Assembly Bill A5562

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires public libraries to develop and publish a collection management policy

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Libraries And Education Technology
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §260-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1392
2011-2012: A3939
2013-2014: A4374
2015-2016: A2671
2017-2018: A6863
2019-2020: A5653

2021-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires public libraries with collections of more than 100,000 items to develop and publish a collections management policy which shall ensure the integrity of collections by the development of a clear deaccessioning policy which will foster public access and accountability; provides that such policies shall include uniform processes and procedures for deaccessioning or other disposition of any and all materials within the collection.

2021-A5562 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5562
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation  to  library  collections
   management policy
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section  260-d
 to read as follows:
   §  260-D. COLLECTION MANAGEMENT POLICY. 1. EVERY PUBLIC LIBRARY IN THE
 STATE WITH A COLLECTION OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  ITEMS  SHALL
 DEVELOP  AND PUBLISH A COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT POLICY, WHICH SHALL ENSURE
 THE INTEGRITY OF COLLECTIONS BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CLEAR  DEACCESSION-
 ING  POLICY,  WHICH  WILL  FOSTER PUBLIC ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY. SUCH
 POLICIES SHALL BE THE SOLE BASIS FOR COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT AND DEACCES-
 SIONING. SUCH POLICIES SHALL INCLUDE UNIFORM  PROCESSES  AND  PROCEDURES
 FOR  DEACCESSIONING OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF ANY AND ALL MATERIALS WITHIN
 THE COLLECTION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BRITTLE MATERIALS,  SPECIAL
 COLLECTIONS, DUPLICATES, OUTDATED MATERIALS AND OTHERS.
   2.  THE  COMMISSIONER SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS NECESSARY
 TO IMPLEMENT THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07852-01-1

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