New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 5 - STATE LIBRARY
Part 2 - STATE GRANTS-IN-AID TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Section 4.5.2.9 - PUBLIC LIBRARY GRANT
Universal Citation: 4 NM Admin Code 4.5.2.9
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. Purpose: To supplement eligible public libraries' budgets.
B. Description: The public library grant funds shall be used for library collections, library staff salaries, library staff training, library equipment, or other operational expenditures associated with delivery of basic library services.
C. Criteria for reviewing and awarding public library grants: The state library shall review and award public library grants to public libraries that have met the following criteria:
(1) timely submission
of an annual report with the state library for the current year and a minimum
of two years prior;
(2) continuous
operation for at least one year;
(3) receipt of a minimum of three consecutive
developing library grants;
(4)
demonstration of receipt of financial support from sources other than the
state; in particular, matching funds in relation to the population of the
library's legal service area shall be at least $1.50 per person;
(5) maintenance of adequate financial and
other records to support the public library's eligibility for receiving library
grants; the state library may audit such records annually, or as needed, as
determined in the state library's sole discretion;
(6) compliance with all state statutes and
rules;
(7) compliance with all
requirements for public library grants;
(8) Formation of a strategic plan that the
public library reviews, updates, and files with the state library every three
years, and a community analysis and needs assessment, and a collection
development policy that the public library reviews, updates, and files with the
state library every five years;
(9) maintain a library board that meets at
least two times a year and adheres to the state open meetings law;
(10) employment of a designated director;
and
(11) successful expenditure of
all public library grant funds during the prior fiscal year.
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