1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 16 - PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION
Sec. 355e-4 - Preservation programs

The long-range program and annual program of each State under this subchapter may—

(1) include a statewide preservation cooperation plan that complies with this section; and

(2) identify the preservation objectives to be achieved during the period covered by the long-range plans required by section 351d of this title.

A statewide preservation cooperation plan complies with this section if—

(1) such plan specifies the methods by which the State library administrative agency will work with libraries, archives, historical societies, scholarly organizations, and other agencies, within or outside the State, in planning, education and training, coordinating, outreach and public information, and service programs to ensure that endangered library and information resources are preserved systematically; and

(2) such preservation plan is developed in consultation with such parties and agencies as the State archives, historical societies, libraries, scholarly organizations, and other interested parties.

A State which has a statewide preservation cooperation plan that complies with this section may use funds under this subchapter to carry out such plan.

The State library administrative agency may contract part or all of the preservation program under this section to other agencies or institutions.

(June 19, 1956, ch. 407, title III, §305, as added Mar. 15, 1990, Pub. L. 101–254, §19, 104 Stat. 106.)

Section effective Oct. 1, 1990, see section 25 of Pub. L. 101–254, set out as an Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section 351a of this title.