General duties of the division

43.05 General duties of the division. The division shall: (1) Coordinate and conduct continuing education programs for librarians of school library media programs, public libraries, public library systems and institutional library programs. (2) As it deems appropriate, assist libraries in the identification and recruitment of qualified personnel. (3) Provide professional and technical advisory, consulting and informational services to assist: (a) School districts establishing, maintaining or expanding school library media programs and facilities; (b) Public libraries, municipalities establishing, maintaining or expanding public libraries, counties establishing, maintaining or expanding public library services, public library systems and their governing bodies; (c) State agencies and officers; and (d) Institutional library programs. (4) Collect library statistics and conduct studies and surveys of library needs throughout the state and report and publish the findings. The research shall be coordinated with statewide library planning. (5) Designate a librarian to serve as a coordinator of activities for state document depository libraries under ss. 35.81 to 35.835 and to fulfill its responsibilities under ss. 35.81 to 35.835. (6) Recommend and distribute standards for school library programs and facilities to school library media programs, standards for public libraries to public library governing bodies and standards for institutional library programs to governing bodies and administrators of institutional library programs and to heads of departments, as defined under s. 15.01 (8), which administer institutional libraries. (7) Establish standards for public library systems under s.