690                                        LAWS OF MARYLAND                                Ch. 298

(1)   To provide leadership and guidance for the planning and coordinated
development of library and information service in the State;

(2)  To develop statewide public library and school library services, and library
networks, resource centers, and other arrangements as will meet the library and
information needs of the State;

(3)  To provide professional and technical advisory services to public library and
school library officials, to State government agencies, and others for the purpose of
improving library services in the State;

(4)   To collect library statistics and other data; to identify and provide for
needed research and studies of library needs; and to publish and disseminate
findings in these areas;

(5)   To coordinate library services with other information and educational
services and agencies;

(6)  To administer federal and State funds appropriated to it by the State for
library purposes provided for in this subtitle;

(7)  To develop and recommend professional standards and policies for libraries;

(8)  To establish requirements and procedures for the certification of librarians
and other library personnel operating under this subtitle;

(9)   To provide specialized library service to the visually and/or otherwise
physically handicapped persons throughout the State, and to develop other
specialized library services as desirable;

(10)   To render encouragement, advice and assistance for the establishment,
operation and coordination of libraries at State institutions and agencies; and to
administer the operation of library and information services for the Department of
Education;

(11)  To promulgate guidelines for the administration of public libraries and to
make recommendations to the State Board of Education in regards to rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this subtitle;

(12)   To perform all other duties necessary for the proper operation of the
library division [.];

(13)  TO COOPERATE WITH THE LIBRARY AGENCIES OF OTHER
STATES AND WITH NATIONAL LIBRARY AGENCIES.

166A.

THE INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT IS HEREBY ENACTED INTO
LAW AND ENTERED INTO BY THIS STATE WITH ALL STATES
LEGALLY JOINING THEREIN IN THE FORM SUBSTANTIALLY AS
FOLLOWS:

INTERSTATE LIBRARY COMPACT

(A) NO POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE SHALL BE PARTY
TO A LIBRARY AGREEMENT WHICH PROVIDES FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OR MAINTENANCE OF A LIBRARY PURSUANT TO
ARTICLE III, SUBDIVISION (C-7) OF THE COMPACT, NOR PLEDGE ITS