200 books as afore provided, the school board having such school under its supervision shall be obliged to spend not less than 5 dollars annually, until such library shall contain in good condition 300 volumes, after which said school board shall not be required to increase the number, but keep the books in good condition and replace those destroyed or lost. (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision (a) District (1) Regulations-The district school board shall be responsible for the custody, proper care, and preservation of the library; shall make rules to govern the circulation and care of the books while in the hands of the pupils or other persons, subject to such general rules as may be prescribed by the State superintendent of public instruction (hereinafter called State superintendent); shall report annually to the county superintendent of schools (hereinafter called county superintendent) all library statistics which may be required on blanks furnished for that purpose by the State superintendent; and "may impose and collect penalties for injuries done to any book by the act, negligence, or permission of the person who takes the same or while in his possession, but no book shall be loaned, to any person not a resident of the district." (2) Exchanges-The board may at any time temporarily exchange any part of its library with any other district or persons so far as different books may be obtained, but each district shall recall its books before the close of the school year. (b) County (1) Statistics-Library statistics must be reported to the county superintendent. See (a) (1). (2) Public documents-In order that the secretary of State may know the number of Blue Books needed for distribution among the libraries of the district schools of the State, each county superintendent is authorized to certify to said secretary the number of such schools within his jurisdiction, and to distribute the books to the schools when they are received by the superintendent. (c) State The State superintendent may make rules for the care of the library and shall furnish county superintendents blanks for statistical data. See (a) (1) and (b) (1). 4. Books (a) District (1) Selection-Books purchased with funds described in 2 (a) shall be selected by the school board and the teacher, from any list authorized by the State superintendent and furnished by him to the county superintendent for this purpose, provided that all books purchased for the library shall be bound in cloth or some material equally as durable. The district school board "may accept donations of books for the library, but shall exclude therefrom all books unsuited to the cultivation of good character and good morals and manners, and no sectarian publication devoted to the discussion of sectarian differences and creeds shall be admitted to the library." (2) Care-The library shall, whenever practicable, be kept in the schoolhouse and always so when school is in session. District board may collect fines for injuries to books. See 3 (a) (1). (3) Use Books shall not be loaned to a person not a resident of the district; however, libraries may be exchanged under certain conditions with other districts. See 3 (a) (1) and (2). (b) County (1) Selection-The county superintendent is authorized to furnish school officers lists of books from which books for school libraries shall be selected. See (a) (1). (2) Public documents-County superintendent shall distribute Blue Books to district schools within his jurisdiction, such books to be placed in the school libraries. See 3 (b) (2). (c) State Books for school libraries must be approved by the State superintendent. See (a) (1). 5. Librarians (a) District School district board may appoint as librarian a suitable person including one of their own number. (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent NOTE.-The State superintendent shall have charge of and supervise the certification of teachers. There are no special certificates for school librarians. (Correspondence, State Department of Education, Feb. 20, 1939.) 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-See (c). (b) County-Law silent (c) State The State superintendent is a member ex officio of the State Library Commission. Any school district may borrow books from the commission. 7. Relationships With Public Libraries (a) District-In cities not exceeding a population of 50,000 inhabitants and in villages and townships containing more than 400 inhabitants, the board of education of such city or the school board of such city or village shall appoint the board of free public library directors from the citizens of such city, village, or township. In case there is no incorporated city or village, the library directors shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of such township; and there shall be one member of such board of education or school board or board of supervisors appointed as one of the directors of the free public library. (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, GENERAL SCHOOL LAWS, 1935, ch. 1, sec. 5, ch. 3, sec. 113-114, ch. 12, sec. 350 and 352; and COMPILED LAWS OF NORTH DAKOTA, 1913, vol. I, sec. 92-93, 4007, and 4008. 