(a) The state librarian may provide telecommunications services through the Kansas agency network to provide inter-library resource sharing information services to local public, academic school and special libraries. The state librarian shall fix, charge and collect fees for such telecommunication services to recover all or part of the operating expenses incurred for such telecommunications services.

(b) The state librarian may operate a central library materials purchasing activity to centrally order and collect payments for specialized library materials for libraries in Kansas. The state librarian shall fix, charge and collect fees for such specialized library materials to recover all or part of the operating expenses incurred for such central library materials purchasing activity and the provision of such specialized library materials.

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Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-2588

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
  • state librarian: means the state librarian appointed pursuant to Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-2554
  • state library: means the Kansas state library created and operating under authority of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 75-2554

(c) The state librarian may conduct library workshops and conferences for librarians and other interested persons and may fix, charge and collect fees for such workshops and conferences to recover all or part of the operating expenses incurred therefor.

(d) The state librarian shall administer the state library fund. All expenditures from the state library fund shall be for operating expenses, including official hospitality, and shall be made in accordance with appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the state librarian or by the state librarian’s designee.

(e) The following receipts, proceeds and other moneys received by the state librarian shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state library fund:

(1) All moneys received by the state librarian for fees fixed, charged and collected under this section;

(2) all receipts for sales of goods and services under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-2563, and amendments thereto;

(3) all proceeds from sales of duplicate books, sets of works or other duplicate or temporary material under Kan. Stat. Ann. § 75-2540, and amendments thereto; and

(4) all moneys received from sales of surplus property of the state library under the state surplus property act.