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Law No. 334 Of 31 May 2002 Law Libraries

Original Language Title:  LEGE nr. 334 din 31 mai 2002 legea bibliotecilor

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LEGE no. 334 334 of 31 May 2002 (** republished) (* updated *) law of libraries ((updated until 30 December 2013 *)
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--------------- *) The updated form of this normative act until December 30, 2013 is carried out by the legal department of S.C. "Territorial Center of Electronic Computing" S.A. Piatra-Neamt by including all the changes and additions made by: ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 ; LAW no. 114 114 of 4 May 2006 ; LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 ; LAW no. 156 156 of 8 May 2009 ; LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 ; LAW-Framework no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 12 12 of 9 February 2011 ; ORDINANCE no. 4 4 of 25 January 2012 ; LAW no. 41 41 of 8 March 2013 ; EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 117 117 of 23 December 2013 . The content of this act is not an official document, being intended to inform users ** **) Republicated pursuant to art. II of Law no. 593/2004 to amend and supplement Law of Libraries no. 334/2002 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 1.240 of 22 December 2004, giving the texts a new numbering. Law of Libraries no. 334/2002 was published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 422 422 of 18 June 2002, and has been amended by Government Ordinance no. 59/2003 on certain categories of goods exempt from the payment of customs debt, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 615 of 29 August 2003, approved with amendments by Law no. 545/2003 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 915 915 of 20 December 2003 and by Law no. 571/2003 on the Fiscal Code, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 927 of 23 December 2003, with subsequent amendments and completions. ***) NOTE C.T.C.E. S.A. Piatra-Neamt: According to 23 23 of para. ((1) art. 48, Cap. VI of the Framework LAW no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 762 of 9 November 2009, on the date of entry into force of this Law (n.n. 1 January 2010) is repealed art. 51 51 para. (3)-(6) of the Libraries Law no. 334/2002 , republished in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 132 of February 11, 2005, with subsequent amendments and completions. + Chapter I General provisions + Article 1 Within the meaning of this law, it is considered: a) library-institution, compartment or specialized structure whose main tasks are: constitution, organization, processing, development and preservation of collections of books, serial publications, other library documents and databases, to facilitate their use for information, research, education or recreation purposes; to initiate, organize and conduct cultural projects and programmes, including in partnership with public authorities and institutions, with other institutions of profile or through public-private partnership; within the company library information plays a role of strategic importance; ----------- Letter a) of art. 1 1 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. b) the national library-an institution invested with the task of acquiring, processing and preserving at national level documents from all fields of knowledge and, in particular, those relating to the Romanian language and civilization; of the legal deposit of documents; the main documentary source for the knowledge of national culture, with the role in the conduct of cultural programs of national and international interest; ----------- Letter b) of art. 1 1 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. c) university library-a priority library in the service of students, teachers and researchers from universities and other institutions of higher education and research which, within the limits provided by the regulation organization, can also function as a public library; d) the specialized library-the library mainly intended for a category of beneficiaries or collectors, as a priority, of some types of documents or to meet the specific needs of the tutelary body; e) public library-the encyclopedic library put at the service of a local or county community; f) school library-library organized within a pre-university educational institution, which is mainly in the service of students and teachers in that institution and which, within the limits provided by law and the organizing regulation, can also work as a public library. + Article 2 (1) In the form of constitution and administration of heritage libraries are governed by public law or by private law. (2) Public law libraries shall be established and organized under the central or local public administration authorities, other authorities or public institutions and operate according to their own regulations approved by these authorities or institutions. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 2 2 has been amended by section 2 2 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (3) The private law libraries shall be established, organized and operated under private legal persons or individuals. + Article 3 After the form of organization libraries can be with legal personality or without legal personality. + Article 4 After the degree of access to collections and services libraries can be with unlimited access or limited access. + Article 5 After the structure of collections libraries can be encyclopedic or specialized. + Article 6 (1) In public law libraries the consultation of collections and their own databases is free of charge. (2) Public law libraries may provide services, established by their own organization and functioning regulations, under the law, on the basis of tariffs, with the opinion of the financing authority or institution. ----------- Article 6 has been amended by section 6. 3 3 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 7 Public law libraries can be abolished in case of termination of the activity of the authorities or institutions that have set up or financed them, only under the conditions of taking over their heritage by another public law library, in compliance with legislation in force. + Article 8 (1) Public law libraries are financed from the state budget or local budgets, and funding funds are distinctly nominated in their own budgets or financing institutions. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 8 8 has been amended by section 4 4 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. ((2) Libraries may also be financed by other legal entities under public or private law, as well as by individuals, through donations, sponsorships or other legal sources of income. (3) The private law libraries can be financially supported, on the basis of programs or projects, and from the state budget or from the budgets of local authorities, if they are committed to having a specific activity to public law libraries. (4) Libraries of public law in the national library system may realize their own income from the object of activity. ------------ Alin. ((4) art. 8 8 was introduced by the single article of LAW no. 156 156 of 8 May 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 326 326 of 15 May 2009. (5) Libraries of public law in the national library system may carry out activities fully financed from their own income, in order to support, promote and capitalize on written culture, in a national and international context, by means of specific professional. ------------ Alin. ((5) of art. 8 8 was introduced by art. I of LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 778 778 of 13 November 2009. (6) The activities provided in par. (5) are as follows: a) realization and participation in research and development projects to support, promote and capitalize on the national and international written culture; b) the realization of products and services with added value, of the type: studies, projects, documentary or thematic research, computer products, multimedia products, databases, editorial products, consulting services and specialized assistance; c) editing and printing of books, brochures, periodical publications, works and specialized materials or of general interest, in Romanian or in foreign languages, made in the country or abroad, in cooperation with one or more partners; d) the organization of specific training and training services in the field of conservation and protection of cultural assets in the field of written culture that are part of the national cultural heritage; e) the realization of reproductions, through digital photo systems, photocopying, or the making