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<section article="ged" article_name="Education" number="23-102.1" title_number="23" title_name="Libraries" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Library Agencies">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “library” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The State Library Resource Center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>A regional resource center;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>A correctional facility library;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>A county library system and the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>The Maryland State Library for the Blind and Print Disabled;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>The Maryland Deaf Culture Digital Library; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>A metropolitan cooperative service program.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Library” does not include a school library media program established by a local school system.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>It is the policy of the State that each library shall operate in a manner consistent with the following standards:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Library materials, services, and resources exist and should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all persons the library serves;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A library should not exclude material from its catalogue because of the origin, background, or views of a person who created the material; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A library should not prohibit or remove material from its catalogue because of partisan, ideological, or religious disapproval.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>It is the intent of the General Assembly that a library that receives funding from the State adopt and follow a written policy for operation of a library that is consistent with the State standards for libraries under subsection (b) of this section.</text>
  </level>
</section>
