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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2625 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Nabeela Syed SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the State Library Act. Provides that the State Librarian shall create an electronic form for each public library in the State to complete and list each research database or a library media streaming database that the public library wants the State Librarian to obtain. Provides that, for each research database or library media streaming database that is requested in the forms, the State Librarian shall attempt to negotiate with the research database or library media streaming database to purchase subscriptions to the database at a price that is lower than individual public libraries could obtain. Provides that, if the State Librarian is successful in negotiating a database price that is lower than individual public libraries could obtain, the State Librarian must obtain subscriptions in a number equal to or greater than the number of public libraries that requested that particular database. Provides that the public libraries requesting the database shall pay the State Librarian the cost of the database subscription for that public library.
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| | HB2625 | | LRB103 29685 DTM 56088 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The State Library Act is amended by adding |
| 5 | | Section 11.5 as follows:
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| 6 | | (15 ILCS 320/11.5 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 11.5. Database contracts. |
| 8 | | (a) As used in this Section: |
| 9 | | "Library media streaming database" means a database |
| 10 | | accessible on a computer or a mobile devise in which the user |
| 11 | | may access eAudiobooks, eBooks, videos, or other electronic |
| 12 | | material for use by library patrons. |
| 13 | | "Public library" has the meaning given to that term in |
| 14 | | Section 15-5 of the Public Library Construction Act. |
| 15 | | (b) The State Librarian shall create an electronic form |
| 16 | | for each public library in the State to complete and list each |
| 17 | | research database or a library media streaming database that |
| 18 | | the public library wants the State Librarian to obtain. The |
| 19 | | form shall include a place for the public library to include |
| 20 | | the most recently quoted price from the database. The forms |
| 21 | | shall be submitted by December 31 of each year. |
| 22 | | (c) For each research database or library media streaming |
| 23 | | database that is requested in the forms received under |