people of New Hampshire to extend their education during and beyond the years of formal education. To this end, it hereby declares that the public library is a valuable supplement to the formal system of free public education and as such deserves adequate financial support from government at all levels.|||Source. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:2 - Definitions.

    202-A:2 Definitions. –||As used in this chapter the following words shall be construed as follows unless the context clearly requires otherwise:||I. "Public library" shall mean every library which receives regular financial support, at least annually, from public or private sources and which provides regular and currently useful library service to the public without charge. The words may be construed to include reference and circulating libraries, reading rooms and museums regularly open to the public.||II. "Library trustees" shall mean the governing board of a public library.|||Source. 1891, 62:3, 4, 5. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:50. RL 15:50. RSA 202:1. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:3 - Establishment.

    202-A:3 Establishment. –||Any town may establish a public library by majority vote at any duly warned town meeting. Any town may vote in the same manner to accept a public library which has been provided, in whole or in part, by private donation or bequest and may accept any bequest, devise or donation for the establishment, maintenance and support of such a library. The powers herein granted to a town may be exercised by a city by vote of the city council.|||Source. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:3-a - Records and Meetings Subject to Right-to-Know Law.

    202-A:3-a Records and Meetings Subject to Right-to-Know Law. –||A public library established or accepted by a town or city shall be deemed a "public agency," and the library trustees a "public body," for purposes of RSA 91-A, and they shall be subject to all applicable provisions of that chapter; provided, however, that any books, documents, records, or other information maintained by a public library that is exempted or protected from disclosure by other provisions of law shall not be subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A.|||Source. 2012, 96:1, eff. July 28, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:4 - Maintenance.

    202-A:4 Maintenance. –||Any city or town having a public library shall annually raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to provide and maintain adequate public library service therein or to supplement funds otherwise provided.|||Source. 1895, 118:1-8. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:51. 1927, 82:2. 1933, 60:1. RL 15:51. RSA 202:2. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:4-a - Cooperatives.

    202-A:4-a Cooperatives. –||Any public library may join library cooperatives consisting of public libraries, or of public and other than public libraries including school, college and university, and special libraries. Towns are authorized to raise and appropriate sufficient money for participation in cooperatives.|||Source. 1981, 499:4, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:4-b - Contracts for Services.

    202-A:4-b Contracts for Services. –||Any town may contract with another town or city, or with an institution or other organization, for any library service. If a town meeting votes to enter into such a contract, the town shall raise and appropriate sufficient money to carry out the contract.|||Source. 1981, 499:4, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:4-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:4-c - Trustees' Authority to Accept and Expend Gifts.

    202-A:4-c Trustees' Authority to Accept and Expend Gifts. –||I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any town at an annual meeting may adopt an article authorizing indefinitely until specific rescission of such authority, the public library trustees to apply for, accept and expend, without further action by the town meeting, unanticipated money from the state, federal or other governmental unit or a private source which becomes available during the fiscal year. The following shall apply:||(a) Such warrant article to be voted on shall read: "Shall the town accept the provisions of RSA 202-A:4-c providing that any town at an annual meeting may adopt an article authorizing indefinitely, until specific rescission of such authority, the public library trustees to apply for, accept and expend, without further action by the town meeting, unanticipated money from a state, federal or other governmental unit or a private source which becomes available during the fiscal year?"||(b) If a majority of voters voting on the question vote in the affirmative, the proposed warrant article shall be in effect in accordance with the terms of the article until such time as the town meeting votes to rescind its vote.||II. Such money shall be used only for legal purposes for which a town may appropriate money.||III. (a) For unanticipated moneys in the amount of $5,000 or more, the public library trustees shall hold a prior public hearing on the action to be taken. Notice of the time, place, and subject of such hearing shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the relevant municipality at least 7 days before the hearing is held.||(b) The public library trustees may establish the amount of unanticipated funds required for notice under this subparagraph, provided such amount is less than $5,000. For unanticipated moneys in an amount less than $5,000, the public library trustees shall post notice of the moneys in the agenda, if any, and shall include notice in the minutes of the public library trustees meeting in which such moneys are discussed. The acceptance of unanticipated moneys under this subparagraph shall be made in public session of any regular public library trustees meeting.||IV. Action to be taken under this section shall:||(a) Not require the expenditure of other town funds except those funds lawfully appropriated for the same purpose; and||(b) Be exempt from all provisions of RSA 32, relative to limitations and expenditures of town moneys.|||Source. 1991, 31:1. 1993, 176:16. 2005, 188:3, eff. Aug. 29, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:4-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:4-d - Acceptance of Personal Property Donated to Libraries.

