75-2535. State librarian; appointment; qualifications. The state librarian shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate as provided in K.S.A. 75-4315b, and amendments thereto. Except as provided by K.S.A. 46-2601, and amendments thereto, no person appointed as state librarian shall exercise any power, duty or function as state librarian until confirmed by the senate. Any person appointed as the state librarian shall hold a graduate degree in library science and shall have not less than five years actual experience in library administration. The state librarian shall be in the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and shall hold office at the pleasure of the governor.
History: L. 1963, ch. 422, § 2; L. 1975, ch. 435, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 332, § 36; L. 1981, ch. 329, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 347, § 53; L. 2008, ch. 121, § 21; 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.