250617°-41-8 1. Procedures for Establishment Ohio (a) District "The board of education of any school district may provide for the establishment, control, and maintenance of a school library or libraries for the purpose of providing school library service for the pupils under its jurisdiction." (b) County-Law silent (c) State-Law silent 2. Financial Support (a) District (1) Library books not included in law relating to State book adoption— The provisions of the law relating to State textbook adoptions (Secs. 7709-7713, Throckmorton's Ohio Code, Baldwin's Revision 1936) do not apply to the purchase of supplementary reading books, library books, reference books, or any other books except textbooks, required by boards of education. "All such books except textbooks, required by the boards of education, shall be ordered, received, examined, and paid for in the same manner and by the same persons as other supplies and equipment." (2) Salaries of librarians-When board of education contracts with a public library for school library service, the board of education shall pay all or part of the expense thereof, including the salaries of school librarians. See 7 (a) (3). (b) County-Law silent (c) State Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision-Law silent 4. Books-Law silent 5. Librarians-Law silent NOTE. The director of education shall establish standards and courses of study for the preparation of teachers. Applicants for Four-year State Provisional Certificates wishing to qualify as school librarians must show training in library science. (Blank furnished by State department of education). 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-Law silent (b) County-Law silent (c) State A State library board is created in the Department of education, to be composed of the director of education as chairman and four other members appointed by the Governor. 7. Relationships With Public Libraries (a) District (1) Public library use of schoolhouse-The board of education of any (3) Contract for school service-The board of education of any school district may contract with any public board or other organization operating a public library in a community, to furnish school library service, the board of education paying all or part of the expenses thereof, including the salaries of school librarians, as and for compensation for the service rendered. (4) Contract for public library service-The board of education of any school district may contract with the library trustees of any public library or any private corporation maintaining a free public library situated within or without said taxing district, to furnish library service to all of the inhabitants of said taxing districts and may levy a tax therefor. (5) Establishment of public library-The board of education of any city, (6) Joint ownership of library-When a donation or bequest of money or (b) County-The county library district trustees may contract with boards of THROCKMORTON'S OHIO CODE, ANNOTATED, BALDWIN'S REVISION 1936, secs. 154-51, 3711, 7622-3, 7622-6, 7631, 7632, 7633, 7635, 7636, 7643–5, 7713–1, and 7805-2. Oklahoma 1. Procedures for Establishment-Law silent 2. Financial Support-Law silent 3. Administration and Supervision-Law silent 4. Books (a) District-Law silent (b) County Law silent (c) State See 6 (c). 5. Librarians (a) District—The proper officials in control of public-school libraries maintained by cities of the first class shall employ competent persons to serve as head librarians, who shall be responsible for the duties involved in the office. See (c). (b) County-Law silent (c) State After the passage of the act described in (a), “no vacancies existing or occurring in the position of head librarian in such libraries shall be filled by appointment or designation by any person who is not in possession of a library certificate . . ." The Oklahoma Library Commission shall constitute a Board of Library Examiners who shall issue librarians certificates under rules promulgated by the board. NOTE. While the law specifies that all head librarians in free public, State, school, or public-school libraries, must possess librarians' certificates, it makes no distinction as to grade. The Oklahoma Library Commission, which acts as the Board of Examiners, grants various grades of certificates according to the educational qualifications of the candidates. It has no jurisdiction over the qualifications which may be required by any library, other than that the librarian hold a certificate. The State Board of Education has recommended that the qualifications of teacher-librarians in high schools include at least one semester (15 hours) work in library science. (Correspondenee, Oklahoma Library Commission, Feb. 28, 1939.) 6. Relationships With State Library Agencies (a) District-See (c). (b) County-Law silent (c) State The State superintendent of public instruction is a member ex officio of the Oklahoma Library Commission. The Commission shall give advice to schools as to the best means of establishing and maintaining libraries, selection of books, cataloging, and other details of library management, and it may circulate traveling libraries among schools free of cost except for transportation. The Commission may also cooperate with the State Library Board (composed of Justices of the State Supreme Court, which is primarily a law library board) in devising plans for the care of school district libraries, in aiding teachers in school library administration, and in formulating rules governing the use of such libraries throughout the State, said rules to be promulgated through the State superintendent of public instruction. 6. Relationships With Public Libraries-Law silent SCHOOL LAWS OF OKLAHOMA, 1937, secs. 540, 541, and 546; and OKLAHOMA STATUTES ANNOTATED 1937, Title 65, chs. 1 and 2. 1. Procedures for Establishment Oregon (a) District-School boards are required to spend funds for school libraries. See 2 (a). (b) County County courts of counties having a population of fewer than 100,000 inhabitants are required to levy a tax for the purpose of establishing a fund for school libraries. See 2 (b). (c) State-Law silent |