Section 590IAC6-1-2. Definitions Version b

  NOTE: This version of section effective January 1, 2017. See also preceding version of section, effective until January 1, 2017.

   The following definitions apply throughout this article:

(1) "Bylaws" means the rules adopted by the library board for the:

(A) government of its members; and

(B) regulation of its affairs.

(2) "Class A" means libraries serving a population greater than thirty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine (39,999).

(3) "Class B" means libraries serving a population of at least ten thousand one (10,001) but fewer than forty thousand (40,000).

(4) "Class C" means libraries serving a population of ten thousand (10,000) or less.

(5) "Collection expenditures" means items that are purchased with operating funds and made available to patrons by the library for loan and reference including:

(A) books;

(B) audiovisual materials;

(C) electronic media devices; and

(D) databases.

(6) "Continuing education" means an approach to education that encourages dynamic and continuous learning.

(7) "Director" means the librarian who is:

(A) the administrative head of the library; and

(B) responsible to the library board for the operation and management of the library.

(8) "Electronic media devices" means devices used by the public to directly access information, excluding peripherals and connectivity.

(9) "Evening hours" means the hours the library is open after 5:00 p.m.

(10) "Fixed location" means each main location, branch, or campus of a library district.

(11) "Full-time" means that the director is paid for:

(A) at least thirty-five (35) hours per week; or

(B) if the library is open fewer than thirty-five (35) hours per week, the number of hours that the library is open.

(12) "INSPIRE" means the virtual library composed of multiple online databases available to residents of Indiana.

(13) "Integrated library system" or "ILS" means software used to track:

(A) items owned;

(B) circulation; and

(C) patron records.

(14) "Library board" means the fiscal and administrative body of a public library.

(15) "Library sponsored program" means a workshop, program, seminar, or outreach program sponsored by the library, in which the library's staff plays a significant role, including, but not limited to, technology, informational literacy, early literacy, children's, cultural programming, and other programming offered for the community.

(16) "Population served" means residents of the library district taxed for the support of the library.

(17) "Public access computer" means each computer connected to the Internet available to patrons and each workstation with software available to patrons, for example, word processing and spreadsheets, or specialized children's programs. Each fixed service location with wireless access to the library's public Internet shall be computed as ten (10) public access computers.

(18) "Special services" means library service for people who are:

(A) blind;

(B) deaf; or

(C) physically disabled.

(19) "Weekend day" means the library is open four (4) hours per day on Saturday or Sunday.

(20) "Young adult" means the age group defined by the American Library Association's Young Adult Library Services Association.

(Indiana Library and Historical Board; 590 IAC 6-1-2; filed Mar 17, 2010, 4:01 p.m.: 20100414-IR-590080945FRA, eff Jan 1, 2011; filed Feb 16, 2016, 2:04 p.m.: 20160316-IR-590150083FRA, eff Jan 1, 2017)