The South Carolina State Library shall render encouragement, advice, and assistance for the establishment, operation, and coordination of libraries of state institutions. The State Library may:
(a) provide a consultant qualified to give advisory and technical assistance to institutional librarians and administrators;
(b) administer grants-in-aid from federal or other sources to supplement library services in state institutions; and
(c) establish minimum standards for library service which take into account the type of institution, the number of people served by the institution, the availability of library services to the institutional population, the qualification of personnel for staffing of a library, and the institution's commitment to annual budgetary support for library services.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 178, Section 2.