The Library Act

(Version as of November 11, 1998)
General scheme of the Draft Proposal

I. General provisions

Article

1 - The contents and the scope of the Law
2 - Library materials - definition
3 - Library activities - definition
4 - Library Information System of Slovenia - definition
5 - Library materials belonging to the cultural heritage - definition II. Libraries and specialized information centres services

A. Libraries

6 - Types of libraries

1. Public libraries

7 - Public libraries - definition
8 - Public libraries and ethnic minorities
9 - Personal data of users
10 - Local collections
11 - Weeding of library collections
12 - Donations of library material
13 – Public libraries in local communities
14 – Basic functional requirements
15 – Basic library services
16 – Performance measurement
17 – Regional libraries – definition and functions

2. School libraries, academic and university libraries

18 – School libraries – definition
19 – Academic libraries – definition
20 – University libraries – definition and functions
21 – University Library systems

3. Special libraries

22 – Special libraries – definition

4. National library

23 – National library – functions
24 – National library as University library
25 – Founding of the National Library 26 – Export of nationally important library material

5. Specialized information centres

27 – Specialized information centres – definition
28 – Central specialized information centres

 III. Library Information Sdystem of Slovenia 29 – Library Information system – definition
30 – Basic functional requirements for member libraries
31 – Librarians – professional requirements
32 – Council of the Library Information System
33 – Members of the Council
34 – Authority of the Council
35 – Institutions performing the tasks of informations infrastructure - functions
36 – Founding of the national bibliographic utility
37 – Management and the Board of the national bibliographic utility
38 – Communications and networking
IV. Public budgeting 39 – Scope of public financing
40 – Financial obligations of the founding authority
41 – Financing of public libraries
42 – Financing of the information and communication infrastructure
43 – Financing of foreign material acquisitions
V. Control and supervision 44 – Control and supervision by the state
45 – Supervisory authority by ministries
VI. Transitionary and final provisions 46 – Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica performing the tasks of the National library
47 – Institut informacijskih znanosti performing the tasks of the national bibliographic utility
48 – ARNES performing the tasks of the communications infrastructure
49 – Founding of the National Council of the Library Information System
50 – Executive acts following the adoption of the Library Act
51 – Organization of libararies following the adoption of the Library Act
52 – New budgetary scheme for public libraries starting on Jan 1, 2000.
53 – Regional libraries – transition period
54 – Ceasing of the old Library Act

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February 1999