of microfilms; f) other activities specific to supporting, promoting and capitalizing on written culture. ------------ Alin. ((6) of art. 8 8 was introduced by art. I of LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 778 778 of 13 November 2009. (7) Activities carried out according to para. (5) shall be financed entirely from own income, consisting of: a) the added value made by libraries through the valorisation of cultural heritage written through research, documentation and publication of studies; b) funds from participation in national and international projects, other than those financed from the state budget; c) other income, under the law. ------------ Alin. ((7) of art. 8 8 was introduced by art. I of LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 778 778 of 13 November 2009. (8) Income and expenditure budgets for activities financed entirely from own income shall be recorded separately from budget revenues, follow the legal regime of extra-budgetary income and shall be approved with the budgets of libraries, according to legal provisions in force. ------------ Alin. ((8) of art. 8 8 was introduced by art. I of LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 778 778 of 13 November 2009. (9) The annual surplus resulting from the execution of revenue and expenditure budgets for activities financed entirely from own income shall be carried over to the following year and shall be used with the same destinations. ------------ Alin. ((9) of art. 8 8 was introduced by art. I of LAW no. 344 344 of 11 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 778 778 of 13 November 2009. + Chapter II National library system + Article 9 (1) The national library system is constituted by the totality of public law libraries and private law libraries which have activities specific to those governed by public law and is an integral part of the national information system, objective achievement of the specific activities and development of public reading services. (2) Public law libraries may carry out consortia or other forms of interlibrary cooperation in order to jointly purchase specific documents and share various types of library activities and services. ----------- Article 9 has been amended by section 6.6. 5 5 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 10 The national library system, in relation to their functions and duties, is structured as follows: a) National Library of Romania; b) Romanian Academy Library; c) university libraries; d) specialized libraries; e) public libraries; f) school libraries. + Section A National Library of Romania + Article 11 The National Library of Romania is the public law library with legal personality, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. + Article 12 (1) The National Library of Romania performs the following specific functions: a) Presierva, preserve, research, develop and value the documents held in its collections; ----------- Letter a) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 4.2 6 6 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. b) organize the legal deposit, according to the law; b ^ 1) identifies, collects, preserves and communicates the documents that are subject to the Legal Deposit, regardless of the content and year of their occurrence; ----------- Point b ^ 1) of par. ((1) of art. 12 12 was introduced by section 4.2. 7 7 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. c) identifies, collects, organizes, conserves and highlights the Romanic Fund, made up of prints and other categories of documents published abroad, regarding Romania, the Romanian people and the Romanian culture, publications of the authors Romanians published abroad in any language, publications in Romanian of foreign authors published abroad; ----------- Letter c) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 4.2 6 6 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. d) organize and manage the National Reserve of Publications; e) as a national center of exchange, the centralized and statistical records of international exchanges of publications; f) as a national methodological center, elaborates and issues methodological instructions and norms for public libraries and carries out studies, researches and documentary briefings in the field of library economics and other fields of culture; ----------- Letter f) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 4.2 6 6 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. g) as a national center of pathology and restoration of documents, the National Library of Romania elaborates and issues, in accordance with the international norms in force, norms and methodologies of conservation and restoration, of operation of restoration laboratories in the country and provide expert assistance; ----------- Letter g) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 4.2 6 6 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. g ^ 1) coordinates the project for the realization of the National Collective Catalogue of Romanian and foreign publications, as well as other projects of national interest in the field; ----------- Letter g ^ 1) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 was introduced by section 4.2. 8 8 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. g ^ 2) elaborates the National Bibliography of Romania for all types of documents; ----------- Letter g ^ 2) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 was introduced by section 4.2. 8 8 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. g ^ 3) acquires with priority, from the country and abroad, specific documents of particular importance for cultural and national identity; ----------- Letter g ^ 3) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 was introduced by section 4.2. 8 8 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. g ^ 4) coordinates the realization of the National Virtual Library. ----------- Letter g ^ 4) a par. ((1) of art. 12 12 was introduced by section 4.2. 8 8 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. h) performs other specific tasks, according to the organization and functioning regulation. (2) The National Library of Romania operates on the basis of its own organization and functioning regulation approved by order of the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs. (3) The National Library of Romania is a public institution financed from its own income and from subsidies granted from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 12 12 has been amended by section 1 1 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 4 4 of 25 January 2012 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 71 71 of 30 January 2012. + Article 13 Within the National Library of Romania operates the National Bibliographic and Library Informatization Office, with the following tasks: ----------- The introductory part of art. 13 13 has been amended by section 4.2 10 10 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. a) carries out the national bibliographic control as part of the universal bibliographic control; b) develop the current national Bibliography for all categories of documents; c) manages and updates the National Collective Catalogue of Romanian and foreign publications existing in libraries in Romania, through the contractual participation of libraries in the national library system; ----------- Letter c) of art. 13 13 has been amended by section 4.2 10 10 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. d) assign the international standard number for books (ISBN), for serial publications (ISSN), for other categories of documents and carry out the cataloguing before publication (CIP). + Article 14 Within the National Library of Romania operates as branches the Batthyaneum Library in Alba Iulia and the Omnia Library in Craiova; the National Library of Romania can establish other branches. ----------- Article 14 has been amended by section 4.2. 