Interim Eligibility Standards for Libraries to Receive Library of California
Funding Prior to Regional Library Network Formation

BASIC ELIGIBILITY STANDARD

All libraries must meet the basic standard as defined in the law in Education Code Section 18830(a).

Article 4.  Eligible Libraries

…a…library…meets the following eligibility standards:

(1)          A written explicit  mission statement and service objectives.

(2)          A fixed location in California.

(3)          Established hours of service.

(4)          An organized collection of information and materials accessible for use by its primary clientele.

(5)          Designated, onsite, paid staff for library services, at least one of whom shall have a master’s degree in library or information science or a California library media teacher credential issued by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, but equivalent graduate education or demonstrated professional experience may be substituted for this requirement…

(6)          An established funding base.

The board of governance or the appropriate administrative authority for each academic library, public library, school library and special library…shall agree not to reduce funding for library services as a result of…participation.