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Public Library Standards: Documents Cited

Statements

American Library Association. "American Library Association Code of Ethics." (Adopted by the ALA Council June 28, 1995.)

American Library Association. "Free Access to Libraries for Minors: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights." (Adopted June 30, 1972. Amended by the ALA Council July 1, 1981; and July 3, 1991.)

American Library Association. "Libraries: An American Value." (Adopted by the ALA Council February 3, 1999.)

American Library Association. "Library Bill of Rights." (Adopted June 18, 1948. Amended by the ALA Council February 2, 1961; June 27, 1967, and January 23, 1980.)


Laws

United States Code. Title 17 (Copyrights). U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977-

United States Code. Title 42, Chapter 126 (Americans with Disabilities Act). U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977-

General Laws of Rhode Island. Title 29 (Libraries). The Mitchie Company, 1994.

General Laws of Rhode Island. Title 42-46 (Open Meetings). The Mitchie Company, 1993.

Other

American Library Association. "Standards for Accreditation of Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies." ALA, 1992.

Minimum Standards for Vermont Public Libraries (New revision draft). Vermont Department of Libraries, 1998.

Rhode Island Public Library Trustees Handbook, compiled and edited by Frank P. Iacono. Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services, rev. 2006. 

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