Title 3 — Executive
37 chapters · 651 sections in this title.
3 V.I.C. § 28 Statement of policy
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The Legislature of the Virgin Islands recognizes that access to information is a basic need of all of its citizens and undertakes to promote, support, implement, maintain and coordinate library and information services of uniformly high quality on a territory-wide basis for the e…
3 V.I.C. § 28a Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Academic library” means any library which serves primarily the faculty, staff and student body of a degree-granting college or university, which is approved as an institution of higher learning by a nationall…
3 V.I.C. § 28b Office of Libraries and Archives
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(a) There is established within the Department of Planning and Natural Resources the Office of Libraries and Archives which shall be headed by a Director. The Office shall be the Territorial Library Agency. (b) The Director of the Office is designated the Territorial Librarian, w…
3 V.I.C. § 28c Privacy of library patron records
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Circulation records and other library records identifying the names of library patrons shall be confidential in nature. All records pertaining to a library patron's use of library resources and services shall not be considered public records as defined in Title 3, chapter 33, sec…
3 V.I.C. § 28d Virgin Islands Library Network
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(a) The Virgin Islands Library Network (hereinafter, referred to as the “Network”) is established within the Office of Libraries and Archives. (b) The Territorial Librarian is authorized to promote, participate in and provide administrative library and other services to the Virgi…
3 V.I.C. § 28e Citizens' Advisory Boards
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The Territorial Librarian may from time to time appoint temporary citizens' advisory boards, whose members shall serve without pay, to advise on particular library problems or programs.
3 V.I.C. § 28f Archivist; appointment; duties
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(a) There is established in the Office of Libraries and Archives, the position of Archivist of the United States Virgin Islands who shall function under the general supervision and control of the Director, in conjunction with the Archives Council. The Archivist shall be appointed…
3 V.I.C. § 28g Transfer of records to Archivist
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(a) The head of any Government agency may turn over to the Archivist for administration, disposition and preservation such records in his custody as are not needed for transaction of current business of his office. (b) The head of each agency shall:(1) establish and maintain an a…
3 V.I.C. § 28h Archives Council; composition; duties
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(a) There is established in the Office of Libraries and Archives the United States Virgin Islands Archives Council. The Archives Council shall be comprised of twelve members consisting of the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Finance, the Direct…