75-2534. Kansas state library in Topeka; composition; services; chief officer; grants, gifts and donations of money. (a) There shall be a state library which shall be designated as the Kansas state library which shall be located in Topeka. The state library shall consist of books, pamphlets, papers, pictures, maps, charts and documents of every description now belonging thereto, together with such others as may be acquired by gift, purchase, exchange or otherwise.
(b) The state library shall provide library and informational services to the judicial, legislative and executive branches of the state government and the state library shall also provide extension services to all of the residents of the state.
(c) For the benefit of blind readers of Kansas, the state library may make available books and other reading matter in Braille, talking books or any other medium of reading used by the blind. To this end, the state library is authorized to provide library services for the blind and other handicapped persons through contract, agreement or otherwise with the library of congress or any regional library thereof.
(d) The chief officer of the state library shall be the state librarian.
(e) The state librarian may apply for and receive public or private grants, gifts and donations of money for the state library. All moneys received for grants, gifts and donations shall be remitted to the state treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit of the state library fund.
History: L. 1963, ch. 422, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 299, § 33; L. 1983, ch. 280, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 116, § 41; L. 1998, ch. 24, § 1; L. 2001, ch. 5, § 375; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 75 - State Departments; Public Officers And Employees
Article 25 - State Library And Library Services
75-2525 Stormont medical library; abolished.
75-2535 State librarian; appointment; qualifications.
75-2537 State librarian; duties; assistants; employees.
75-2538 Same; exchanges with other states and governments.
75-2539 Same; duties of secretary of state.
75-2541 Same; labeling and cataloguing of books and material.
75-2542 Same; rules and regulations for government of library and services; local library services.
75-2547 Regional systems of cooperating libraries; purpose.
75-2549 Same; petition for establishment; contents.
75-2549a Same; constitute a body corporate and politic; powers and authority.
75-2549b Same; certain regional systems of cooperating libraries validated.
75-2550 Same; system board; membership; powers.
75-2550a Same; selection of an executive board; delegation of legal functions; exception.
75-2552 Same; establishment of standards by state board.
75-2553 Grants-in-aid to libraries act; citation.
75-2554 Grants-in-aid to libraries; definitions.
75-2555 Same; apportionment and distribution to eligible libraries; formula.
75-2558 Grants-in-aid to libraries; limitations of expenditures from state aid funds; penalty.
75-2559 Same; annual expenditure reports by libraries receiving grants-in-aid.
75-2561 Same; budget requests of state librarian; reports of distributions and expenditures.
75-2563 Contracts for computerized information and cataloging services; cost system; fees.
75-2568 Same; rules and regulations.
75-2575 Interlibrary cooperation and resource sharing; purpose of act.
75-2577 Same; function of state library.
75-2585 Same; contracts for computerized services; state-level cooperative activities.
75-2587 Same; participation by unified school districts; costs.