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United States — Tennessee
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The secretary of state may run and support a program that provides free reading and related library services for eligible people with disabilities in the state.
United States — Tennessee
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The secretary of state may contract with the Beck Cultural Exchange Center to deposit, display, or preserve certain materials, if acting on the recommendation of the state librarian and archivist.
United States — Tennessee
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The secretary of state appoints the state librarian and archivist, who serves as chief administrative officer of the state library system and is responsible to the secretary of state.
United States — Tennessee
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The secretary of state may hire special consultants for library or archival studies and reports if recommended by the state librarian and archivist and if funds are available.
United States — Tennessee
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The records compilation must be preserved by the state librarian and archivist, and certified copies may be used as evidence in Tennessee courts.
United States — Tennessee
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The secretary of state may make agreements and accept federal funds for library programs, subject to federal terms and conditions. State funds cannot be used for federal program participation unless paid from current appropriations or operating funds.
United States — Tennessee
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The Tennessee Electronic Library is created and administered by the state library and archives office, which may coordinate services, contract with vendors, and use existing department funds for the first year.
United States — Tennessee
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The Tennessee Electronic Library must consist of four integrated components.
United States — Tennessee
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The Tennessee Electronic Library may provide access to online catalogs, specialized databases, and other holdings or subscriptions deemed appropriate by participating libraries and agencies.
United States — Tennessee
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Only specified Tennessee libraries and certain state agencies may participate in the Tennessee Electronic Library.
United States — Tennessee
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The design and implementation of the Tennessee Electronic Library must include the listed planning considerations.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of education may issue certificates to librarians.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of education must set standards and adopt rules and practices for issuing librarians' certificates.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of education must review the qualifications of applicants for librarian or professional library assistant jobs in covered public or state-supported libraries.
United States — Tennessee
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Library governing boards must appoint only certified persons to vacant and new professional library positions in their jurisdiction.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of education must provide for certification of certain professional librarians and professional library assistants.
United States — Tennessee
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The state board of education may review out-of-state librarian certification certificates and may accept them instead of Tennessee certificates, or issue Tennessee certificates to holders of those out-of-state certificates.
United States — Tennessee
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Applications for library certificates must be filed with the commissioner of education in the form set by the state board of education, and each application must include the fee set by that board.
United States — Tennessee
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County legislative bodies and incorporated city or town governing bodies may establish or support a free public library, or arrange library service and joint library operation through contracts.
United States — Tennessee
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County and city bodies must levy or use tax funds to support free public libraries, and the county trustee must keep and distribute certain levy funds separately.