Title 11, Title 11: Libraries and Museums

Sec. 11-2. Powers and duties of State Librarian. The State Library shall maintain programs for library development and reader services. The State Librarian shall be the administrative officer of the State Library and shall administer, coordinate and supervise the library. In orde…

Sec. 11-2a. Receipt of federal funds. The State Librarian is empowered, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, to receive any federal funds made available to the state for purposes of programs under his jurisdiction and to expend such funds for the purpose or purposes…

Sec. 11-2b. Connecticut Parent Technology Academy. The State Library, in consultation with the Commission for Educational Technology, within available appropriations, shall contract, through a request for proposal process, for the development of a Connecticut Parent Technology Ac…

Sec. 11-3. Transfer of books to college libraries. The State Librarian is authorized, from time to time, under the direction of the State Library Board, to transfer for an indefinite period, to the libraries of any university or college in the state, any duplicates or other books…

Sec. 11-4. Preservation of official documents in State Library. Section 11-4 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1633; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 24; P.A. 84-414, S. 13, 14.)

Sec. 11-4a. Submission of reports to the General Assembly and State Librarian. Each commission, task force or committee appointed by the Governor or the General Assembly, or both, and required to report its findings and recommendations, and each state agency which submits a repor…

Sec. 11-4c. Preservation of official documents in State Library. Any official of the state or of any town, or any other official, may turn over to the State Librarian, with his consent, for permanent preservation in the State Library, any official books, records, documents, origi…

Sec. 11-4d. State Librarian to establish standards for preservation and authentication of electronic documents. Not later than January 1, 2012, the State Librarian shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the Commissioner of Administrative…

Sec. 11-5. Preservation and reproduction of land and probate records. Section 11-5 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1634; P.A. 84-414, S. 13, 14.)

Sec. 11-6. War records collection. The State Library shall maintain a collection of war records, which shall include classifications and indexes of all available material relating to Connecticut participation, public or private, in the First and Second World Wars. The collection …

Sec. 11-6a. Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage. Advisory committee. Director. (a) The State Library Board shall establish and operate the Raymond E. Baldwin Museum of Connecticut History and Heritage to acquire, preserve, and exhibit collections and art…

Sec. 11-7. Purchase of copies of town records. Section 11-7 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1636; P.A. 84-414, S. 13, 14.)

Sec. 11-8. Records management program. Public Records Administrator. (a) Under the direction of the State Library Board, the State Librarian shall be responsible for developing and directing a records management program for the books, records, papers and documents of all state ag…

Sec. 11-8a. Retention, destruction and transfer of documents. Centralized microcopying services. (a) The State Librarian shall, in the performance of the State Librarian's duties pursuant to section 11-8, consult with the Attorney General and the chief executive officers of the C…

Sec. 11-8b. Transfer or disposal of public records. State Library Board to adopt regulations. All public records, as defined in section 11-8 or section 11-8a, or other such records, created by public offices, are the property of the agency concerned and shall not be removed, dest…

Sec. 11-8c. Recovery of public records by State Librarian. Upon complaint of the State Librarian, the Attorney General shall replevy any public records which have been unlawfully transferred or removed in violation of sections 1-18, 1-210, 7-109, 11-8 and 11-8a. Such public recor…

Sec. 11-8i. Historic documents preservation account. There is established, within the General Fund, a separate and nonlapsing account to be known as the “historic documents preservation account”. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account.…

Sec. 11-8j. Preservation and management of historic documents: Definitions. As used in sections 11-8i to 11-8l, inclusive, “preservation and management of historic documents” means activities that include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) The restoration and conservatio…

Sec. 11-8k. Historic documents preservation grants to municipalities. Allocation of moneys in historic documents preservation account. (a) The Public Records Administrator shall make grants to municipalities from the historic documents preservation account, established under sect…

Sec. 11-8l. Historic documents preservation grant program. Regulations. (a) The Public Records Administrator shall establish and administer a historic documents preservation grant program to help municipalities to enhance or improve the preservation and management of historic doc…

Sec. 11-8m. Municipal reports to Public Records Administrator. Annual report of Public Records Administrator to legislative committee. (a) Each municipality that receives a grant from the historic documents preservation account established under section 11-8i shall submit a repor…

Sec. 11-8n. Regulations. (a) The State Librarian shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 11-8j to 11-8m, inclusive. (b) The State Librarian shall establish a committee to advise such State Librarian on the …

Sec. 11-9. Appropriations to the Connecticut Historical Society. The Connecticut Historical Society shall fund its operations through federal, state and private funds, to the extent that they are available. The Comptroller is authorized to draw his order upon the Treasurer in equ…

Sec. 11-9a. Appointment and duties of Cooperating Library Service Unit Review Board. Section 11-9a is repealed. (P.A. 75-363; P.A. 82-314, S. 59, 63; 82-360, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 11-9b. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 11-9c and 11-9d: (a) “State publications” means all publications printed or otherwise produced in tangible form, and all publications produced in electronic or other intangible form, by or under the direction of the st…

