Title 54 — State Government

In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Academic library" means a library that is part of a college or university that is publicly or privately funded and whose primary role is to provide resources to enrich and support the school's curricula and the research …

Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 453, § 20.

In the administration of this chapter, the North Dakota library coordinating council may: 1. Adopt rules for the conduct of business. 2. Provide guidance for the development, implementation, and improvement of regional library cooperatives. 3. Enter contracts necessary for establ…

The North Dakota library coordinating council may establish regional library cooperatives. In establishing the cooperatives, the council shall consider: 1. Population; 2. Population density; 3. Number and types of libraries; 4. Library information resources, including existing li…

The North Dakota library coordinating council shall appoint an interim planning committee for a proposed regional library cooperative. The interim planning committee must consist of two lay representatives residing within the cooperative and five librarians. The librarians, as fa…

In the administration of this chapter, the regional library cooperative interim planning committee may: 1. Elect provisional officers; 2. Identify all librarians eligible to be members of the regional library cooperative; 3. Hold informational meetings; 4. Distribute and receive …

To join the regional library cooperative, a library must obtain official approval from its board and submit an application to the interim planning committee. A library that agrees to provide to any person residing within the cooperative access to its collection on the premises, r…

Each participating library shall designate a representative to sit on the board of the regional library cooperative. At its first meeting, the board shall elect a president, vice president, treasurer, and any other officer it determines to be necessary. The director of the design…

In the administration of this chapter, each regional library cooperative may: 1. Sue and be sued in the name of the cooperative. 2. Designate for the cooperative a central library resource center with responsibility to extend special services to cooperative members while meeting …

All members of a regional library cooperative are entitled to receive supplementary reference services, delivery service for library materials, interlibrary loan services, and assistance with citation and location of materials, and reciprocal borrowing privileges among the users …

Each academic, institutional, public, school, and special library has one vote on the board of the regional library cooperative. Each operating public school district has one vote on the board of the cooperative and represents all public school media centers located within the di…

To discontinue participation in a regional library cooperative, a library cooperative member shall give, in advance, a one-year written notice to the board of the cooperative and the North Dakota library coordinating council. No member may withdraw unless it has been a participan…

Each regional library cooperative, upon formation, may apply to the North Dakota library coordinating council for grant funds available for disbursement by the council.

The board of a regional library cooperative shall develop appropriate accounting and record management policies and procedures documenting the operations of the cooperative. These policies and procedures must provide that: 1. All records for the regional library cooperative and b…

1. Each regional library cooperative shall include as part of its five-year plan for development provisions for: a. Reference services to supplement those provided by each local library, including interlibrary reference and referral services to residents of the cooperative. b. In…

If the need for a regional library cooperative ceases to exist, the board of the cooperative, by a two-thirds vote of its members, may declare its intent to dissolve the organization and file with the North Dakota library coordinating council a plan for affecting the dissolution.…