Title 39 — Libraries and Cultural Institutions.

A free public library is hereby established and shall be maintained in the District of Columbia which shall be the property of the said District and a supplement of the public educational system of said District. Said library shall consist of a central library and such number of …

In order to make the said library an effective supplement of the public educational system of the said District and to furnish the system of branch libraries provided for in § 39-101, the Board of Library Trustees, hereinafter provided, is authorized to enter into agreements with…

All persons who are permanent or temporary residents of the District of Columbia shall be entitled to the privileges of the District of Columbia Public Library including the use of books and other materials, as a lending or circulating library, subject to rules and regulations es…

(a) The public library shall be in the charge of a Board of Library Trustees (“Board”), which shall be composed of 9 members appointed by the Mayor of the District of Columbia, with the advice and consent of the Council of the District of Columbia. (b) Each member of the Board sh…

(a) The Board of Library Trustees shall: (1) Have the authority to provide for the care and preservation of the library; (2) Determine the policy of the public library; (3) Have the authority to procure all goods and services necessary to operate the library system, independent o…

The Mayor of the District is authorized to include in his annual estimates for appropriation sums as he may deem necessary for the proper maintenance of the library, including branches, for the purchase of land for sites for library buildings, and for the erection and enlargement…

The Board shall have power to purchase, rent, and sell library-related items, including, but not limited to, the following: film catalogs and other publications of the library; publications and items of special interest commemorating individuals and events connected with the libr…

(a) The Board of Library Trustees may accept donations, gifts by devise or bequest, grants, and any other type of asset, except real property as defined in § 10-801.01, from individuals, clubs, groups, corporations, partnerships, and other governmental entities. The Board shall a…

(a) Circulation records maintained by the public library in the District of Columbia which can be used to identify a library patron who has requested, used, or borrowed identified library materials from the public library and the specific material that patron has requested, used,…

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(a) There is established within the General Fund of the District of Columbia a segregated, nonlapsing trust fund designated as the Library Development Trust Fund (“Trust Fund”) into which shall be deposited any revenue generated from: (1) The development of mixed-use projects inv…

Within 60 days of approval of a strategic plan by the Board of Library Trustees pursuant to § 39-111, the Mayor shall initiate a competitive process for the performance of the work described in the plan. The Mayor shall issue one or more solicitations for competitive sealed bids …

(a) There is established as a nonlapsing account the Library Collections Account (“Account”) into which shall be deposited: (1) All receipts from the sale of used books and other library materials; (2) Proceeds from the sale of library-related merchandise; (3) Gifts, grants, and …

(a) There is established the Books from Birth program as a program of the District of Columbia Public Library (“DCPL”), to be administered by the Executive Director of DCPL. (b) The Books from Birth program shall provide books to all children registered with the program, delivere…

(a) There is established as a special fund the Books from Birth Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Board in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) Revenue from the following sources shall be deposited in the Fund: (1) Funds appropriated by the District…

(a) There is established as a special fund the DCPL Revenue-Generating Activities Fund (“Fund”), which shall be administered by the Board in accordance with subsection (c) of this section. (b) The Fund shall consist of the revenue from revenue-generating activities and services d…

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Any books of a miscellaneous character no longer required for the use of any executive department, or bureau, or commission of the government, and not deemed an advisable addition to the Library of Congress, shall, if appropriate to the uses of the free public library of the Dist…

The Public Library of the District of Columbia is hereby constituted a designated depository of governmental publications, and the Superintendent of Documents shall supply to such library 1 copy of each such publication, in the same form as supplied to other designated depositori…

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