Title 42.1. Libraries
Chapter 1. State Library and Library Board
Article 2. State Librarian, Assistants and Employees.
§ 42.1-13. Appointment; terms of office; employment; duties.The Board shall appoint a librarian, to be known as the Librarian of Virginia, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Librarian of Virginia shall appoint principal assistants and approve the appointment of other employees. The terms of office and employment of such assistants and employees shall be subject to the personnel regulations of the Commonwealth.
The Librarian of Virginia shall supervise the administration of The Library of Virginia. The Librarian of Virginia shall make requests for appropriations of necessary funds and approve all expenditures of Library funds. Such expenditures shall be made as provided by law.
Code 1950, § 42-48; 1970, c. 606; 1984, c. 444; 1985, c. 397; 1986, c. 565; 1994, c. 64; 1996, c. 812; 1998, c. 427.
§ 42.1-14. Compensation.The Librarian of Virginia, assistants and employees shall be paid such salaries from appropriations out of the public treasury as are provided by law.
Code 1950, § 42-49; 1970, c. 606; 1998, c. 427.
§ 42.1-15. Duties of Librarian of Virginia.The Librarian of Virginia shall have charge of The Library of Virginia. He shall see that the Library is properly kept and that its contents are properly preserved and cared for.
He shall be secretary of the Board, and shall perform all duties belonging to that position. He shall keep a record of all proceedings of the Board and such financial records as are required by the Commonwealth.
Code 1950, § 42-50; 1970, c. 606; 1994, c. 64; 1998, c. 427.
§ 42.1-15.1. Qualifications required to hold professional librarian position.Public libraries serving a political subdivision or subdivisions having a population greater than 15,000 and libraries operated by the Commonwealth or under its authority shall not employ, in the position of librarian or in any other full-time professional librarian position, a person who does not meet the qualifications established by the State Library Board.
A professional librarian position as used in this section is one that requires a knowledge of books and of library technique equivalent to that required for graduation from any accredited library school or one that requires graduation from a school of library science accredited by the American Library Association.
No funds derived from any state aid shall be paid to any person whose employment does not comply with this section.
This section shall not apply to law libraries organized pursuant to Chapter 4 (§ 42.1-60 et seq.), libraries in institutions of higher education, or public school libraries.
1988, c. 716; 2004, c. 559; 2006, c. 539; 2012, c. 296.
§ 42.1-16. Bond of Librarian of Virginia.The Librarian of Virginia shall be bonded in accordance with § 2.2-1840 for the faithful discharge of his duties and the delivery over to his successor of all the property of the Commonwealth in his possession.
Code 1950, § 42-51; 1970, c. 606; 1998, c. 427; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 152.
§ 42.1-17. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2006, c. 59, cl. 2.
§ 42.1-18. Exchanges; donation, etc., of duplicate material.The Library may arrange for the exchange of the Virginia publications with such states and institutions, the general government and other governments, societies and others, as it sees fit. Publications received on exchange are to become the property of The Library of Virginia, except statute and law books, which shall be placed in the Law Library. The Library may also, when deemed advantageous, donate, exchange or sell any or all duplicate material now or hereafter the property of The Library of Virginia, and other printed material not within the scope of its collections. The Librarian of Virginia shall keep an accurate account of all such sales and pay the money arising therefrom into the general fund of the state treasury.
Code 1950, § 42-56; 1970, c. 606; 1994, c. 64; 1998, c. 427.
§ 42.1-19. Repealed.Repealed by Acts 2006, c. 59, cl. 2.