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(A) Except as provided in division (B) below, the library and reading room shall be free of charge for the use of the inhabitants of the city, subject always to such reasonable regulations as the Library Board may adopt to render the library of the greatest use to the inhabitants. The Library Board may exclude from the use of the library and reading rooms any person who willfully violates or refuses to comply with rules and regulations established for the government thereof.
(Neb. RS 51-212)
(B) The public library shall make its basic services available without charge to all residents of the city. The Board may fix and impose reasonable fees, not to exceed the library’s actual cost, for nonbasic services.
(Neb. RS 51-211)
(C) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BASIC SERVICES. Include, but are not limited to, free loan of circulating print and nonprint materials from the local collection and general reference and information services.
NONBASIC SERVICES. Include, but are not limited to, use of:
(a) Photocopying equipment;
(b) Telephones, facsimile equipment, and other telecommunications equipment;
(c) Media equipment;
(d) Personal computers; and
(e) Videocassette recording and playing equipment.
(Neb. RS 51-201.01)
The Library Board shall, on or before the second Monday in February in each year, make a report to the City Council of the condition of its trust on the last day of the prior fiscal year. The report shall show all money received and credited or expended; the number of materials held, including books, video and audio materials, software programs, and materials in other formats; the number of periodical subscriptions on record, including newspapers; the number of materials added and the number withdrawn from the collection during the year; the number of materials circulated during the year; and other statistics, information, and suggestions as the Library Board may deem of general interest or as the City Council may require. The report shall be verified by affidavit of the president and secretary of the Library Board.
(Neb. RS 51-213)
Penalties imposed or accruing by any bylaw or regulation of the Library Board and any court costs and attorney’s fees may be recovered in a civil action before any court having jurisdiction, such action to be instituted in the name of the Library Board. Money, other than any court costs and attorney’s fees, collected in such actions shall be placed in the treasury of the city to the credit of the library fund. Attorney’s fees collected pursuant to this section shall be placed in the treasury of the city and credited to the budget of the City Attorney’s office.
(Neb. RS 51-214)
Any person may make donation of money, lands, or other property for the benefit of the public library. The title to property so donated may be made to and shall vest in the Library Board and their successors in office, and the Board shall thereby become the owners thereof in trust to the uses of the public library.
(Neb. RS 51-215)
It shall be unlawful for any person not authorized by the regulations made by the Library Board to take a book from the public library without the consent of the Librarian or an authorized employee of the library. Any person removing a book from the library without properly checking it out shall be deemed to be guilty of an offense.
Penalty, see § 10.99
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