CHAPTER 57

S.P. 360 - L.D. 1043

An Act To Provide Funds for Online Reference Materials

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.

MAINE STATE LIBRARY

Statewide Library Information System

Initiative: Provides funds to negotiate and purchase licenses for the publication of copyrighted materials and periodicals to create a statewide database for use by state, school, public and academic libraries in the State. The licensing agreement must include, subject to the availability of funds, a full-text reference collection, full-text newspapers, full-text consumer health information and full-text periodical databases for general research and business research.

GENERAL FUND 2005-06 2006-07

All Other $0 $25,000

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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $25,000