11 11 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Section B Romanian Academy Library + Article 15 The Library of the Romanian Academy is the public law library with legal personality and national library status, which operates under the Romanian Academy. + Article 16 The Romanian Academy Library performs the following functions a) collect, organize and value specific national collections; b) develop and edit the National Retrospective Bibliography for all categories of documents; c) performs the international exchange of publications with publications of the Romanian Academy; d) methodologically coordinate the activity of the other libraries in the network of the Romanian Academy; e) benefit from the provisions of the law on legal deposit; f) acquires with priority, from the country and abroad, specific documents of particular importance for cultural and national identity; g) other specific tasks according to the Statute of the Romanian Academy and its own organization and functioning regulation. + Section C University libraries + Article 17 University libraries are libraries of public law or private law, which have as main users students, teachers and researchers from higher education institutions. + Article 18 The category of university libraries includes: a) central university libraries, which are libraries of public law, of national importance, with legal personality, subordinated to the Ministry of Education and Research, financed by it; b) libraries of state or private higher education institutions, which are subordinated to the senates of these institutions and financed from their budget. + Article 19 (1) Central university libraries are an integral part of the national education system and participate in the training, training and education process, as well as research activity in higher education institutions; they may also have Own scientific research departments. (2) The central university libraries provide methodological and professional assistance to the other university libraries in the geographical area of methodological guidance established by the Ministry of Education and Research. (3) The university libraries provide the infodocumentary support of all subjects taught in higher education and scientific research fields, periodically purchasing the most important and necessary documents, regardless of support, and scientific databases. (4) The university libraries can make consortia for the shared acquisition of infodocumentary sources, for the creation and joint use of the virtual collective catalogue of their own collections or attracted. ----------- Article 19 has been amended by section 6.6. 12 12 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Section D Specialised libraries + Article 20 Academic and research institutions, central and local public administration authorities, public institutions, military units, economic agents and other legal entities under public or private law can establish and organize libraries Specialized. + Article 21 Specialized libraries are libraries of public or private law and are financed by the authorities, institutions or other legal entities that tutor them. + Section E Public libraries + Article 22 (1) Public libraries are libraries of public or private law, intended for all members of a local or area community. (2) Public libraries ensure equality of access to information and documents necessary to inform, permanent education and the development of the personality of users, without distinction of social or economic status, age, sex, political affiliation, religion or nationality. + Article 23 The category of public libraries includes: a) Bucharest Metropolitan Library; b) county libraries; c) municipal and city libraries; d) communal libraries. + Article 24 The Bucharest Metropolitan Library, successor to the "Mihail Sadoveanu" Municipal Library in Bucharest, is the public law library with legal personality and operates under the General Council of Bucharest. + Article 25 The Bucharest Metropolitan Library exercises the function of municipal library for Bucharest and the county library for Ilfov County, having the following object of activity: ----------- The introductory part of art. 25 25 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006, amending section 13 13 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. a) collects and acquires all categories of documents necessary to organize the activity of reading, information, documentation and permanent education in all sectors of the Capital, through branches and mobile libraries; ----------- Letter a) of art. 25 25 has been amended by section 4.2 13 13 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. b) elaborates and publishes the retrospective and current Bibliography of the Bucharest muncipient, other specialized publications, makes up databases and provides community information services; c) collects, conserves and capitalizes the fund of specific documents in order to protect the heritage of the written culture of Bucharest and Ilfov County. + Article 26 (1) The activity of the Bucharest Metropolitan Library is financed from the budget of Bucharest. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 26 26 has been amended by section 14 14 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (2) Local Councils of the sectors may finance cultural programmes, investment works and material expenditure for subsidiaries in the territory of that sector. + Article 27 (1) The county libraries are public law libraries with legal personality. (2) The county libraries shall be organized and operated in all county municipalities, subordinated to the county councils. (3) The county libraries also perform the role of municipal libraries in the county seat municipality. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 27 27 has been introduced by section 15 15 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (4) Local councils of county municipalities can finance cultural programs, procurement of documents for the county library, investment works and can support the material and capital expenditures for the respective county library. ----------- Alin. ((4) of art. 27 27 has been introduced by section 15 15 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 28 The county libraries have the following main tasks: a) collects all the categories of documents necessary to organize the information, documentation and reading activity at the level of the county community and organizes the local legal deposit of documents, according to the law; ----------- Letter a) of art. 28 28 has been amended by section 4.2 16 16 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. b) coordinate the activity of public libraries within the county in which they operate, through specific actions of guidance and evaluation, through projects, programs and cultural activities, as well as professional guidance actions; ensure the unitary application of the rules of economic library and legislation in the field and coordinate the implementation of strategies and programs to automate the activities and services of these libraries ----------- Letter b) of art. 28 28 has been amended by section 4.2 16 16 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. c) develop and edit current local bibliography, methodological guidance materials and other publications, make up databases and organize community information centers, cooperate with local public administration authorities, institutions responsible, according to the law, and with non-governmental bodies in achieving the objectives of ----------- Letter c) of art. 28 28 has been amended by section 4.2 16 16 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. d) develop norms regarding the functioning of public libraries in the cities and municipalities of the respective county, as well as for the organization of specialized branches for children, young and adults, in compliance with the norms issued by the Library National of Romania. ----------- Letter d) of art. 28 28 has been amended by section 4.2 16 16 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 29 The activity of county libraries is financed from the county budget. + Article 30 (1) Municipal and city libraries are libraries of public law, with legal personality. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 30 30 has been amended by section 17 17 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (2) Local councils of county municipalities can finance cultural programs, investment works and material expenses for the respective county library. + Article 31 The municipal and city libraries organize the reading activity and provide documentation and community information services. + Article 32 The activity of municipal and city libraries is financed from the budget of municipalities and cities within which it operates. + Article 33 The communal libraries are organized and operated in all the common centers, subordinated to the local councils, and are financed from their budgets. + Article 34 Local councils can organize branches or service points of communal public libraries in village schools. + Article 35 Romanian or foreign natural or legal persons may establish and finance public libraries of private law on the territory of Romania, according to the laws in force, with the specialized opinion of the National Commission of Libraries and with the authorization decision issued by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs or, as appropriate, by the Ministry of Education and Research. ----------- Article 35 has been amended by section 6.6. 