Section 3020.210  Retention and Disposal of Documents

The Illinois State Library shall retain ownership of Illinois documents deposited in its depository and exchange libraries.  The depository must keep all documents received for seven years.  At the end of that time, it may send a list of unneeded documents to the Illinois Documents Coordinator, Illinois State Library, 300 South Second, Springfield IL 62701-1796, who will circulate the list to other depository libraries for their selection.  If other libraries request any documents on the list, the discarding library will forward the documents to them, by the least expensive method, at the selecting library's expense.  Documents not selected by other depositories may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.  The Illinois State Library, shall keep all depository documents indefinitely, including ephemeral materials, except for superseded items.

(Source:  Amended at 27 Ill. Reg. 219, effective January 1, 2003)