Sec. 11-9c. Tangible and intangible state publications and depository library system. The State Library shall administer and provide access to the public, on a permanent basis, to a collection of tangible state publications, and to a digital archive of intangible state publicatio…

Sec. 11-9d. Duties of state agencies re tangible and intangible publications. Designation of staff. (a) Designated staff in each state agency shall be responsible for making the publications of that agency known to the State Library. Each state agency shall notify the State Libra…

Sec. 11-9e. “Cooperating library service unit” defined. Budget recommendations. (a) For purposes of this section and section 11-1, a “cooperating library service unit” means an organization of different types of libraries situated in a stipulated area of the state whose purpose i…

Sec. 11-9f. Appointment and duties of Cooperating Library Service Unit Review Board. Section 11-9f is repealed. (P.A. 82-360, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-216, S. 6, 7.)

Sec. 11-10a. Retirement of librarians. Upon certification by the bar library committee, any librarian of a law library existing under the provisions of section 11-19b may retire after thirty years of service, and shall thereafter receive an annual pension equal to two per cent of…

Sec. 11-10b. Policies for establishment and maintenance of law library system. The Supreme Court shall adopt policies for the establishment and maintenance of a system of law libraries within the state. (P.A. 73-471, S. 3, 5; P.A. 75-316, S. 8; 75-479, S. 24, 25; 75-567, S. 76, 8…

Secs. 11-11 to 11-19. New Haven, New London, Fairfield, Middlesex, Hartford, Litchfield, Windham and Tolland County law libraries. Payments to law libraries. Treasurer's bond. Sections 11-11 to 11-19, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1647–1655; 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, S. 1…

Sec. 11-19a. System of law libraries. There shall be a system of law libraries within the state, under the supervision of the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. (P.A. 76-368, S. 1, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-7, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-414, S. 8, 14; P.A. 90-234, S. 3, 8.) History: …

Sec. 11-19b. (Formerly Sec. 11-10). Law library use and regulation. Each such library shall be for the use of the courts and citizens of the state, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Office of the Chief Court Administrator. (1949 Rev., S. 1646; 1959, P.A. 152,…

Sec. 11-19c. Law Library Advisory Committee. Section 11-19c is repealed. (P.A. 76-368, S. 2, 9; P.A. 77-452, S. 1, 72; P.A. 90-234, S. 7, 8.)

Sec. 11-19d. Long term leases of law books to bar associations. The State Library Board shall, upon request of any local bar association, enter into a long-term agreement with such association for the leasing of books within the area in which such association is located, which pr…

Sec. 11-19e. (Formerly Sec. 11-4b). Furnishing of legislative materials to law libraries. The State Library shall send, upon request, to each law library established pursuant to section 11-10b, an electronic copy of each of the following legislative materials as they become avail…

Sec. 11-20. Establishment. Gifts. Pensions. Any town, city, borough, fire district or incorporated school district may, by ordinance, establish a public library and may expend such sums of money as may be necessary to purchase land for a suitable site and to provide and maintain …

Sec. 11-21. Board of trustees. In the absence of any other provision therefor, the management of the public library in any municipality, fire district or incorporated school district which has established such library under the provisions of section 11-20 shall be vested in a boa…

Sec. 11-22. Expenses. The officer designated by the trustees of any such library shall draw his order on the treasurer of any such municipality for such sums as may be necessary to pay the expense of such library, but such sums shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount appropr…

Sec. 11-23. State Librarian to advise and assist libraries. The State Librarian, with the approval of the State Library Board, shall give to communities advice and assistance in the organization, establishment and administration of free public libraries, shall extend to the free …

Sec. 11-23a. Library service center in Middlesex and Windham-Tolland areas. The State Library Board shall maintain a library service center in the Middlesex County area and in the Windham-Tolland County area, to serve the public libraries and public schools in each of said areas.…

Sec. 11-23b. (Formerly Sec. 10-28). Library service centers for public libraries and public schools. The State Library Board may establish and maintain library service centers to provide supplementary books and related library materials and services to public libraries and to pub…

Sec. 11-23c. Communications grant program for schools and public libraries. There is established a grant program jointly administered by the Department of Education and the State Library to provide grants on a competitive process to schools and principal public libraries with pri…

Sec. 11-24. Payments to free public libraries. Section 11-24 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 1662; 1949, 1955, S. 1023d; 1957, P.A. 126, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 450, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 490, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 590, S. 5.)

Sec. 11-24a. Definitions. Principal public library. Nonprincipal public library. (a) As used in sections 11-24b, 11-24c and 11-31a: (1) “Board” means the State Library Board. (2) “Public library” means a library that serves its residents through its outlet or outlets without char…