18 18 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Section F School libraries + Article 36 The network of school libraries includes: a) repealed; ------------- Lit. a) of art. 36 36 has been repealed by section 6.6. 1 1 of art. V of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 117 117 of 23 December 2013 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 843 843 of 30 December 2013. b) libraries of teaching staff houses, public law libraries without legal personality, which perform information and documentation functions for teaching staff in pre-university education and are subordinated to school inspectorates county and the city of Bucharest; c) school libraries, public or private law libraries, which operate in pre-school, primary, secondary, high school, post-secondary and vocational education establishments, as well as within other school structures. + Article 37 School libraries are an integral part of the training, training and education process. + Article 38 The funding of school libraries is made from the annual budget of state education institutions where it operates, from the funds allocated for basic funding. ----------- Article 38 has been amended by section 6.6. 19 19 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Chapter III Heritage of libraries + Article 39 (1) Collections of libraries may consist of the following categories of documents: a) books; b) serial publications; c) manuscripts; d) microformats; e) cartographic documents; f) printed music documents; g) audiovisual documents; h) graphic documents; i) electronic documents; j) photographic documents or multiplied by physical-chemical processing; k) archival documents; l) other categories of documents, regardless of material support. (2) The collections may include other documents, non-specific to libraries, historicis constituted or derived from donations. + Article 40 ((1) Documents in the collections of libraries, which have the status of common cultural goods, for the purposes of this law, are not tangible fixed assets and are highlighted in inventory documents; cultural assets belonging to the cultural heritage national mobile, in accordance with the provisions Law no. 182/2000 on the protection of the mobile national cultural heritage, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, constituted in special collections, are considered fixed tangible assets and highlighted, managed and inventoried in accordance with legal provisions. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 40 40 has been amended by art. unique from LAW no. 41 41 of 8 March 2013 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 129 129 of 11 March 2013. (2) The removal of documents from collections applies only to common cultural, physical or moral goods, after a period of at least 6 months from the acquisition, by the decision of the library management. (3) The records of documents shall be made in a traditional and computerized system, as follows: a) global record, through the fund movement register (R.M.F.); b) individual record, through the inventory register (R.I.), with numbering from 1 to infinity; c) records of periodicals, quarterly or annually, by setting up them in inventory units; d) analytical record, on sheets accompanied by photo images for cultural goods constituted in gestures and belonging to the national mobile cultural heritage. (4) The global and individual record of publications, carried out in computerized system, includes the complete description, according to the standards in force. ----------- Alin. ((4) of art. 40 40 has been amended by section 20 20 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. ((5) Librarians are not obliged to constitute management guarantees, but they respond materially to inventory gaps that exceed the percentage of natural loss established according to the law. (6) The documents, common cultural goods, found missing from the inventory, are physically recovered, by replacing with identical documents, or value, by paying the inventory value of the documents, updated with the application of the inflation coefficient to date, to which is added an amount equivalent to 1-5 times compared to the price thus calculated. (7) The missing heritage cultural goods in the inventory are physically recovered; if this is not possible, it recovers value at the market price plus a penalty of at least 10% of the cost, based on the decision of the National Commission of Libraries. (8) The documents specific to the libraries are periodically inventoried as follows: a) the fund comprising up to 10,000 documents-every 4 years; b) the fund between 10.001-50,000 documents-every 6 years; c) the fund of between 50.001-100,000 documents-every 8 years; d) the fund of between 100.001-1,000,000 documents-every 10 years; e) over 1,000,000 documents-once every 15 years. (9) In case of teaching/taking over the management of the fund of specific documents, as well as in case of force majeure, proceed to the full verification of the inventory; the partial modification of the managing team is operated by integration into management, in the law. ----------- Alin. ((9) art. 40 40 has been amended by section 2 2 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006, amending section 20 20 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (10) In the event of force majeure, fires, natural calamities, as well as successive removals, premises and improper storage places, the management of the library shall order the removal of damaged or destroyed documents. ----------- Alin. ((10) of art. 40 40 has been amended by section 20 20 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (11) Public libraries are obliged to develop their collections of documents, by purchasing titles from current editorial production, as well as by completing retrospective. ----------- Alin. (11) of art. 40 40 has been amended by section 20 20 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (12) The annual increase in collections in public libraries must be at least 50 specific documents per 1,000 inhabitants. (13) The collection in the public library must provide at least one specific document per capita. + Article 41 (1) The collections of libraries shall be constituted and developed by transfer, national and international interlibrary exchange, donations, related and sponsorships, as well as through the acquisition of cultural library services, respectively the purchase of specific documents, publications, old books and current editorial production, regardless of their value and the support they have been recorded or fixed, in compliance with the principles of effective use of public funds, transparency and of equal treatment, under the law. ((2) The facilities shall be ensured by the allocation of the necessary financial resources by the financing authorities. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 41 41 has been amended by section 21 21 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 42 (1) Collections of libraries shall be kept in warehouses and/or in rooms with specially arranged free access, ensuring adequate conservation and security conditions. (2) The financing authorities and public institutions shall control and ensure optimal conditions for the preservation of the collections and access to them. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 42 42 has been amended by section 22 22 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 43 (1) Public law libraries can organize branches in Romanian communities abroad, with the approval and under the supervision of the financing authority. ----------- Alin. ((1) art. 43 43 has been amended by section 3 3 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006, amending section 23 23 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (2) The collections of specific documents, as well as the material endowments for the organization and development of these branches may, as the case may be, represent transfers of own patrimony or purchases made from budgetary sources, with the approval financing authorities, as well as sponsorships and donations from natural and legal persons. ----------- Article 43 has been amended by section 43. 23 23 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Chapter IV Library staff + Article 44 (1) The staff of the libraries shall be composed of: a) specialized personnel; b) administrative staff; c) maintenance staff. (2) In the category of specialized personnel in libraries are included: librarians, bibliographies, researchers, editors, documentarians, conservatives, restorers, system engineers, computer scientists, operators, analysts and other posts. profile. They can be employed in public law libraries and people with secondary or higher education of another profile, with the obligation to follow, in a period of up to a maximum of 2 years, one of the forms of professional training provided by law. