(a) Purpose.
- (1) Acts 1979, No. 489, of the Arkansas General Assembly created the Arkansas State Library and provided broader responsibilities than those of the Arkansas Library Commission.
(2) Among the new obligations are those relating to federal, state, and local publications as described in:
- (A) Acts 1979, No. 489, § 8; and
- (B) Arkansas Code §§ 13-2-201 and 13-2-210 – 13-2-214.
- (3) The purpose of this part is to implement procedures needed to administer the documents programs.
- (b) Federal regional depository library. The Arkansas State Library shall serve as the regional depository library for federal documents received from the Government Publishing Office through its Federal Depository Library Program.
- (c) Official depository for state and local documents. The Arkansas State Library shall maintain the official depository collection of state and local documents printed or issued by government entities and state-supported institutions of higher learning within Arkansas.
- (d) State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse. The Arkansas State Library shall maintain the State and Local Government Publications Clearinghouse to gather and distribute documents to the state Depository Library System.
(e) Agencies and document submissions.
- (1) All Arkansas state government entities, state-supported institutions of higher learning, and local governments must furnish one (1) copy of each of their publications for the Arkansas State Library’s permanent depository collection.
- (2) Additional copies of each publication shall be furnished to the Arkansas State Library as required by the clearinghouse.
(f) Depository libraries.
- (1) The Arkansas State Library will enter into depository agreements with libraries throughout the state to supply these libraries with copies of Arkansas state and local publications.
- (2) The libraries shall make these publications available for use by the general public.
Codification Notes: The Arkansas Library Commission was abolished by Acts 1979, No. 489.