Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 3030 - THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY SYSTEM ACT › Subpart A - PURPOSE AND DEFINITIONS › Section 3030.110 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Academic Library" means the library or libraries of an
				  institution of education beyond the secondary level that is recognized by the
				  Illinois Board of Higher Education as either an Illinois academic institution
				  or an out-of-state academic institution with a physical presence in
				  Illinois.
"Act" means the Illinois Library System Act [75 ILCS 10
				  ].
"Annual Application" means the application a library system
				  submits to the Illinois State Library for a System Area and Per Capita Grant
				  funded in 23 Ill. Adm. Code
				  3035.100.
				  The components of the application are in Sections
				  3030.265 and
				  3030.345 of
				  this Part.
"Automated Discovery Tools" include, but are not limited to,
				  bibliographic library databases, journal databases and image databases and
				  provide access to library and information resources.
"Bibliographically Organized Collection" means library
				  materials, regardless of format, are arranged in a logical sequence in
				  accordance with national standards so that individual items can be
				  located.
"Bibliographic Library Database" means an automated
				  collection of information about the holdings of one or more libraries. OCLC and
				  integrated library systems are examples of bibliographic databases.
"Branch Library" means a separately located building of a
				  library organization where library materials or services are made available to
				  be borrowed or used by patrons or, in academic libraries, a separate collection
				  or departmental library associated with a specific discipline.
"Certification" means the process by which library system
				  members annually qualify and provide information to the library system and the
				  Illinois State Library about continued eligibility for library system
				  membership.
"Core Services" means the basic services, funded by the
				  annual System Area and Per Capita Grant, that are provided by library systems
				  to all full member libraries. The core services are specified by the State
				  Librarian and addressed in the annual library system application, specified in
				  Sections
				  3030.265 and
				  3030.345. Core services include the areas specified in the library system
				  standards in Sections
				  3030.215
				  and
				  3030.315.
"Delivery" means the physical transfer of library materials
				  among full library system members, library systems and the Illinois State
				  Library using vehicles, commercial couriers and/or mail. Delivery is a core
				  system service.
"Developmental Library" means a library that does not meet
				  the requirements for full library system membership as of the effective date of
				  this Part but is eligible for library system communications and assistance from
				  library system staff in addressing full membership as the library works towards
				  full system membership.
"Eligible Elector" means a person who is eligible to register
				  and vote, under the provisions of Section 3-1 of the Illinois Election Code [10
				  ILCS 5 ], in the geographic area of the library system.
"Fees" means those charges, with justification disclosed, in
				  the library system's annual application and approved by the State Librarian
				  prior to implementation.
"Full Member" means a library that meets the criteria for
				  full library system membership as specified in Section
				  3030.200.
"Governing Authority" means the body or individual that has
				  the legal authority to enter into contracts on behalf of the institution
				  desiring to become a member of a library system.
"Illinois Library Delivery Service" means the statewide
				  vehicular delivery service, funded by the Illinois State Library, that provides
				  delivery to library system headquarters and designated facilities, eligible
				  academic members and the Illinois State Library in order to facilitate the
				  movement of books and other library materials throughout the State, pursuant to
				  Sections
				  3030.215(d)
				  and
				  3030.315(d).
"ILLINET" means the Illinois Library and Information Network,
				  which consists of the library systems, their full member libraries and the
				  Illinois State Library.
"Illinois State Library Advisory Committee" means the
				  statutory advisory committee of the Illinois State Library as specified in
				  Section 5 of the State Library Act [15 ILCS 320 ].
"Integrated Library System" means a bibliographic library
				  database with multiple functions such as acquisitions, bibliographic control,
				  cataloging, circulation, course reserves, media booking, and the patron online
				  catalog.
"Interlibrary Loan" means the process by which a library
				  requests material from, or supplies material to, another library. Whether
				  initiated by library staff or patron, the purpose of interlibrary loan is to
				  obtain, upon request of a library patron, material not available in the
				  patron's local library. Circulation of materials between a central library and
				  its branches or within a school district is not considered interlibrary
				  loan.
"Library" means an entity that serves the basic information
				  and library needs of its patrons through a bibliographically organized
				  collection of library materials, is open at least 15 hours per week, and is
				  staffed by one or more employees serving as librarians working a minimum of 15
				  hours per week. The collection must have ongoing financial support, be
				  accessible centrally, and occupy identifiable quarters in one principal
				  location. These requirements can be met through contractual services provided
				  by another library.
"Local Library System Automation Program" means an integrated
				  library system open to membership by full library system members of all types
				  developed by or receiving financial or in kind support from a library
				  system.
"Multitype Library System" means a library system that meets
				  the requirements of Section (2)(l) of the Act, serving a minimum of 150,000
				  inhabitants or an area of not less than 4,000 square miles and serving a
				  minimum of 10 or more public libraries, elementary and secondary school
				  libraries, institutions of higher education libraries and special
				  libraries.
"Nonresident" means an individual residing in Illinois who
				  does not have his or her principal residence within a public library service
				  area.
"Patron" means an individual who is entitled to borrow
				  materials from a specific library by virtue of his or her relationship to the
				  library or its parent institution.
