Bill Text: CT HB05477 | 2014 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning A State-wide Platform For The Distribution Of Electronic Books.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 25-8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [HB05477 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05477-Chaptered.html
AN ACT CONCERNING A STATE-WIDE PLATFORM FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONIC BOOKS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 11-1a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2014):
(a) The State Library Board may institute and conduct programs of state-wide library service which may include, but need not be limited to, (1) a cataloging and processing service to be available to libraries, (2) the creation and maintenance of current and retrospective union catalogs of books, union lists of serials and similar cooperative listings of library materials, (3) a program of coordinated acquisitions, storage and deposit of library materials, (4) the support and encouragement of the transfer, as loans or copies, of library materials between libraries and to nonresident library patrons, (5) the provision of suitable high-speed communications facilities, (6) the creation and maintenance of bibliographic and regional reference centers, (7) the provision of traveling collections of library materials and of book examination centers, [and] (8) the provision of a publicity and public relations service for libraries, and (9) the creation and maintenance of a state-wide platform for the distribution of electronic books to public library patrons.