H. B. 2046
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chambers, and Delegate Ashley)
[Introduced January 17, 1995 ; referred to the
Committee on Government Organization.]
A BILL to amend article one, chapter ten of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
by adding thereto a new section, designated section
eighteen-a, relating to establishing a state publications
clearinghouse for libraries throughout the state in order to
facilitate public access to publications issued by state
agencies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article one, chapter ten of the code of West Virginia,
one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by
adding thereto a new section, designated section eighteen-a, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 1. PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
§10-1-18a. Establishment of state publications clearinghouse;
definitions powers of West Virginia library commission; designations by state agencies.
(a) There is hereby established the state depository library
clearinghouse which shall be under the direction of the state
library commission.
(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Public document" means any document, report, directive,
bibliography, rule, newsletter, pamphlet, brochure, periodical,
request for proposal, or other publication, whether in print or
an unprinted format, that is paid for, in whole or in part, by
funds appropriated by the Legislature and may be subject to
distribution to the public;
(2) "Depository library" means a library designated to
collect, catalog, maintain, and make available all or particular
selected state publications to the general public; and,
(3) "State agency" means any state office, whether
legislative, executive, or judicial, including, but not limited
to, any constitutional officer, department, division, bureau,
board, commission or other agency which expends state
appropriated funds.
(c) The state library commission shall establish a state
depository library clearinghouse to receive and distribute all
state public documents to the depository libraries around the
state.
(d) The commission shall designate a state library staff
member as director of the state publications clearinghouse for
librarians. The director shall hold a graduate degree in library
science from an accredited institution of higher learning. The
clearinghouse shall establish requirements for eligibility to
become and remain a depository library.
(e) In designating a library as a depository library the
clearinghouse shall consider the geography of the state and the
existing federal depository libraries. West Virginia University
library and the state department of archives shall be designated
as complete depository libraries that shall receive two copies of
all public documents. The clearinghouse shall also, pursuant to
the requirements it establishes hereunder, designate other
libraries around the state as depository libraries, upon request
from a library.
(f) Each state agency shall designate one person as its
documents officer while notifying the clearinghouse of his or her
identity. The documents officer shall, prior to the public
release of any state publication, deposit with the clearinghouse
a minimum of fifteen copies as required to meet the needs of the
depository library system. If fewer than forty copies of a public
document are produced, no more than two such copies are required
to be deposited with the clearinghouse.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to establish a state
publications clearinghouse for libraries which will
systematically collect and distribute state publications to
libraries throughout the state in order to facilitate public
access to publications issued by state agencies.
Section eighteen-a is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.