Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 1 - TEXAS STATE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES COMMISSION › Chapter 9 - TALKING BOOK PROGRAM › Section 9.7 - Playback Equipment

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The playback
				machine is a digital talking book machine. Equipment may be distributed by the
				National Library Service to the agency for loan to borrowers, purchased by
				borrowers, or purchased by the agency for loan to borrowers. All loaned
				equipment is subject to be returned to the agency by borrowers when requested
				to do so. Damage or loss of equipment may cause a borrower's account to not be
				in good standing.
(1) Loan period. Playback
				equipment may be loaned to any borrower who continues to meet eligibility
				requirements for service and who maintains an account in good standing.
				Equipment and accessories are loaned free of charge. A borrower may keep
				playback equipment for as long as the borrower remains in the program and
				maintains active status.
(2)
				Replacement of equipment. An active borrower may request replacement of
				equipment if experiencing difficulty in using equipment or equipment does not
				operate properly. A borrower may be required to return current equipment before
				replacement equipment is sent to borrower.
(3) Number of loaned equipment allowed. An
				active individual borrower may not have more than one of each type of playback
				equipment on loan at any given time. An active institutional borrower may have
				more than one of each type of playback equipment on loan at any given time if
				the institution serves a number of active individual borrowers and machines are
				available for loan.
(4) Ownership
				of equipment and accessories. Some playback equipment, amplifiers, headphones,
				and remote controls distributed by the agency or the National Library Service
				are the property of the federal government. Any equipment purchased by the
				agency for loan to borrowers is the property of the agency.
(5) Repair of playback equipment. Only the
				agency is authorized to make repairs to playback equipment on loan to Texas
				borrowers, or to make the determination that a machine is damaged beyond
				repair. A machine that needs repair must be returned to the agency, which will
				provide a replacement machine. Under no circumstances should a borrower or any
				other person attempt to repair the playback equipment or accessories.
(6) Accessories for use with the digital
				talking book machine may be requested through the agency.
(7) Non-transferal of equipment. Borrowers
				must not lend, sell, or otherwise transfer playback equipment to other
				persons.
(8) Return of equipment.
				Playback equipment and accessories must be returned to the agency if the
				borrower ceases to actively use the service or no longer meets eligibility
				requirements for the service.
(9)
				Lost and damaged machines. A borrower is responsible for the good upkeep of any
				equipment loaned to that borrower. A borrower who repeatedly damages or loses
				equipment will not receive an automatic replacement, and a moratorium on future
				loans may be placed on the borrower's account. Borrowers may also face
				suspension of services in cases of flagrant abuse of equipment.
(10) Misuse of equipment. Borrowers who cause
				damage to equipment through negligence, intentional act, or failure to exercise
				reasonable care to safeguard or maintain the equipment or who use the equipment
				in an unauthorized manner may have their service suspended temporarily or
				permanently, depending on the severity or frequency of the damage or
				unauthorized use.
(11) Recall of
				equipment. Equipment may be recalled for the following reasons:
(A) periodic maintenance, either scheduled or
				unscheduled;
(B) as part of a
				recall issued by the National Library Service;
(C) for the purpose of repairing the
				machine;
(D) for non-cooperation on
				the part of the borrower with staff who are implementing and/or enforcing
				program policies and procedures;
(E) for a borrower's failure to adhere to the
				patron loan policy, the program's policies and procedures, and/or for abusive,
				destructive, or threatening behavior toward staff and property of National
				Library Service and of the agency;
(F) when a borrower no longer meets
				eligibility requirements for service, ceases to be an active borrower, or is
				deceased; and
(G) for any other
				reason or occasion, as determined by staff in accordance with policies and
				procedures of the program and/or guidelines provided by the National Library
				Service.