Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 220 - Department of Administration › Chapter 60 - ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND SERVICE › Subchapter 15 - LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES › Part 3 - Library of Rhode Island Standards and Regulations › Section 220-RICR-60-15-3.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Academic library" means a library that is
				 part of a public or private higher education institution.
B. "Business hours" means hours on which the
				 library is open for service to clientele.
C. "Collection" means the materials in all
				 formats that the library owns or to which it provides access, through either
				 purchase or lease.
D. "Collection
				 development" means the ongoing, systematic process of assessing need, selecting
				 materials, eliminating outdated materials, and building and maintaining a
				 library collection in response to institutional priorities and community or
				 user needs and interests.
E.
				 "Clientele" means patrons registered with or served by a particular library and
				 who have all privileges that are associated with such registration or
				 affiliation, or, in the case of a school library, the students enrolled at that
				 school and the faculty or staff engaged in teaching those students.
F. "FTE" means a full time equivalent equal
				 to a person who works a minimum of thirty-five (35) hours per week and may be
				 composed of more than one person's time.
G. "Interlibrary loan" means a service
				 whereby a patron of a library can borrow materials or receive copies of
				 documents that are owned by another library.
H. "Librarian" means an individual who holds
				 a master's degree in library and information science from a graduate school
				 accredited by the American Library Association (ALA), or a master's degree from
				 a program at an institution in another country whose formal accreditation
				 process is recognized by ALA, or a master's degree program recognized by an
				 official division of ALA.
I.
				 "Library" means a permanent, dedicated space that includes an organized
				 collection of materials, technology, reader and study/research spaces, paid
				 staff to provide services and an established schedule in which services of the
				 staff are available.
J. "Library
				 director" means a librarian who is responsible for all library
				 operations.
K. "Library of Rhode
				 Island (LORI)" means a multi-type statewide library network administered by the
				 Office of Library and Information Services to foster and facilitate
				 collaboration among member libraries.
L. "Loan period" means the circulation period
				 for loaned materials, inclusive of transit time.
M. "OLIS-LORI Delivery" means the
				 interlibrary delivery service which transports materials between LORI member
				 libraries. This contracted service is managed by the Office of Library and
				 Information Services (OLIS) and paid for by the State of Rhode
				 Island.
N. "Population" means the
				 population of the city/town (or combined cities/towns) according to the most
				 recent census.
O. "Public library"
				 means a library established under R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 29-4 to serve a
				 community or municipality and is supported in whole or in part with public
				 funds.
P. "Requesting library"
				 means the library which originates an interlibrary loan request.
Q. "School library" means a library that is
				 part of a public, charter, or private school serving students in kindergarten
				 through grade 12.
R. "Special
				 library" means a library that provides specialized information resources on a
				 particular subject, serves a specialized or limited clientele, or supports the
				 mission of its funding organization with collections and services that are
				 targeted and specific to the needs of that organization.
S. "Supplying library" means the owner of
				 materials supplied to the requesting library.