SEC. 12. All funds coming into the possession of the library services 2 authority shall be deposited, held, secured and expended in accordance with 3 the general laws of the state relating to the handling of public funds. The 4 handling and expenditure of these funds shall be subject to audit and supervision by the state board of accounts. 5 6 Any officer or employee of the library services authority who is authorized 7 to receive or disburse or in any other way handle funds and securities of the 8 authority shall give a corporate surety bond, in an amount specified in the rules and regulations, for the faithful performance of his duties and the proper 10 accounting of all monies and property which may come into his hands or under his control. The cost of such bond, including the cost of filing and recording, 12 shall be paid out of funds of the library services authority. 13 The records of the library services authority shall be considered public records. (Burns 41-1212) (IC 1971, 20-13-6-12) TAX EXEMPT SEC. 13. All property owned by the library services authority and all revenues received by the authority shall be exempt from taxation in the state 3 for any and all purposes. (Burns 41-1213) (IC 1971, 20-13-6-13) 2 23 2 SEC. 14. Subject to making due provisions for the payment and performance of its obligations, any governing authority which is a member of the li3 brary services authority may withdraw from the authority by resolution, or ordinance, order, statement of separation, or other recorded act of that 5 governing authority and upon notification to the library services authority 6 prior to April 1st of the last fiscal year in which the library discontinuing 7 membership is a member of the library services authority. Upon discontinu8 ing membership in the library services authority the discontinuing member 9 relinquishes its rights to any funds, supplies, materials, equipment, real or other property held by or belonging to the authority and in which the discon11 tinuing member had a right by virtue of its membership, unless provision to 12 the contrary is made by the official action of the board of directors. Upon the 13 receipt of such notification and the satisfaction of all obligations by the with14 drawing member, the board of directors shall officially note the withdrawal and shall file notice of the resulting change in the joint agreement with the In16 diana State Library and in the office of the recorder of the county in which the 17 authority's principal place of business is located. 18 The library services authority shall be dissolved when the board of direc19 tors of the authority so vote, when such action is de facto by the notice of discontinuance of membership by the next to last remaining member or when the 21 membership of the authority consists of a greater number of private governing 22 authorities than public governing authorities. Upon the occurrence of any of 23 these conditions, the board of directors shall dispose of the assets by division 24 among the members at the time of dissolution and in the proportion and in the 25 manner determined by the board of directors. 26 The dissolution shall not be in effect until all legal and fiscal obligations 27 of the library services authority have been satisfied, and an official record of 28 the dissolution is filed in the office of the recorder of the county in which the 29 authority's principal place of business is located. Until such satisfaction of 30 obligations has occurred and the record of dissolution has been filed, the final members of the authority shall continue to be members. (Burns 41-1214) (IC 1971, 20-13-6-14) Approved March 4, 1967 V. -56 Development and operation, either directly or by contract, of A. B. C. D. E. Contract with the Ohio College Library Center for use of Development of programs for utilization of Machine Readable Development of detailed specifications for a state-wide Development of a centralized body of information on library cooperation, computer technology, and information retrieval systems and data bases. Development of such other service programs as may be The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority is to lease, rent, or purchase such property and/or contract for such services as are necessary for the transaction of its business as provided under the provisions of the Library Services Authority Act (BURNS IND.STAT. ANN. Secs. 41-1201-1214; IC 1971, 20-13-6-1--20-12-6-14). The member libraries adopting this Joint Agreement agree to appoint within ten (10) days after the legal establishment of the Authority a director to the Board of Directors of the Authority, which Board shall meet at 140 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, upon call of the convening chairman, Marcelle K. Foote, who shall set the date and time of the organizational meeting of the Board of Directors. The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority herein created shall be a municipal corporation, and any power or powers, privileges or authority exercised or capable of being exercised by a public agency of this state, except that of levying taxes, may be exercised and employed by such Authority established under the Library Services Authority Act. -57 JOINT AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE INDIANA COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES AUTHORITY March 7, 1974 The governing authorities of the following public libraries located in Indiana: together with the governing authorities of the following colleges and universities located in Indiana: together with the governing authorities of the following special libraries located in Indiana: together with the governing authorities of the following public school corporations located in Indiana: all having library responsibilities, do hereby establish the INDIANA COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SERVICES AUTHORITY, located at 140 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority is to provide for the following services: I. An administrative office and employment of a director and II. III. IV. Effective liaison with library organizations and cooper- Effective liaison with multi-state and national library -58 Selected COBICIL Bibliography Baker, Harold, Judith Cobb and Galen Rike, "The Center, Helen M. and Galen Rike, "The COBICIL Foote, Marcelle K., "COBICIL," Library Occurrent v.24 (Feb. 1973) 179-181. Markuson, Barbara Evans, "The COBICIL Project Markuson, Barbara Evans, Galen E. Rike and William J. Studer, "The COBICIL Project Study: Markuson, Barbara Evans. The Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority A Plan for the Future. Final Project Report of the Cooperative Bibliographical Center for Indiana Libraries (COBICIL) Feasibility Study. Indianapolis, Indiana State Library, 1974. 159, A-92p. Weathers, Marqua E., "Cooperative Bibliographic Center for Indiana," Indiana Slant, v.35, no.3 (March 1973) 10. |