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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008

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A N A C T

RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE PUBLICATIONS CLEARING HOUSE

     Introduced By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese

     Date Introduced: April 22, 2008

     Referred To: House Corporations

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 29-7-5 and 29-7-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 29-7 entitled

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"State Publications Clearinghouse" are hereby amended to read as follows:

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     29-7-5. Deposits of state publications. -- Each state agency shall designate one person

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as its documents officer and shall notify the clearinghouse of his or her identity. The documents

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officer shall, prior to public release of a state publication, deposit with the clearinghouse a

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minimum of twenty-five (25) copies of publications that are produced in printed or other tangible

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forms and for electronic publications, one electronic copy and as many tangible copies as are

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specified by the clearinghouse director certified to the documents officer by the clearinghouse as

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required to meet the needs of the depository library system.

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     29-7-8. Clearinghouse advisory committee. -- There shall be a state Publications

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Clearinghouse Advisory Committee. The committee shall consist of eight (8) nine (9) members,

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five (5) of whom to be selected from the Clearinghouse member libraries and appointed by the

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State Librarian to two (2) year terms. The State Librarian and the Director of the Clearinghouse

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shall be ex-officio members of the committee. The chairperson of the CRIARL Government

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Documents Committee and a state agency representative designated by the chief library officer

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shall also be ex-officio members. The purpose of the Committee shall be to advise the State

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Librarian and the Clearinghouse Director on the operation of the State Publications Clearinghouse

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for Libraries. The Committee shall meet quarterly and shall elect a chairperson to preside at

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meetings, and a secretary to record the meeting minutes and distribute them to the Clearinghouse

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depository libraries.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO LIBRARIES -- STATE PUBLICATIONS CLEARING HOUSE

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     This act would amend the state publications clearinghouse law to provide for the filing of

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state publications in electronic form. It would also add a representative designated by the chief

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library officer to the state publications clearinghouse advisory committee.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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