Texas Public Library Annual Report Information
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Information | Rules for Administering
the Library System Act | How to Report
Loan Star Libraries Grant Funds
Submit Your Annual Report
through Bibliostat Collect
We strongly suggest libraries complete their annual report no
later than March 31, to allow staff time to check data. Final submission
of the annual report is due April 30. A library reporting after April
30 risks losing accreditation. See Frequently
Asked Questions or Contact Information for
further assistance.
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Contact Information
Questions Concerning Bibliostat Collect
Questions Concerning Revisions to Submitted Annual Report
Questions Concerning Annual Report Questions or Definitions
TSLAC Staff:
Regional Library System Staff:
- AALS - Kathryn Sturtz (ksturtz@sanantonio.gov,
210-207-2612)
- BCLS - John Pecoraro (john.pecoraro@abilenetx.com,
325-676-6021)
- CTLS - Patricia Tuohy (pat.tuohy@ctls.net,
512-583-0704)
- HALS - Elizabeth Swan (elizabeth.swan@cityofhouston.net,
832-393-1397)
- NTRLS - Adam Wright (awright@ntrls.org,
817-377-4440)
- NETLS - Connie Moss (cmoss@netls.org,
972-205-3852)
- STLS - Alice Nixon (anixon@stls.lib.tx.us,
361-880-7060)
- TPLS - Donna Littlejohn (donna.littlejohn@amarillolibrary.org,
806-378-3054)
- TTPLS - Barbara Valle (valleBK@ci.el-paso.tx.us,
915-543-5418)
- WTLS - Nancy Hill (nhill@mylubbock.us
, 806-775-2854)
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Rules for Administering the Library Systems
Act
Minimum Standards for Accreditation of Public Libraries
- Texas Administrative Code §1.71 - §1.86
Minimum
Standards for Accreditation of Public Libraries in the State Library
System
- Texas Administratve Code §1.85 Annual Report
A public library shall file a current and complete annual
report with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission by April
30. Revisions to the annual report which would affect membership status
for the next fiscal year will not be accepted after July 31. Staff vacancies
that occur after the report is filed shall not adversely affect applications
for system membership in the next fiscal year. Staff vacancies that
occur prior to filing the report which affect system membership must
be filled and reported prior to July 31. Willful falsification of annual
reports shall cause the library to be disqualified for one year in the
first instance and disqualified for three years in the second instance.
[Adopted April 30, 1985; 10 TexReg 1228; Amended August 4, 1988,
13 TexReg 3633; Amended March 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 1612]
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How to report Loan Star Libraries (LSL) grant
funds:
How the funds were used will determine where they will appear on your
annual report.
Income
LSL funds received should be reported in Section 5 of the annual report.
If the funds were used in the operation of the library, they should be
reported in item 5.5. If they were used on capital outlay, the amount
should be reported in item 5.17.
Expenditures
If the funds were used to supplement your operating expenses, they will
go in Section 3 of the report as either salary, collection, or miscellaneous
expenses.
Any LSL funds that were reported in items 3.1 through 3.12 should be
subtracted from the totals in Section 4 of the report. If LSL funds were
used to purchase library materials, the amount should be deducted from
the total in 4.1 and 4.2. If the funds were spent on salaries or miscellaneous
items, the amount should be removed from the total in 4.2.
The amount in 4.3 should reflect only the amount of local government
support from a library district, city, county, and/or school district
that was reported as spent in Section 3. Do not report Loan Star Libraries.
For information on eligible expenses under the Loan Star Libraries Program,
visit:
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/funding/loanstar/adminrules.html
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