New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 15 - STATE
Chapter 21 - STATE LIBRARY AID AND GRANTS
Subchapter 2 - STATE LIBRARY AID
Section 15:21-2.6 - Service
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 15:21-2.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The following concerns hours of service:
1. The following minimum hours of service are required as set forth in Chart C below.
| Chart C | ||
| Population Served and Hours Open | ||
| Population | Hours Open | Minimum Hours |
| Served | Per Week | Open Per Year |
| 0-7,500 | 30 | 1,500 |
| 7,500-9,999 | 35 | 1,750 |
| 10,000-24,999 | 45 | 2,250 |
| 25,000-49,999 | 50 | 2,500 |
| 50,000 and over | 60 | 3,000 |
2. Minimum hours open to the public must be scheduled to provide some service five days per week with a minimum of three evenings and some weekend hours every week. Variations are permitted as long as the minimum hours open per year standard is met as set forth in Chart C above, or as authorized by the State Librarian.
3. Libraries serving communities of under 7,500 population must meet the minimum requirement of 30 hours per week. However, the 30 hours may be scheduled to provide only two instead of three evenings per week.
(b) Libraries shall provide the minimum level of service set forth in this subsection. Libraries shall:
1. Offer interlibrary loan through current technology;
2. Provide children's programming; and
3. Provide a library webpage with links to databases offered by the State or the library cooperative.
(c) Libraries shall provide knowledgeable service.
1. All public libraries must certify that a member or members of the staff who do not hold a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate and are counted to meet the minimum requirements of 15:21-2.4 has or collectively have received annually a minimum of library-related education as set forth in Chart D below.
| Chart D | ||
| Annual Minimum Hours of Library Related | ||
| Continuing Education | ||
| Population | Training for | Training for All |
| Category | Professionals [na] | Other Staff [nb] |
| 0-3,999 | 0 | 3 |
| 4,000-4,999 | 0 | 6 |
| 5,000-7,499 | 0 | 6 |
| 7,500-7,999 | 7 | 3 |
| 8,000-11,999 | 7 | 6 |
| 12,000-15,999 | 7 | 9 |
| 16,000-19,999 | 7 | 12 |
| 20,000-23,999 | 14 | 12 |
| [na] To continue beyond the listed population of | ||
| 23,999, multiply the number of professional FTE | ||
| from Chart A (column 2) times seven hours. | ||
| [nb] To continue beyond the listed population of | ||
| 23,999, multiply the number of all other staff FTE | ||
| from Chart A (column 3) times three hours. | ||
2. All public libraries must certify that a member or members of the staff who hold a New Jersey State Professional Librarian Certificate and are counted to meet the minimum requirements of 15:21-2.4 has or collectively have received annually a minimum of library-related education as required in Chart D above.
3. All public libraries should be members of the library cooperative.
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