Title 27, Title 27

The State Librarian shall keep the library open at least 35 hours per week. A person may not be admitted to the library rooms out of library hours or take any book or other material from the library without the consent of the librarian.

As a part of the general duties of his office, the State Librarian shall maintain a section of historical research which shall have charge of all Maine historical work in the library and carry on research work relating to the history of the State.

The Department of Education shall maintain a school library media section in cooperation with the Maine State Library that must carry on the following activities: [PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. B, §17 (RPR).] 1. Media center standards. Recommending school library media center standards an…

The Maine State Library shall give advice to all school, state, institutional and public libraries, and to all communities in the State that may propose to establish libraries, as to the best means of establishing and administering the libraries, selecting and cataloging books an…

The State Librarian, with the approval of the Governor, may make any regulations necessary to enable the State to comply with any law of the United States, heretofore or hereafter enacted, intended to promote public library services. The Maine State Library is the sole agency aut…

1. Statement of policy. The Legislature declares that it is the policy of the State that cooperation among Maine libraries of all types should be fostered and encouraged. The sharing of library holdings and of library-developed tools for obtaining electronic information from netw…

Any person or organization receiving the loan of any books, documents or other material from the Maine State Library shall be responsible for the full value thereof to the librarian, and in case of the loss of or damage to a volume belonging to a set, shall procure a new volume o…

1. Fund created. There is established within the Maine State Library a revolving fund for use by the library to replace books, documents or other materials that are damaged, lost or unrecoverable for which a charge is made. 2. Price and rates. The State Librarian is authorized to…

The State Librarian may purchase documents, maps, journals or any other printed material of significance to the historical heritage of Maine. Notification of these purchases shall be made to the State Archivist and State Museum Director. Any funds appropriated for the acquisition…

1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. A. "Accessible electronic information service" means news and other information, including but not limited to newspapers, provided to eligible individ…

Town clerks of the several towns, city clerks of the several cities and treasurers of the several counties shall promptly transmit to the librarian of the Maine State Library copies of all printed reports of said towns, cities and counties, including all printed exhibits of town,…

For the purpose of permanent public access to all department reports and other publications of the State as defined in Title 1, section 501‑A, the State Librarian shall maintain a government documents collection at the Maine State Library and an online repository for permanent di…

1. Purchase. The State Librarian shall purchase at least 2 copies of every town history or other book concerning the history of this State that is published in Maine. 2. Distribution. 3. Surplus.

1. Designation of private support organization. The State Librarian shall designate a nonprofit organization as the private support organization for the Maine State Library. The designated organization must be incorporated as a nonprofit corporation under the laws of the State, a…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. [PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. A, §29 (RAL).] 1. Agencies and libraries. "Agencies" and "libraries" means libraries and other agencies collecting, organizing, maintaining a…

An annual appropriation shall be made for the conservation and preservation of historically significant Maine State Library research material. [PL 2003, c. 688, Pt. A, §30 (RAL).] 1. Annual grants. Annual grants may be made to libraries and agencies for the purpose of conservatio…

There is established the Maine Public Library Fund, an interest-bearing account, referred to in this section as "the fund." The fund receives money deposited by the Treasurer of State pursuant to Title 36, section 5291 and any other money contributed to the fund. The fund is admi…

The Blind and Visually Impaired News Access Fund, referred to in this section as "the fund," is established as a dedicated fund within the Maine State Library to be used to provide access to a news service provided by a national federation for blind and visually impaired persons.…