South Carolina · statute · S.C. Code tit. 60, ch. 1 · 17 active provisions
There is created the South Carolina State Library governed by the State Library Board consisting of seven members, one from each congressional district. The members must be appointed by the Governor for terms of five years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. All vacancies must be filled in the manner…
The State Library Board shall elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from its own members to serve terms of two years. The chairman and vice-chairman may serve no more than two successive terms but may be re-elected to office after an interval of one year. The director of the South Carolina State Library, appointed pursu…
The State Library Board shall appoint the director of the South Carolina State Library to serve as the administrative head of the State Library. The director: (a) shall hold a degree from a graduate library school accredited by the American Library Association and must be eligible for a South Carolina professional libr…
The State Library Board: (a) shall determine policy for providing library and information services to state government, South Carolina libraries, and the citizens of the State; (b) shall develop and adopt long range plans for the continued improvement of library services in the State; (c) shall prescribe standards of s…
The director of the South Carolina State Library is responsible for the management of the State Library and for the development and coordination of a statewide program of library and information services. The director shall: (a) organize, staff, and administer the State Library in accordance with the law and good libra…
The South Carolina State Library is charged with the development and extension of library services throughout the State. The State Library is responsible for executing the library policy for the State and shall: (a) provide leadership and guidance for the planning and coordinated development of adequate library service…
The South Carolina State Library shall provide library and library research services to the General Assembly, state officers and agencies, and state government employees.
The South Carolina State Library shall provide advice and assistance to public libraries, library boards, and county governments in matters concerning the establishment, support, operation, improvement, and coordination of library services. The State Library may: (a) provide a staff of consultants qualified to give adv…
Any public library which accepts state and federal grants administered by the South Carolina State Library may not use the grants to replace local funding for the library. In order to qualify for grants, libraries shall meet maintenance of effort requirements set by the State Library Board in accord with state and fede…
The services and resources of the South Carolina State Library and any public library receiving state and federal funds administered by the State Library are free for use by all persons living within South Carolina or the county or region served, except each public library board may fix and each public library may coll…
The South Carolina State Library shall render encouragement, advice, and assistance for the establishment, operation, and coordination of libraries of state institutions. The State Library may: (a) provide a consultant qualified to give advisory and technical assistance to institutional librarians and administrators; (…
The South Carolina State Library shall provide library service to the blind and physically handicapped readers in cooperation with the United States Library of Congress. The State Library shall provide books and other reading matter in recorded form, in braille, in large type, or any other medium of reading used by the…
The South Carolina State Library shall promote cooperation among governmental bodies, including but not limited to, departments, agencies, institutions, boards, committees, and commissions of the State and political subdivisions of the State, including school districts, and among libraries of all types and shall encour…
The South Carolina State Library shall plan, develop, and operate a statewide library network to facilitate the sharing of resources and information among South Carolina libraries and to make resources and information more easily accessible to library users anywhere in the State. To this end, the State Library may: (a)…
The governing body of any library supported by state, county, or municipal governments or by public school districts is authorized to enter into agreements with the South Carolina State Library for the library's participation in the statewide library network and to enter into cooperative agreements with other libraries…
Every public, college, university, technical college, and state institutional library shall make an annual statistical report to the South Carolina State Library in a form as may be prescribed by the State Library. Reports must be made in a timely manner so that statistics may be published in the State Library's annual…
The director of the South Carolina State Library is authorized to do all things necessary and proper to fully cooperate with the United States Department of Education or any other federal agency in the administering of any funds appropriated for the payment of salaries, books, periodicals, library supplies, or equipmen…