Maryland Laws and CCPL

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1. Slide 1: Maryland Laws and CCPL Gail Griffith November, 2006
2. Slide 2: What kinds of state laws affect public libraries and their staff? • CCPL’s Personnel Policies manual incorporates the laws that relate to hiring, disciplining, and terminating staff. • Other important provisions of the law deal with how public libraries are established, governed, and funded. • Maryland law also establishes and defines confidential and public records. Both are critical to public libraries!
3. Slide 3: How Local Public Libraries are Governed • CCPL’s Board • County systems with Library Boards – Seven members, including one from – Appointed: can serve each library service two consecutive 5-year area terms – Policy and fiduciary responsibility – Meetings
4. Slide 4: CCPL Library Board, 2006 Keir Knight, Gilda Hogan, Todd Herring, Joyce Muller, Jack Bowden, Mary Lou Dewey, Nancy Lynch
5. Slide 5: Responsibility for Funding • Funding sources • CCPL’s Budget – – Operating Revenue State per-capita • $7.9 M (FY 2007) – County responsibility • 11% state – Federal (and other) grants • 84% county – Generated income (fines, • 5% generated fees, gifts) – Operating Expenses • 72% salaries • 16% materials, access • 12% everything else – Special Accounts
6. Slide 6: Who Pays for Retirement and FICA? • For most staff, the State does • Certification of staff is required – MLS – Library Associate (LATI) – Clerical
7. Slide 7: Maryland Library Alphabet Soup DLDS, MSDE Division of Library Development and Services, Maryland State Department of Education aka ‘The State Library’ LSTA--IMLS SLRC--EPFL LBPH Library Services and State Library Regional Libraries Library for the Blind and Technology Act Resource Center, Physically Handicapped Institute for Museum Enoch Pratt Free Library and Library Services MILO WMPL Maryland Interlibrary Western Maryland Public Libraries Organization ESRL Eastern Shore Regional Library DLDS uses LSTA funds to support SMRLA Southern Maryland Regional public libraries and statewide Library Association library networking.
8. Slide 8: Confidentiality of Records • Confidentiality of circulation records – Public records vs. confidential records – Who’s the custodian of the records?