General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 78 Libraries
- Massachusetts General Laws - Existing corporations - Chapter 78, Section 1
Library corporations and associations which have been legally established shall continue to have all the powers and privileges and be subject to all the duties...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Organization of county law libraries - Chapter 78, Section 2
Attorneys at law who have been admitted to practice in the courts of the commonwealth and who are resident in a county for which there...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Use by residents of county - Chapter 78, Section 3
Inhabitants of the county shall, subject to the by-laws, have access to the library and the books therein.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Source of funds - Chapter 78, Section 4
The treasurer of each county shall annually pay for the support of law libraries therein such sums as may be appropriated therefor by the general...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Right to receive legislative documents - Chapter 78, Section 5
Each law library association shall be entitled to receive from the sergeant-at-arms, immediately after their publication, one copy of the volume of the legislative documents...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Right to receive other books and documents - Chapter 78, Section 6
All incorporated law libraries in the commonwealth shall be entitled to receive from the officers charged with the distribution of the same, copies of all...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Establishment by cities and towns; records - Chapter 78, Section 7
A town may establish and maintain public libraries for its inhabitants under regulations prescribed by the city council or by the town, and may receive,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Use of facilities by non-residents - Chapter 78, Section 8
Any free town public library may loan its books or other library material to any other such library or to citizens of other towns or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Return of unwanted state publications - Chapter 78, Section 9
If the trustees of any town library shall vote not to keep or receive any of the books and reports which the state secretary is...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Town libraries; selection of trustees and officers - Chapter 78, Section 10
A town which raises or appropriates money for the support of a free public library, or free public library and reading room, owned by the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of trustees; powers and duties - Chapter 78, Section 11
The board shall have the custody and management of the library and reading room and of all property owned by the town relating thereto. All...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report of trustees - Chapter 78, Section 12
The board shall make an annual report to the town of its receipts and expenditures and of the property in its custody, with a statement...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability of sections relating to trustees - Chapter 78, Section 13
The three preceding sections shall not apply to library associations, nor to a library organized under a special act.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board of library commissioners; members; appointment; term; by-laws; reimbursement; officers; staff - Chapter 78, Section 14
There shall be a board of library commissioners for the commonwealth, in this section and in sections fifteen to thirty, inclusive, called the board, consisting...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties relating to management and maintenance of libraries - Chapter 78, Section 15
The board of library commissioners shall advise the librarian or trustees of any free public library, and may on request advise the librarian or other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1960, 429, Sec. 5 - Chapter 78, Section 16 to 18
Repealed, 1960, 429, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers, duties and status of board - Chapter 78, Section 19
The board of library commissioners may expend such sums as may be appropriated for the extension and encouragement of library services within the commonwealth. The...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State aid; determination - Chapter 78, Section 19A
The state treasurer shall annually, on or before July first, pay from monies appropriated from the Local Aid Fund for that purpose, to each city...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State aid; annual reports by libraries; requisites for aid - Chapter 78, Section 19B
The board of library commissioners, in setting up minimum standards of free public library service and in certifying such libraries for aid under section nineteen...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional public library service; annual appropriation - Chapter 78, Section 19C
The board shall establish a comprehensive statewide program of regional library service, consisting of regional library systems, which shall not exceed six, for the purpose...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional public library service; council of members - Chapter 78, Section 19D
For each regional library system, the board shall establish a council of members which shall consist of the chief librarian or one trustee to be...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Library media services; comprehensive statewide program; funds; standards - Chapter 78, Section 19E
The board of library commissioners, hereinafter called the board, shall, subject to appropriation, establish a comprehensive statewide program for the improvement and development of library...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regional public library service; arrangement for delivery and retrieval of materials or services - Chapter 78, Section 19F
Any library system providing service under an approved plan as provided in clause (3) of section nineteen C or such public library or libraries designated...
- Massachusetts General Laws - State assistance for public library projects - Chapter 78, Section 19G
The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program of state assistance to cities and towns in the planning, reconstruction,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 78, Section 19H
As used in sections nineteen G to nineteen K, inclusive, the following words shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— “Addition, expansion...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application for and distribution of funds - Chapter 78, Section 19I
The board of library commissioners shall establish rules and regulations which shall govern the application for and distribution of said funds. Any such rule and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Allocation of funds; priorities - Chapter 78, Section 19J
In allocating said funds, the board shall give priority to library construction projects within communities (a) in which the most recent fiscal year’s tax levy...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Gifts and grants - Chapter 78, Section 19K
Cities and towns may accept grants or gifts for purposes of library construction or renovations, including the planning therefor from private persons or corporations and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Massachusetts library and information network - Chapter 78, Section 19L
The board of library commissioners shall, subject to appropriation, establish and administer a program for the purposes of providing funds for a Massachusetts library and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statewide advisory council on cooperative library programs - Chapter 78, Section 19M
The board of library commissioners shall establish a statewide advisory council on cooperative library programs. This advisory council shall advise the board with regard to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 78, Section 19N
The board of library commissioners shall establish such rules and regulations as are necessary and proper for administering sections 19C to 19F, inclusive, and sections...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Librarians; appointment; examination; registration - Chapter 78, Section 20
The board may determine by examination or by such rules as it may establish the selection and appointment of supervising librarians and all other library...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Inapplicability of certain sections to cities - Chapter 78, Section 21
Sections ten to twelve, inclusive, and sections sixteen to eighteen, inclusive, shall not apply to cities.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certification of librarians - Chapter 78, Section 22
The board of library commissioners shall certify, and issue certificates to, librarians. The board shall appoint an advisory committee of professional librarians practicing in the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Board meetings; quorum - Chapter 78, Section 23
The board shall hold at least four regular meetings each year for the purpose of granting certificates. A quorum for said purpose shall consist of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions applicable to Secs. 22 to 31 - Chapter 78, Section 24
The following words and phrases used in sections twenty-two to thirty-one, inclusive, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:— “Board”, the board...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Rules and regulations - Chapter 78, Section 25
The board shall make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as are necessary and proper for the conduct of the process of certification,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1977, 565, Sec. 6 - Chapter 78, Section 26
Repealed, 1977, 565, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Clerical assistance, etc.; expenditures - Chapter 78, Section 27
The board may expend, subject to appropriation, such sums for clerical assistance and incidentals as may be necessary for the proper performance of its work.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Duties of board - Chapter 78, Section 28
The board shall:— (1) Keep an official record of all its meetings or parts of meetings concerned with certification. (2) Issue, suspend, revoke or renew...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Librarians; qualifications - Chapter 78, Section 29
The board shall issue a certificate certifying as a professional librarian any person who requests certification upon a form prescribed by the board and who...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fees - Chapter 78, Section 30
The board may fix fees for the issuance of certificates and for their renewal.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Status of existing librarians; certificates - Chapter 78, Section 31
Any person who, upon the effective date of this act, is employed in a position defined as that of professional librarian or subprofessional librarian in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Library staff members; leaves of absence for study or research - Chapter 78, Section 32
In a city or town which accepts this section the board of trustees of the public library or the city or town official possessing the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Policy for selection and use of library materials and facilities - Chapter 78, Section 33
The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employment contracts for library employees - Chapter 78, Section 34
The board of trustees of a free public library in any city or town, or in the absence of such board, the city or town...
Last modified: September 11, 2015