10-1-405. Design and implementation.
The design and implementation of the Tennessee Electronic Library shall include the following considerations:
(1) Close cooperation among all participating libraries and agencies;
(2) Use of related federal, state, local, and private sector expertise and funding as appropriate;
(3) A focus on participating library circumstances, opportunities, and solutions;
(4) Minimizing duplication of effort and maximizing cost-savings through centralized and coordinated support and purchasing;
(5) Emphasis on both statewide benefit as well as local benefit; and
(6) Specific goals for the effective and efficient use of technology in public libraries and school libraries to improve the services they provide to the public and to students.
[Acts 1999, ch. 113, § 1.]