2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 11-2. Powers and duties of State Librarian.
Sec. 11-2. Powers and duties of State Librarian. The State Library shall maintain
programs for library development and reader services. The State Librarian shall be the
administrative officer of the State Library and shall administer, coordinate and supervise
the library. The State Librarian shall have the authority to sign contracts approved by
the State Library Board in accordance with the policies established by the State Library
Board. The State Librarian, with the approval of the State Library Board, may appoint
members of the staff of the State Library. Members of the staff of the State Library
employed in positions requiring graduation from a library school shall be members of
the unclassified service. The State Librarian may purchase for the State Library such
books as the State Library Board directs or authorizes. He is authorized and directed to
distribute copies of the files of each act favorably reported by any committee of the
General Assembly and printed in the files to each high school and university in the state,
upon request.
History: 1965 act added provisions re divisions of reader services and of library development, designated associate librarians as members of unclassified service and required that committee, rather than state librarian, report to general assembly; P.A. 75-316 substituted state library board for state library committee; P.A. 80-36 made appointment of associate state librarians as division heads optional rather than mandatory by replacing "shall" with "may"; P.A. 82-306 eliminated requirement that state librarian locate and identify graves of veterans buried within the state; P.A. 84-109 replaced provision that the state librarian "shall have charge under the state library board" of the state library and supreme court building and grounds with provision that the state librarian "shall have administrative responsibility, in accordance with policies and procedures established by the state library board and the chief justice of the supreme court" for such building and grounds; P.A. 84-414 deleted provisions re separate divisions of reader services and of library services, deleted provisions re appointment of associate state librarians as the administrative head of said divisions and deleted provision re biennial report to the general assembly, but see Subsec. (f) of Sec. 11-1; P.A. 86-109 added provisions designating state librarian as administrative officer of library and authorizing librarian to sign contracts approved by library board; P.A. 88-216 provided for the appointment of a deputy state librarian and made technical changes; P.A. 91-104 deleted references to associate state librarians and a deputy state librarian; P.A. 95-220 removed reference to administrative responsibility of State Librarian for State Library and Supreme Court building and grounds, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 11-23 re State Librarian's duty to advise and assist public libraries.
