Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 3030 - THE ILLINOIS LIBRARY SYSTEM ACT › Subpart B - MULTITYPE LIBRARY SYSTEM › Section 3030.215 - Standards for Core Services to Members

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a) Administration
1) The library system shall develop an annual
				operational plan with input from members that addresses the specified standards
				for core services. The operational plan shall be submitted to the Illinois
				State Library as part of the application specified in Section
				3030.265.
2) The library system shall ensure that all
				system members have opportunities for input into or to comment on planning and
				evaluation activities, such as system plans of service, plans of cooperation,
				long-range plans, and program designs, including budgetary information, before
				the plans are finally adopted.
3)
				The library system shall designate staff to fulfill the roles specified in this
				Part. One staff member can fulfill various roles. Staffing designations
				include:
A) Membership, including
				recordkeeping, member directory, application review, certification support and
				consultation as specified in subsection (a)(4).
B) Bibliographic access as specified in
				subsection (c)(7).
C) Training in
				resource sharing processes and procedures for member libraries.
D) Consulting and continuing education
				assistance to member libraries in understanding and complying with applicable
				State statutes and administrative rules, and with the system's bylaws, policies
				and plan of service, and any additional consulting and/or continuing education
				services that may be approved by the State Librarian.
E) Oversight of system-wide
				delivery.
F) Coordinating
				system-wide resource sharing, including interlibrary loan, reciprocal access
				and reciprocal borrowing.
G)
				Communications to system members.
H) Publication of the names of participating
				and non-participating public libraries in the non-resident program, per the
				requirements of Public Library Non-Resident Services (23 Ill. Adm. Code
				3050.30
				).
4) Membership
A) The system shall designate staff to
				actively maintain accurate system membership information, including up-to-date
				directory information of library system members on the Illinois State Library
				specified web site.
B) The system
				shall designate staff to administer and act upon system membership applications
				as detailed in Section
				3030.200.
C) The system shall designate staff to
				provide member library support and promotional activities during the annual
				library certification process.
D)
				The system shall designate staff to work with libraries, other library systems
				and the Illinois State Library on membership-related issues and
				questions.
5) Provide
				the essential information technology infrastructure in-house to carry out the
				system standards.
6) Promote the
				use of State procurement contracts by system members and pursue other
				collaborative purchasing agreements for the benefit of members when State group
				purchasing opportunities do not address member needs.