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An Act To Provide Essential Library Resources to All Maine Communities
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
LIBRARY, MAINE STATE
 
Maine State Library 0217
 
Initiative: Provides ongoing funds to the Maine State Library to be used to make grants to improve library collections throughout the State, to support interlibrary deliveries, to digitize materials for preservation and statewide access, to improve online data resources and to improve area reference and resource centers. Also adds one Librarian II position and one Librarian III position for ongoing training for Minerva consortium member libraries and to manage and train staff in ensuring database quality and cataloguing standards.

GENERAL FUND	2007-08	2008-09	
POSITIONS - LEGISLATIVE COUNT	2.000	2.000	
Personal Services	$125,008	$132,117	
All Other	$2,700,000	$2,700,000	
 	  	  	
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$2,825,008	$2,832,117	

SUMMARY
This bill makes ongoing General Fund appropriations to the Maine State Library for grants to improve library collections throughout the State, to support interlibrary deliveries, to digitize materials for preservation and statewide access, to improve online data resources and to improve area reference and resource centers. The bill also provides funds for 2 librarian positions.