SECTIONS 18400-18411 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 18400-18411

18400. The board of library trustees shall make and enforce all
rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration,
government, and protection of the library under its management, and
all property belonging to the library.

18401. The board of library trustees shall administer any trust
declared or created for the library and receive by gift, devise, or
bequest, and hold in trust or otherwise, property situated in this
state or elsewhere, and where not otherwise provided, dispose of the
property for the benefit of the library.

18402. The board of library trustees shall prescribe the duties and
powers of the librarian, secretary, and other officers and employees
of the library, determine the number of and appoint all officers and
employees, and fix their compensation. The officers and employees
shall hold their offices and positions at the pleasure of the boards.

18403. The board of library trustees shall purchase necessary
books, journals, publications, and other personal property.

18404. The board of library trustees shall purchase such real
property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or rooms, as in
its judgment are necessary to properly carry out the provisions of
this chapter.

18405. The board of library trustees may request the appropriate
state officials to furnish the library with copies of any and all
reports, laws, and other publications of the state not otherwise
disposed of by law.

18406. The board of library trustees shall borrow books from, lend
books to, and exchange books with other libraries, and shall allow
nonresidents to borrow books upon such conditions as it may
prescribe.

18407. The board of library trustees shall do and perform any and
all other acts and things necessary or proper to carry out the
provisions of this chapter.

18408. The board of library trustees shall file through the
librarian on or before the last day in August of each year, a report
with the State Librarian at Sacramento, giving the condition of its
library and the number of volumes contained therein on the 30th day
of June preceding. The report shall, in addition to other matters
deemed expedient by the board of trustees or the district librarian,
contain such statistical and other information as is deemed desirable
by the State Librarian. For this purpose the State Librarian may
send to the several district librarians instructions or question
blanks so as to obtain the material for a comparative study of
library conditions in the state.

18409. The board of library trustees shall designate the hours
during which the library will be open for the use of the public.

18410. All public libraries established under this chapter shall be
open for the use of the public at all reasonable times.

18411. Boards of library trustees and the boards of trustees of
neighboring library districts, or the legislative bodies of
neighboring municipalities, or boards of supervisors of the counties
in which public libraries are situated, may contract to lend the
books of the libraries to residents of the counties, neighboring
municipalities, or library districts, upon a reasonable compensation
to be paid by the counties, neighboring municipalities, or library
districts.