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 44 44 has been amended by section 24 24 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (3) The specialized staff in the library network of the Ministry of Education and Research has the status of auxiliary teaching staff. (4) The organization chart and the state of functions of the library shall be approved by the financing authority or institution, according to the law. ----------- Alin. ((4) of art. 44 44 has been amended by section 24 24 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 45 (1) The hiring of specialized personnel from publicly funded libraries, with legal personality, is carried out by competition organized by the management of the library, according to the law; mandatory and representatives of libraries with a methodological coordination role. ((2) The employment of specialized personnel from libraries financed from public funds, without legal personality, is carried out by competition organized by the financing authority; from the competition commissions will be mandatory and the library representative with a methodological coordination role. (3) The nomenclature of functions and the criteria for the cloud of human resources in the National Library of Romania and in public libraries are set out in Annex no. 1. (4) For libraries in education and specialized libraries, the nomenclature of functions and the criteria of norsea are set out in Annex no. 2, in compliance with the maximum number of posts and approved budget appropriations. ----------- Article 45 has been amended by section 6.6. 25 25 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 46 The hiring of administrative and maintenance personnel established by the library's organizational chart is carried out in accordance with the legal provisions. + Article 47 The tasks and competences of the staff in the libraries shall be established by the job description, according to the organizational structure, activity programs and service tasks developed by the Director-General or Director, respectively by the responsible librarian, based on the regulation of organization and functioning of the library + Article 48 Promotion, sanctioning, dismissal from office and dismissal of staff from public law libraries shall be carried out in accordance with the legal provisions; in the case of libraries without legal personality will be required and the library's opinion with a methodological coordination role ----------- Article 48 has been amended by section 6.6. 26 26 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 49 The training of specialized staff in libraries is provided by the Ministry of Education and Research, with consultation of professional associations of profile, through: optional courses, at high school level, post-secondary education, higher education of long and short duration, including distance learning, postgraduate courses, master's and doctoral programs, as well as through other forms of professional training. + Article 50 (1) The management of the public law library and the principal authorising officer shall be obliged to ensure the continuous professional training of the specialist staff, thereby allocating at least 5% of the total personnel expenses provided for by budget. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 50 50 has been repealed by section 6.6. 27 27 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (3) The courses of continuous professional training of personnel from public law libraries shall be organized, under the law, by the National Library of Romania, the Library of the Romanian Academy, the National Pedagogical Library " I. C. Petrescu ", the houses of the teaching staff, the university central libraries, the Bucharest Metropolitan Library and the county libraries, the centers for continuous professional training of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Research, professional associations of profile, as well as accredited companies, which offer courses covering the variety of specializations in a library. The methodology, the criteria for authorising institutions in the field of continuous professional training of staff in public law libraries, as well as the modalities for final examination and certification of professional training are elaborated, in the law, the Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, with the opinion of the Ministry of Labour, Social Solidarity and Family. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 50 50 has been amended by section 28 28 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 51 (1) Staff in public law libraries, which has responsibility for collections with free access and/or intended for home loan, benefit from an annual coefficient of 0.3% decrease from the total inventoried fund, representing loss natural due to causes that could not be removed or in such other cases where the damage was caused by the normal minimal risk of the service. (2) Libraries can provide users, at their request, with access to their services throughout the week, with the payment of staff, according to the law. ------------ Alin. ((3) of art. 51 51 has been repealed by section 6.6. 23 23 of para. ((1) art. 48, Cap. VI of the Framework LAW no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 762 762 of 9 November 2009. ------------ Alin. ((4) of art. 51 51 has been repealed by section 6.6. 23 23 of para. ((1) art. 48, Cap. VI of the Framework LAW no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 762 762 of 9 November 2009. ------------ Alin. ((5) of art. 51 51 has been repealed by section 6.6. 23 23 of para. ((1) art. 48, Cap. VI of the Framework LAW no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 762 762 of 9 November 2009. ------------ Alin. ((6) of art. 51 51 has been repealed by section 6.6. 23 23 of para. ((1) art. 48, Cap. VI of the Framework LAW no. 330 330 of 5 November 2009 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 762 762 of 9 November 2009. (7) Staff in libraries benefit from distinctions and awards under the law, upon the recommendation of the management of libraries. + Chapter V Management of libraries + Article 52 The management of the libraries is ensured as follows: a) in the case of libraries with legal personality, by a general manager or director, who may have one or more deputies; b) in the case of libraries without legal personality and/or subsidiaries, by a director or a responsible librarian, with the position of head of service or head of office, having the right to the appropriate driving allowance, according to the provisions Legal. + Article 53 The management of the services, laboratories and offices in the libraries is provided by a head of service, head of laboratory, respectively by an office head, entitled to driving allowance, according to the legal provisions. + Article 54 (1) In the framework of public law libraries with legal personality, boards of directors operate, with an advisory role. (2) The Management Board shall be headed by the Director General or, as the case may be, the Director, as Chairman, and shall consist of a maximum of 11 members, as follows: Director-General or Director, Deputy Director-General or Deputy Director, Director economic or accounting officer and representatives of the main compartments of the library, appointed by decision of the Director-General, respectively of the Director, as well as a representative of the financing authority, designated by it. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 54 54 has been amended by section 29 29 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (3) The Board of Directors of the library operates on the basis of the library's organization and functioning regulation. + Article 55 (1) Within public law libraries, with or without legal personality, a scientific board may function in the development of collections, in the field of scientific research and cultural activities. (2) The Scientific Council shall consist of a maximum of 9 members, comprising librarians, specialists in the field of computerization of libraries, cultural and scientific activity, appointed by decision of the Director General or Director, and in the case libraries without legal personality, by decision of the guardianship authority, on the proposal of the responsible librarian. + Article 56 The appointment, promotion, sanctioning and dismissal of the directors-general, directors and deputy directors from the county public libraries, respectively from the Bucharest Metropolitan Library, are carried out, under the law, by to the funding authority. ----------- Article 56 has been amended by section 6.6. 