California Education Code ARTICLE 6 - Statewide Services

• Section 18760.
  The state board shall establish and administer two or more state reference centers. The centers shall be responsible for answering reference requests that cannot be...
• Section 18761.
  Each reference center established by the state shall provide statewide service. Such service shall include the handling of reference requests that cannot be met locally...
• Section 18762.
  Each reference center established pursuant to Section 18760 may enter into reciprocal or contractual agreements with libraries or any other information source for the purpose...
• Section 18763.
  The budget of any reference center established pursuant to Section 18760 may include funds for the general operations of such centers, including funds for collection...
• Section 18764.
  The state board shall designate one or more of the reference centers established pursuant to Section 18760 as a repository for collections specially relevant to...
• Section 18766.
  The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide communications and delivery and resource-sharing network between and among systems, state reference centers, independent public libraries,...
• Section 18767.
  The state board shall establish and maintain a computerized data base of bibliographic records and locations of all materials acquired by public libraries in this...

Last modified: October 22, 2018