20 USC 9122 - Definitions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Feb 22, 2025

§ 9122.

Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

(1)

Library

The term “library” includes—

(A)

a public library;

(B)

a public elementary school or secondary school library;

(C)

a tribal library;

(D)

an academic library;

(E)

a research library, which for the purposes of this subchapter means a library that—

(i)

makes publicly available library services and materials suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available to the public; and

(ii)

is not an integral part of an institution of higher education; and

(F)

a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of this subchapter.

(2)

Library consortium

(3)

State

(4)

State library administrative agency

(5)

State plan

(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–296; amended Pub. L. 105–128, § 3, Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2548; Pub. L. 108–81, title II, § 202, Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 115–410, § 8, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5416.)

cite as: 20 USC 9122