Arizona LSTA Eligibility Policy

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To be eligible to receive LSTA funds in Arizona, all libraries must meet the following criteria:

• Be open to the public at least 750 hours per year, with regular, posted hours.
• Provide core library services, such as borrowing privileges and computer use, free of charge to all residents within the library’s service area. A school or academic library may define its service area as its academic community.

A library must meet all criteria for one of the following:

Academic Libraries

• Serve a public college or university.
• Agree To:
  
  1. Provide materials to other Arizona public, regent, or community college members at no charge.
  2. Write and publish a detailed Resource Access and Attainment Policy, and provide an electronic copy to the Arizona State Library each time the policy is updated.
• Submit to the State Library all reports in a complete, accurate and timely manner.

Limitations:  LSTA-funded projects must directly serve the general public.

Public Libraries

• Receive a minimum of 50 percent of funding from public sources OR be organized as a non-profit.
• Agree To:
  
  1. Work with patrons, at no charge, to locate materials.
  2. Provide specific information on attaining material. Patrons may be offered several options to attain material including: patron purchase of low-cost materials; library purchase of materials; database and web sources; and inter-library loan.
  3. When materials can only be attained through inter-library loan, offer to secure the loan for the patron. Postage costs for books sent to any and from any library (capped at $6), and fees charged by non Arizona public, regent or community college libraries, may be passed on to the patron; no other fees or charges may be passed on to the patron.
  4. Provide materials to other Arizona public, regent, or community college members at no charge.
  5. Write and publish a detailed Resource Access and Attainment Policy, and provide an electronic copy to the Arizona State Library each time the policy is updated.
• Submit to the State Library annual public library statistics and all other reports in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
• Demonstrate an ability to provide quality virtual information to library patrons.

School Libraries

• Serve a public or charter school in Arizona.
• Participate in resource sharing with other school libraries in the same school district.
• Be managed by a certified school librarian.
• Submit to the State Library all reports in a complete, accurate and timely manner.

Limitations:  LSTA-funded projects must directly serve the general public.

Special Libraries

• Serve as a library for a governmental unit or non-profit organization.
• Participate in AzNET, and upon library request, loan materials to Arizona libraries at no charge.
• Be managed by a librarian with an MLS or Western Council library certification.
• Provide services to Arizona residents.
• Submit to the State Library all reports in a complete, accurate and timely manner.

Limitations:  LSTA-funded projects must serve the public.

Tribal Libraries

• Be recognized and supported by a tribal government in Arizona.
• Submit to the State Library annual library statistics and all other reports in a complete, accurate and timely manner.
• Demonstrate an ability to provide quality virtual information to patrons.

 

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