§ 11 — Responsibilities of the New York state library

New York § 11

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PPD: New York State Printing and Public Documents
• Art. 3: State Publications Distribution

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§ 11. Responsibilities of the New York state library. 1. It shall be\nthe responsibility of the state library to serve as the central\nrepository for the distribution of all public documents. In accordance\nwith this responsibility the state library shall establish a public\ndocuments distribution system consisting of depository libraries\nthroughout New York state which shall be known as the "New York state\ndocument depository system" and shall be responsible for the maintenance\nand distribution of documents within this depository system.\n 2. The state library, in consultation with state agencies, shall\ndevelop a list specifying which public documents are core documents. The\ntotal number of core documents shall not exceed twenty-five. The list of\ncore documents shall form the basis of the New York state documents\nreference center, documents depository and documents research library\ncollections.\n 3. The gifts and exchange division of the state library is designated\nas the center for the collection of public documents for distribution\nthroughout the depository system.\n