Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part IX - State Library and Advisory Council on Library Development › Subpart B - Advisory Council on Library Development › Chapter 141 - PLANS FOR THE USE OF STATE AID › CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL › Section 141.24 - Library systems

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General.
In approving or disapproving plans for the use of
					 State funds by library systems, decisions of the State Librarian shall be
					 determined by the criteria set forth in subsections (b)-(g).
(b)
Definitions.
The
					 following definitions shall apply to library systems:
(1) The term library system shall apply to an
					 organization of two or more independent libraries serving not less than a total
					 of 25,000 people which have voluntarily agreed to participate and have
					 delegated the policy making functions to a system board of directors.
(2) A library system may have units and
					 agencies consisting of the following:
(i)
Headquarters or central library unit.
The principal resource
					 unit and administrative center of the system.
(ii)
Nonheadquarters units:
Nonheadquarter units may include the following:
(A)
Federated or associated local
					 libraries.
Local libraries which have agreed to participate in a
					 county, township, or school district public library system from which some or
					 most of its financial support is derived in the form of money, library
					 materials, personnel or services.
(B)
Branch.
A unit with
					 separate quarters, a permanent basic collection of books, a permanent staff and
					 a regular schedule, administered from a central unit.
(C)
Reading station/center.
A unit with separate quarters and limited reader services, minimum basic
					 collection supplemented by rotating collections, a permanent staff, and
					 administered from a central unit.
(D)
Deposit station.
An
					 outlet, usually housed in shared quarters, having no permanent collection or
					 staff and administered by the central unit.
(E)
Bookmobile.
A vehicle
					 especially designed to carry books and other library materials. It may serve
					 not only as a traveling library branch but also as a guide for the location of
					 future branches and reading stations. Bookmobiles serve populations of varying
					 size and maintain regular schedules of community stops throughout the
					 system.
(3) A
					 municipality is judged to contribute to the support or aid in the maintenance
					 of a library system when it appropriates to the library system annually an
					 amount of money which is equivalent to 15% or more of the system's yearly
					 income from all local municipal sources.
(4) Effective service area shall be construed
					 to be the geographic area from which come 60% of the unit's registered
					 borrowers and usage.
(5) Full time
					 is at least 35 hours per week. The time of several individuals who regularly
					 work at least 5 hours weekly in year-round jobs, excluding maintenance
					 personnel, may be added together and counted as being equivalent to full time
					 or a fraction thereof.
(6) A staff
					 member is a person regularly used in a year-round position, other than
					 maintenance, which is customary and necessary for the provision of library
					 service.
(7) Qualified means that
					 the staff member must have the training, skills, and experience necessary to
					 perform the tasks or carry out the responsibilities of the job to which he is
					 assigned and can give evidence of such qualifications. To be qualified, the
					 administrator of a system and the head librarian of each unit of the system
					 must be certified as specified in subsection (f)(2).