The South Carolina State Library shall provide advice and assistance to public libraries, library boards, and county governments in matters concerning the establishment, support, operation, improvement, and coordination of library services. The State Library may:
(a) provide a staff of consultants qualified to give advisory and technical assistance to library directors and library boards;
(b) administer state aid and other grants-in-aid to supplement and improve public library services and promulgate regulations as may be necessary to insure effective and efficient use of grants;
(c) administer a certification program for public libraries and librarians, establishing regulations and procedures for the implementation of the program;
(d) carry out statewide programs and services which cannot be effectively or economically provided by local libraries;
(e) plan and coordinate the provision of library services to groups with special needs, including but not limited to the elderly, the physically handicapped, the unemployed, the poor, the functionally illiterate, and those persons who have cultural, social, or educational disadvantages that prevent them from using library services designed for persons without the disadvantages.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 178, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 60 - Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts
Chapter 1 - South Carolina State Library
Section 60-1-30. Director of State Library; qualifications; evaluation and term of office.
Section 60-1-40. Duties and authority of board.
Section 60-1-50. Duties of director.
Section 60-1-60. Duties of State Library in executing library policy.
Section 60-1-70. State Library to provide research services to General Assembly and others.
Section 60-1-80. State Library to provide assistance to public libraries and county governments.
Section 60-1-100. Services of libraries open to public; fees for certain services; penalties.
Section 60-1-110. State Library to assist libraries of state institutions.
Section 60-1-120. Library services to be rendered to blind and physically handicapped readers.
Section 60-1-140. State Library to establish statewide library network.
Section 60-1-160. State Library to receive statistical reports from libraries.