4 4 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006, amending section 30 30 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 57 (1) The appointment, promotion, sanctioning and dismissal of directors-general, directors and deputy directors of central university libraries shall be carried out by the Ministry of Education and Research, under the law. (2) The general directors of the central university libraries must be university teachers, having at least the degree of university lecturer. (3) The appointment, promotion, sanctioning and dismissal of the Directors-General, Deputy Directors-General, Directors, Deputy Directors and Responsible Librarians in the other educational libraries shall be carried out by the financing authority, under the law. ----------- Alin. ((3) of art. 57 57 has been amended by section 31 31 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 58 The Director General or the Director, respectively the responsible librarian, shall be responsible for the organization and functioning of the library or branch on the basis of the organizational chart, the state of functions and the organization and functioning regulation of the institution, the conditions of the law and endorsed by the guardianship authorities and libraries with a methodological coordination role, in the case of public law libraries. + Chapter VI National Library Commission + Article 59 The National Library Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, national scientific authority for public law libraries, in the coordination of the Ministry of Education and Research and the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, is established. ----------- Article 59 has been amended by point 32 32 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 60 (. The Commission shall be composed of specialists recognised in the field of libraries, as follows: a) by order of the Minister of Education and Research: a representative of the Ministry of Education and Research, a representative of a central university library and 4 representatives of higher education and pre-university libraries; b) by order of the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs: a representative of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, a representative of the National Library of Romania and 4 representatives of public libraries; c) by decision of the President of the Romanian Academy: a representative of the library network of the Romanian Academy and a representative of the Romanian Academy Library; d) from professional associations of profile: 5 representatives, appointed by the general meetings of these associations. (2) The Commission will also include: a) a representative of the Ministry of Administration and Interior, designated by order of the Minister of Administration and Interior; b) a representative of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, designated by order of the Minister of Communications and Information Technology; c) 2 representatives of ecclesiastical libraries, designated by the Romanian Patriarchate. (3) On a proposal from the Commission, the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Research may engage, with fixed-term employment contract, specialists and/or conclude public-private partnership contracts with specialized firms for consultancy and optimisation, in order to fulfil the objectives set out in the agreements agreed with the European Union, as well as the requirements for alignment with European standards. ((4) The members of the Commission shall have a mandate of 3 years and shall be confirmed by joint order of the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs, on the basis of the proposals made by the institutions and associations ((1) and (2). (5) The President and the Secretary of the Commission shall be elected from among its members, with the vote of two thirds of the total (6) The Commission shall operate on the basis of its own rules of organisation and operation, drawn up by the Commission and approved by joint order of the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs. (7) The Commission may co-opt, with the vote of the simple majority, as associate members, without the right to vote, specialists from the country or abroad, prestigious scientific personalities in the field. ----------- Alin. ((7) art. 60 60 has been amended by section 5 5 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006, amending section 33 33 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (8) The official headquarters and the technical secretariat of the Commission shall be provided by the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs. ----------- Article 60 has been amended by section 6.6. 33 33 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 61 ((1) The financing of the activity of the Commission, including the allowance and other expenses of participation of the President and the members, shall be ensured from the state budget, through the budget of the Ministry of Culture and (2) The indemnity of the President and the members of the Commission shall be determined by order of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, shall not exceed 10% of the monthly allowance of a Secretary of State and shall be granted for the activity performed in the months in which the committees meet *). ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 61 61 has been amended by art. II of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 12 12 of 9 February 2011 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 114 114 of 15 February 2011. *) NOTE C.T.C.E. S.A. Piatra-Neamt: According art. VII of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 12 12 of 9 February 2011 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 114 of February 15, 2011, until December 31, 2011, members of the specialized committees benefit from a monthly allowance of 1% of the monthly allowance of a Secretary of State, plus the settlement of participation expenses in the work of the Commission, given for the work performed during the months in which the committees meet. Changing the duration of the mandates of the members of the specialized committees does not affect the pending mandates ----------- Article 61 has been amended by section 6.6. 34 34 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 62 The Commission shall: a) develop strategies and programs for the national library system, which they submit for approval, by joint order, to the Minister of Education and Research and to the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs; b) coordinate the information and documentation activity in the national library system, develop programs and methodologies on computerization of the national library system; c) proposes research programs in the field of economics, history of the book and information sciences, which it conveys to the analysis of the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Research and the Romanian Academy, as well as other public authorities or institutions concerned; d) elaborates and proposes the methodologies, norms, norms and regulations in the field of protection of cultural heritage assets in libraries, which they submit to the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, respectively to the National Commission of Museums and Collections; e) elaborates, in accordance with European standards, standards on the minimum area of publicly funded libraries, which are approved by joint order of the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs; they cannot be less than 0.05 sqm for a resident, in localities with a population of up to 10,000 inhabitants, and under 0.015 sqm for a resident, in localities with a population of over 10,000 inhabitants; f) elaborates the specific criteria for selection and promotion of personnel for the occupation of leading and specialized positions in libraries, which are approved by joint order of the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Culture and cults; g) elaborates the framework norms for the organization and functioning of libraries funded by local public administration authorities, as well as public access private law libraries, which are approved by joint order of the Minister of Education and research and the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs; h) proposes to the Ministry of Education and Research and to the financing authorities initial training and continuous training courses in the specific fields of economy and information science; i) develop the methodology for organizing inspection in libraries, with the aim of establishing the level of development of libraries in relation to national strategies and standards, to propose solutions to boost development and to support decision-making process at central and local government level; the methodology is approved by joint order of the Minister of Education and Research and the Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs; j) elaborates the annual report on the state of the national library system, based on the statistical reports received from the profile units in the territory. ----------- Article 62 has been amended by section 6.6. 