"Plan of Service" means how the library system will achieve
				  the objectives and standards of the Act and this Part and includes the items
				  listed in Sections
				  3030.265 and
				  3030.345
				  (Annual Application).
"Public Library" means a tax-supported public library
				  established by or as a governmental unit that is authorized to levy a tax for
				  library purposes or supports the library at least in part from local tax
				  revenues. Such a library is established by a city, village, incorporated town,
				  township, county or library district under the Illinois Local Library Act [75
				  ILCS 5 ], the Village Library Act [75 ILCS 40 ], Division 5-38 of the Counties
				  Code (Public County Library Service) [55 ILCS 5 /Div. 5-38], the Village
				  Library Conversion Act [75 ILCS 45 ], the Library Property Sale Act [75 ILCS 55
				  ], and the Public Library District Act of 1991 [75 ILCS 16 ]. A library that
				  receives no income from local tax sources but does receive on-going income from
				  other sources at least sufficient to qualify for per capita grants provided in
				  Section
				  8.1 of the Act, and
				  provides library service to the residents of a city, village, incorporated
				  town, township or county through contractual agreement, may also be considered
				  a public library.
"Public Library System" means a public library that serves a
				  city of over 500,000 population and is established as a public library system
				  under the Act.
"Reciprocal Access" means how the resources of all full
				  member libraries of a library system are made available to all library patrons
				  in the system area. Reciprocal access benefits should be imposed equally among
				  all reciprocal access patrons and can include interlibrary loans, photocopy
				  service, reference service, use of library materials on site, and other
				  services. The library governing authority may approve reasonable restrictions,
				  applied equally among all reciprocal access patrons, for services such as
				  computer access, library programs and meeting room use in accordance with the
				  library system's resource sharing plan.
"Reciprocal Borrowing" means the right of a person who holds
				  a valid, in-good-standing library registration card from a full member public
				  library to borrow materials on site from other library system full member
				  public libraries under the same conditions that the library provides those
				  materials to its patrons, subject to reasonable restrictions approved by the
				  library's governing board in accordance with requirements of the library
				  system's resource sharing plan and this Part. The term "reciprocal borrowing"
				  encompasses "Statewide Reciprocal Borrowing" and "System-wide Reciprocal
				  Borrowing", which are also defined in this Section.
"Resource Discovery Tools" means library research software
				  that allows a library user to search multiple web-based electronic resources
				  simultaneously and bring back usable search results.
"Resource Sharing" means making the collections of one
				  library available to the patrons of another library efficiently and
				  effectively. Resource sharing encompasses the technical capabilities, staff
				  expertise and policies necessary to achieve that objective. Resource sharing
				  incorporates activities related to automated discovery tools (including
				  bibliographic library databases), collection management, bibliographic
				  description, delivery, interlibrary loan, reciprocal access and reciprocal
				  borrowing. Resource sharing is a core system service.
"School Library" means the library or libraries of an
				  elementary and/or secondary school district, or private elementary and/or
				  secondary schools under a single governing authority.
"Shared Bibliographic Database" means a bibliographic library
				  database used jointly by more than one library.
"Shared Integrated Library System" means a bibliographic
				  library database, shared by more than one library, with multiple functions such
				  as acquisitions, bibliographic control, cataloging, circulation, course
				  reserves, media booking and the patron online catalog.
"Special Library" means a library with a unique collection or
				  specialized services recognized by the Illinois State Library that does not
				  meet the definition of academic, public or school library.
"State Librarian" means the Illinois Secretary of
				  State.
"Statewide Reciprocal Borrowing" means the right of a person
				  who holds a valid, in-good-standing library registration card from a full
				  member public library to borrow materials onsite from other participating full
				  member public libraries of any other Illinois library system under the same
				  conditions that the library provides those materials to its patrons, subject to
				  reasonable restrictions approved by the library's governing board in accordance
				  with requirements of the reciprocal borrowing policy of the library system of
				  which the public library is a member and this Part. Public library
				  participation in statewide reciprocal borrowing is optional. See also
				  "Reciprocal Borrowing" and "System-wide Reciprocal Borrowing" definitions in
				  this Section.
"Suspended Library" means a library whose system membership
				  is terminated by the library system board with concurrence by the State
				  Librarian.
"System Administrative Headquarters" means the facility that
				  is identified by the system as its administrative headquarters.
"System Area and Per Capita Grant" means the annual grant, if
				  appropriated, that is awarded to library systems based on the population and
				  square miles served according to Section 8 of the Act, after acceptance of the
				  annual application by the Illinois State Library.
"Systemwide Reciprocal Borrowing" means the right of a person
				  who holds a valid, in-good-standing library registration card from a full
				  member public library to borrow materials on site from other library system
				  full member public libraries of the same library system to which their library
				  belongs under the same conditions that the library provides those materials to
				  its patrons, subject to reasonable restrictions approved by the library's
				  governing board in accordance with requirements of the library system's
				  reciprocal borrowing policy and this Part. See also "Reciprocal Borrowing" and
				  "Statewide Reciprocal Borrowing" definitions in this Section.