Chapter 43 — LIBRARIES

43.001 Legislative findings and declaration of policy. (1) The legislature recognizes: (a) The importance of free access to knowledge, information and diversity of ideas by all residents of this state; (b) The critical role played by public, school, special and academic libraries…

43.01 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Department” means the department of public instruction. (2) “Division” means the division for libraries and technology in the department. (3) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, tribal government or tribal association, or a school …

43.03 General duties of state superintendent. The state superintendent shall: (1) Promote, assist and plan the organization, development and improvement of school library media services to provide the resources needed for teaching and learning in the schools. (2) Promote, assist,…

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 lib…

43.06 Collection and maintenance of data. (1) The division may perform any of the following activities to collect and maintain public library-related data, including all of the following: (a) Purchase licenses for data collection software. (b) Train library staff on the effective…

43.07 Council on library and network development. The state superintendent and the division shall seek the advice of and consult with the council on library and network development in performing their duties in regard to library service. The state superintendent or the administra…

43.09 (2). (8) Establish standards for and issue certificates to public librarians under s. 43.09 (1). (9) Approve the establishment of public library systems under s. 43.13. (10) Administer aids to public library systems under s. 43.24. (11) Maintain a resources for libraries an…

43.11 County library planning committees. (1) CREATION. Any county board may appoint a county library planning committee under this section. If a county board, in a county where all public library service is administered or coordinated by an existing county library board or where…

43.12 County payment for library services. (1) (a) By March 1 of each year, each of the following payments of not less than the minimum amount calculated under par. (b) shall be made: 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., by a county that does not maintain a consolidated public libr…

43.13 Division review. (1) (a) No public library system may be established without the approval of the division. In reviewing final reports submitted by county library planning com- Updated 23-24 Wis. Stats. 4 mittees, the division shall consider, in addition to the standards set…

43.15 Standards for public library systems. A public library system shall not be established unless it meets the requirements under this section. (1) POPULATION. The territory within the system shall: (a) Have a population of 100,000 or more. If, because of the withdrawal or real…

43.16 Resource libraries. (1) (a) Each public library system shall have at least one system resource library. Annually, prior to the expiration of its agreement with its existing system resource library, the public library system board shall negotiate with the member public libra…

43.17 Public library systems; general provisions. (1) BOARD TERMS. Every public library system shall be governed by a board appointed under s. 43.19 or 43.21. No person employed by a public library that is a member of a public library system may be appointed to the public library…

43.19 Federated public library systems. (1) (a) In a federated public library system whose territory lies within a single county, the system board shall consist of 7 members nominated by the county executive, or by the county board chairperson in a county without a county executi…

43.21 Consolidated public library systems. (1) In a consolidated public library system, the system board shall consist of 7 or 9 members appointed by the county board. In the initial appointment of a system board, at least 3 members of the system board, at the time of their appoi…

43.24 (2) (n) and multiplying that amount by the remainder calculated by subtracting 500 from the total number of loans made in that year by the public library to borrowers from the adjacent public library system. For purposes of this paragraph, a renewal of a loan constitutes a …

43.27 Distribution of materials from resources for libraries and lifelong learning collection to public library systems. The division may disperse to public library systems, without charge, materials from the collection of the resources for libraries and lifelong learning service…

43.30 Public library records. (1b) In this section: (ae) “Collection agency” has the meaning given in s. 218.04 (1) (a). (ag) “Custodial parent” includes any parent other than a parent who has been denied periods of physical placement with a child under s. 767.41 (4). (b) “Law en…

43.52 Municipal libraries. (1) Any municipality may establish, equip and maintain a public library, and may annually levy a tax or appropriate money to provide a library fund, to be used exclusively to maintain the public library. The municipality may enact and enforce police reg…

43.53 Joint libraries. (1) Joint libraries may be created by any 2 or more municipalities or by a county and one or more municipalities located in whole or in part in the county, by appropriate agreement of their governing bodies. Section 43.52 applies to joint libraries. (2) Joi…

43.54 Municipal library board composition. (1) (a) Each public library established under s. 43.52 shall be administered by a library board composed in each city of the 2nd or 3rd class or school district of 9 members, in each city of the 4th class of 7 members and in each village…

43.57 and that contains residents who are not residents of a municipality that maintains a public library under s. 43.52 or 43.53, to each public library in the county and to each public library in an adjacent county, other than a county with a population of at least 750,000 or a…

43.58 Powers and duties. (1) The library board shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected, donated or appropriated for the library fund, and of the purchase of a site and the erection of the library building whenever authorized. The library board also…

43.60 County appointments to municipal and joint public library boards. (3) (a) A county chairperson, with the approval of the county board, may appoint from among the residents of the county additional members to the library board of a public library of a municipality located in…

43.64 County tax. (1) The county board of a county expending money for public library service to its inhabitants may levy a tax to provide funds for such service and shall include any amount of tax under this subsection in the amount of taxes determined to be levied under s. 70.6…

43.70 Common school fund. (1) No later than October 15 of each year, each school district administrator shall certify to the state superintendent, on forms provided by the state superintendent, a report of the number of persons residing in the school district on the preceding Jun…

43.72 Library exchanges. (1) School library books and other instructional material belonging to one school district may be loaned to another school district for use in any school library of that school district. (2) Any public library board and school board may make such exchange…