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1 AN ACT concerning local government.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Library System Act is amended by
5 changing Sections 1 and 3 and by adding Section 8.7 as follows:
6 (75 ILCS 10/1) (from Ch. 81, par. 111)
7 Sec. 1. Because the state has a financial responsibility
8 in promoting public education, and because the public library
9 is a vital agency serving all levels of the educational
10 process, it is hereby declared to be the policy of the state to
11 encourage the improvement of free public libraries and to
12 encourage cooperation among all types of libraries in
13 promoting the sharing of library resources, including digital
14 resources. In keeping with this policy, provision is hereby
15 made for a program of state grants designed to establish,
16 develop and operate a network of library systems covering the
17 entire state.
18 It is further declared to be the policy of the State to
19 encourage and protect the freedom of libraries and library
20 systems to acquire materials without external limitation and
21 to be protected against attempts to ban, remove, or otherwise
22 restrict access to books or other materials.
23 (Source: P.A. 83-411.)
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1 (75 ILCS 10/3) (from Ch. 81, par. 113)
2 Sec. 3. The State Librarian and the Illinois State Library
3 his staff shall administer the provisions of this Act and
4 shall prescribe such rules and regulations as are necessary to
5 carry the provisions of this Act into effect.
6 The rules and regulations established by the State
7 Librarian for the administration of this Act shall be designed
8 to achieve the following standards and objectives:
9 A provide library service for every citizen in the state
10 by extending library facilities to areas not now served.
11 B provide library materials for student needs at every
12 educational level.
13 C provide adequate library materials to satisfy the
14 reference and research needs of the people of this state.
15 D provide an adequate staff of professionally trained
16 librarians for the state.
17 E adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of
18 Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or
19 removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in
20 the alternative, develop a written statement declaring the
21 inherent authority of the library or library system to provide
22 an adequate collection stock of books and other materials
23 sufficient in size and varied in kind and subject matter to
24 satisfy the library needs of the people of this state and
25 prohibit the practice of banning specific books or resources.
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1 F provide adequate library outlets and facilities
2 convenient in time and place to serve the people of this state.
3 G encourage existing and new libraries to develop library
4 systems serving a sufficiently large population to support
5 adequate library service at reasonable cost.
6 H foster the economic and efficient utilization of public
7 funds.
8 I promote the full utilization of local pride,
9 responsibility, initiative and support of library service and
10 at the same time employ state aid as a supplement to local
11 support.
12 The Advisory Committee of the Illinois State Library shall
13 confer with, advise and make recommendations to the State
14 Librarian regarding any matter under this Act and particularly
15 with reference to the formation of library systems.
16 (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3077.)
17 (75 ILCS 10/8.7 new)
18 Sec. 8.7. State grants; book banning. In order to be
19 eligible for State grants, a library or library system shall
20 adopt the American Library Association's Library Bill of
21 Rights that indicates materials should not be proscribed or
22 removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval or, in
23 the alternative, develop a written statement prohibiting the
24 practice of banning books or other materials within the
25 library or library system.
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