    202-A:4-d Acceptance of Personal Property Donated to Libraries. –||I. Any town at an annual meeting may adopt an article authorizing the public library trustees to accept gifts of personal property, other than money, which may be offered to the library for any public purpose, and such authorization shall remain in effect until rescinded by a vote of town meeting.||II. The warrant article may require that, prior to the acceptance of any gift valued at over $5,000, the public library trustees shall hold a public hearing on the proposed acceptance.||III. No acceptance of any personal property under the authority of this section shall be deemed to bind the town or the library trustees to raise, appropriate, or expend any public funds for the operation, maintenance, repair, or replacement of such personal property.|||Source. 1996, 33:1, eff. June 23, 1996; 216:1, eff. June 23, 1996, at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:5 - Status.

    202-A:5 Status. –||Every public library shall remain forever free to the use of every resident of the town wherein it is located.|||Source. 1891, 62:3, 4, 5. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:50. RL 15:50. RSA 202:1. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:6 - Library Trustees; Election; Alternates.

    202-A:6 Library Trustees;  Election;  Alternates. –||The library trustees shall have the entire custody and management of the public library and of all the property of the town relating thereto, including appropriations held pursuant to RSA 202-A:11, III, but excepting trust funds held by the town. Any town having a public library shall, at a duly warned town meeting, elect a board of library trustees consisting of any odd number of persons which the town may decide to elect. Such trustees shall serve staggered 3-year terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. There may be no more than 3 alternates as provided in RSA 202-A:10.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:52. RL 15:55. RSA 202:6. 1963, 46:1. 1987, 89:1. 2000, 9:2, eff. April 16, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:7 - Special Provisions.

    202-A:7 Special Provisions. –||In any town where a public library has been acquired by the town, in whole or in part, by donation or bequest containing other conditions or provisions for the election of its trustees or other governing board, which conditions have been agreed to by vote of the town and which conditions do not provide for a representative of the public, a special library trustee, to represent the public, shall be elected by the town for a 3-year term. Said special trustee shall act with the other trustees.|||Source. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:8 - City Trustees.

    202-A:8 City Trustees. –||The trustees of a public library in a city shall be elected as provided in the city charter. In case of trustees of a city library acquired by a city in whole or in part, by donation or bequest containing other conditions or provisions for the election or appointment of trustees, which conditions do not provide for a representative of the public on the board, the city council shall elect to said board a public trustee for a 3-year term.|||Source. 1963, 46:1, eff. July 1, 1963.|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:9 - Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XX, eff. July 1, 1979.

    202-A:9 Repealed by 1979, 410:2, XX, eff. July 1, 1979. –|
NH Rev Stat § 202-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Libraries|Title 202-A - Public Libraries|Section 202-A:10 - Library Trustees; Vacancies; Alternates.

    202-A:10 Library Trustees;  Vacancies;  Alternates. –||Vacancies occurring on any board of library trustees in a town shall be filled as provided in RSA 669:75. A vacancy occurring among the publicly elected members of the board of library trustees of a city library shall be filled by the city council or other appropriate appointing authority within 2 months of the notice by the remaining members of the board of trustees. The board of library trustees may recommend to the appointing authority names of persons for appointment to vacancies on expired terms. The board of library trustees may recommend to the appointing authority the names of no more than 3 persons who may serve as alternate members on the board when elected members of the board are unable to attend a board meeting. The alternate members shall be appointed to one-year terms.|||Source. 1917, 59:1. PL 10:55. RL 15:58. RSA 202:9. 1963, 46:1. 1979, 410:19. 2000, 9:3, eff. April 16, 2000.|