New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 4 - CULTURAL RESOURCES
Chapter 5 - STATE LIBRARY
Part 8 - DISTRIBUTION OF GENERAL OBLIGATION STATE OF NEW MEXICO BOND FUNDS TO PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Section 4.5.8.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Annual report" means the report required annually by the state library from a public library.

B. "Authorized expenditure period" means the period from when a purchase order is approved by the cultural affairs department until ninety (90) days prior to the ending date specified in the authorizing legislation.

C. "Basic public library services" means services provided by a local public library that include circulating library collections, basic reference service, and educational programs.

D. "Equipment" means computers, software and related peripherals; servers; thin client terminals; networks, including wireless networks; telecommunications; automation systems; and other equipment used to assist in meeting the information needs of a library's clients.

E. "Fiscal year" means July 1 through June 30.

F. "Legal service area" means the geographic area for which a public library has been established to offer services and from which the library derives income. This includes the entire service area of the local public library or library system and does not include merely the general service area of any one branch. The most recent U.S. census determines the population of the legal service area if the population figures are given separately for that area. If the census does not have a discreet population figure for the legal service area, then the state library and the library whose population is at issue shall work together to arrive at a mutually acceptable population figure. If this is not possible, the state library in its sole discretion shall determine the population for the library's legal service area.

G. "Library resources" means library holdings intended for public use and the tools required to make the resources usable by the public. Library resources can include books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings, electronic and digital media, and information materials accessed via the internet.

H. "Library system" means the agency that is legally established to provide public library service to the legal service area population. A library system may have a single outlet or more than one outlet.

I. "Local funding authority" means local or sovereign governments recognized by the department of finance and administration.

J. "Local public library" means a New Mexico organization that offers basic public library services within its legal service area and is open to the public at least fifteen (15) hours per week and a minimum of two (2) days each week.

K. "Rural library services" means those services provided by the state library to persons in the state who do not have access to a local public library. These services include bookmobiles and the books-by-mail service.

L. "Supplemental funds" means funds that are provided from sources other than the regular library budget derived from the local funding authority. Supplemental funds are not intended to replace any part, or all, of the library's regular budget.