35 35 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Chapter VII Rights and obligations of users + Article 63 (1) Users ' access to the collections and services of any public or private law library shall be made in accordance with the regulation of its organization and functioning, elaborated in correlation with the legal provisions relating to protection national cultural heritage, copyright and related rights. (2) User access to the collections and services of the communal libraries is provided at least 4 hours per working day, the rest of the working hours being intended for other activities specific to libraries. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 63 63 has been introduced by section 36 36 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 64 In order to facilitate users ' access to the collections and services provided libraries draw up catalogues, carry out documentary research, elaborate bibliographies, summaries, documentary information works and other specific instruments, constitutes and manages databases, organizes wards and subsidiaries, loan and consultation services on the spot of library documents, as well as other services. + Article 65 Within public libraries the amounts reserved for purchases of books and serial publications in the language of minorities are established so as to correspond to the proportion that the minority represents within the community. + Article 66 Public law libraries can organize special services for people with visual disabilities, as well as home services for people with locomotor disabilities. + Article 67 (1) The term non-compliance of the library documents borrowed by the users is sanctioned with the payment of a gradually applied amount, up to 50% of the inventory value, updated with the application of the inflation coefficient to date. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 67 67 has been amended by section 37 37 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (2) The destruction or loss of documents, common cultural goods, by users shall be sanctioned by the physical recovery of identical documents or by the payment of the inventory value of the documents, updated with the application of the coefficient of inflation up to date, plus an amount equivalent to up to 5 times the price thus calculated. ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 67 67 has been amended by section 37 37 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (3) The sanctions referred to in par. ((1) and (2) are established and made public at the beginning of the year by the management of the library. (4) The funds constituted from the application of these sanctions shall not be taxed and shall be highlighted as extra-budgetary sources, being used for the development of collections. + Chapter VIII Transitional and final provisions + Article 68 Libraries governed by public law shall have administrative and professional autonomy in relation to the financing authority, consisting of: ----------- The introductory part of art. 68 68 has been amended by section 4.2 38 38 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. a) the right to rule outside any political, ideological or religious interference; b) development of own cultural programs and projects in condordance with national and international strategies; c) establishment and use of additional sources of revenue for the development of library services, in accordance with the legal provisions in force; d) the conclusion of cooperation protocols with other libraries or cultural institutions in the country and abroad; ----------- Letter d) of art. 68 68 has been amended by section 4.2 38 38 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. e) participation in international specialized meetings or at the library consortia and at the international associations to which they are members, paying the related dues and fees. + Article 69 (1) For the material support of activities and projects for the development of libraries, participation of specialists from libraries to cultural programs and continuous training of specialized staff, libraries with personality They may associate with each other or with other cultural institutions and create foundations, associations or consortia. (2) The conditions and the amount of participation in the financing of programmes carried out by association shall be established and approved by the financing authorities ----------- Alin. ((2) of art. 69 69 has been amended by section 39 39 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 70 (1) The principal authorising officers have the obligation to finance the activity of public law libraries according to the operating standards established by this law. (2) The Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs provides in its own budget funds intended exclusively for the procurement of documents specific to public libraries. (3) The Ministry of Education and Research provides in its own budget funds intended exclusively for the acquisition of documents specific to subordinate libraries. (4) The financial and logistical support of libraries can also be achieved from other income from users, from tariffs established annually by the management of each library for special services and from the value of postal charges for Domestic and international librarian loan. (5) The constituted fund is used for the construction, arrangement and development of library spaces, including for computerization and equipping with specific documents and equipment. ((. The financial availability from these sources at the end of the year shall be carried over to the following year by the same destination. (7) Technical documentation and building materials for libraries in the national system, as well as procurement of information technology, specific document fund, facilities for the service of public reading are exempt from customs duties and T.V.A. applies to 0%. *) ------------ * *. This paragraph shall be repealed with effect from 1 January 2006, art. 136 136 para. ((2) lit. b) of Government Ordinance no. 59/2003 on certain categories of goods exempt from the payment of customs debt, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 615 of 29 August 2003, approved with amendments by Law no. 545/2003 , published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 915 of 20 December 2003, with subsequent amendments and completions. According art. 161 161 para. ((7) lit. i) of Law no. 571/2003 on the Fiscal Code, references to the value added tax of this paragraph shall remain in force until 31 December 2006. (8) The rates of dispatch of all library documents intended for domestic and international exchange and loan shall benefit from a reduction of 50%. + Article 71 (1) The management of the libraries shall draw up reports of activity evaluation, which shall be presented to the board of directors and to the financing authority. ----------- Alin. ((1) of art. 71 71 has been amended by section 40 40 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. (2) The annual statistical situations shall be transmitted by the libraries to the National Institute of Statistics, to the National Commission of Libraries and to the relevant ministries, according to the legal provisions. + Article 72 (1) The change of destination of buildings in which libraries operate can be done only in case of insurance of premises that comply with optimal operating standards, according to this law. (2) In the situation referred to in par. (1) the local authorities have the obligation to ensure the uninterrupted continuity of the library activity + Article 73 (1) The control of compliance with the provisions of the present law, as well as the standards, norms and methodologies developed by the Commission, approved according to the law, shall also be ensured by the directions for culture, cults and national cultural heritage county, respectively of the city of Bucharest, in the case of libraries financed by local public authorities, by the Ministry of Education and Research, universities, as well as by county school inspectorates, for libraries in the system national education. (2) The other authorities and public institutions subordinated to and funding to which the libraries of public law are located will ensure, through their own forms of control and guidance, the application and compliance with the provisions of this law. ----------- Article 73 has been amended by section 6.6. 41 41 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Article 74 Annexes no. 1 and 2a)-c) form an integral part of this law. ----------- Article 74 has been amended by section 4. 42 42 of art. I of ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. + Annex 1 PUBLIC LIBRARIES A. The communal library Category of staff Norse criteria -Librarian *)-a post/unit up to 2,500 of inhabitants --------- *) The librarian position represents the function of library officer and assimilates with the office of head of office. B. The city or municipal library located in the non-essential locality of the county Category of staff Norse criteria -Director-a post/unit -Office chief librarian * *)-a post up to 2,500 inhabitants ((library officer) and other staff Specialist --------- **) The head of office can be assimilated with the deputy director. The management positions for libraries with a number of more than 3 employees are granted by the approved organizational chart according to the legal provisions. C. County Libraries ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Category of staff Norse criteria ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --General Manager *)-a post/unit --Specialist director *)-a post/unit --Economic Director *)-a post/unit --Director *)-a post/unit -Deputy Director *)-a post/unit -Economic Deputy Director *)-a post/unit -Librarian and other categories of-a post from 5,000 to 7,000 the specialized staff of the county ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *) The post of general manager and the posts of specialist director and economic director shall be granted in the county library with a staff of at least 150 employees. *) The position of director and positions of deputy director of specialty and economic deputy director shall be granted in the county library with a staff of at least 75 employees. *) The position of director and economic deputy director is granted in the county library with a staff of less than 75 employees. The management positions shall be included in the number of specialist staff resulting from the application of the norsea criteria Administrative staff make up 10% of the total number of approved staff. Maintenance and service personnel shall be assigned as follows: -the security and fire personnel shall be established according to the legal provisions; -caretaker-a position at 500 sqm; -the number of skilled and unqualified workers is granted according to the needs of each unit, according to the legal provisions. The indicator of users of information in the public library represents 5% and a maximum of 10% of the number of inhabitants of the community, under the conditions of compliance with the standards ----------- Pct. C of Annex 1 has been amended by section 6.6. 6 6 of the single article of LAW no. 277 277 of 4 July 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 595 595 of 10 July 2006 amending Annex 1 to the ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006. D. National Library of Romania Category of staff Norse criteria --General Manager *)-1 post/unit -Deputy Managing Director *)-3 posts/unit --Director *)-8 posts/unit -Deputy Director *)-5 posts/unit -Economic Director *)-1 post/unit --Administrative director *)-1 post/unit All categories of staff-1 post to 30,000 inhabitants *) speciality --------- *) At the maximum number of posts (995) will be gradually reached the use of the new headquarters of the National Library of Romania, as well as the functioning of the National Library of Romania in optimal parameters, with the maximum numaml of posts, approved annually, to the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, by budgetary laws. The staff grid of the National Library of Romania can be increased by order of the main authorising officer, who approves the operating scheme at the proposal of the Director General of the National Library of Romania, with the classification in the number maximum of posts, approved annually, to the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs, by budgetary laws. ------------- The Annex was replaced by Annex 1 ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006, according to point 43 43 of art. I of the same normative act. + Annex 2a) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NORME on the classification with specialist staff of university libraries 1. The personal inclusion of university libraries is based on the actual activities carried out in these institutions, determined by the acquisition, processing and communication of documents, by the services, patrimony and organization system of the respective institutions, number and frequency of users 2. The specialized staff of the university libraries consists of: -librarians, bibliographers, researchers, editors, documentarians, conservatives, restorers, system engineers, computer scientists, operators, analysts, depositaries and other profile functions. They have the status of auxiliary teaching staff. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. Staff of crt. Expert indicators ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Procurement of documents a. books 1 post to 850 documents/year b. serial publications 1 post to 300 subscriptions/year c. internal and international exchange 1 post to 150 partners/year 2. Records and organization of collections a. Global record 1 post at 30,000 recorders/year b. Individual record: -computerized 1 post at 8,000 documents/year -traditional 1 post at 7,000 documents/year c. topography of documents: -computerized 1 post at 7,000 documents/year -traditional 1 post to 5,000 documents/year 3. Catalogation, classification, indexation ((traditional and/or computerised) a. regular documents (books, publications series, etc. 1 post to 1,200 titles/year b. bibliophile documents 1 post to 700 documents/year c. organization of traditional catalogues 1 post at 15,000 coins/year 4. Organization of deposits, conservation 1 post at 40,000 volumes/year 5. Document circulation a. reading rooms 1 post to 15,000 documents/year b. on loan 1 post to 15,000 documents/year 6. User records 1 post to 10,000 users /year 7. bibliographic references Orientation, information, guidance 1 post to 2,000 references/year 1 post to 9,000 users /year 8. Research activity 1 post at 30,000 pages/year 1 post to 2,000 information scientific/year 1 post to 80 referrals/year 9. Methodological activities 1 post to 4 units Library 10. Informatization and network activities 1 post to 1-2 servers + 25 Network stations (engineers system) 1 post to 4-10 licenses Integrated system of the library 1 post to 2-4 applications operational software 1 post to 5,000 pages/year 1 1 post administrator web internet/intranet to minimum 10 10 connected stations 11. Library Management a. general manager 1 position at libraries University plants b. Deputy General Manager 1 post at libraries university plants with minimum 5 specialised branches 2 posts at libraries university plants with over 8 specialized subsidiaries c. director 1 post at libraries university without persona- legal lity framed with more than 20 employees d. Deputy Director 1 position at libraries university without persona- legal lity framed with at least 40 employees and minimum 5 subsidiaries specialising e. Head of service or 1 post for each head office compartment with a minimum of 10 specialized employees or 1 1 post for each % or more Specialist staff f. Head of computerization service 1 post to a minimum of 8 employees specialist, only for central libraries university g. Head of computerization office 1 post to a minimum of 5 employees Specialist h. economic director 1 post at libraries university plants with more than 150 employees i. chief accountant 1 post at libraries University plants ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Annex 2a, replaced by Annex 2a) ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006, according to point 43 43 of art. I of the same normative act. + Annex 2b) MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NORME on the classification of school libraries with specialist staff In order to optimize the functionality of school libraries and, implicitly, to increase the efficiency of the school education process, the normation of school librarian positions is as follows: For libraries in primary and secondary education: -1 post full-time to at least 600 students or to 700 students and teachers and minimum 8000 volumes: -1/2 norm to at least 300 students and minimum 4000 volumes; -payment by hour (minimum 10 hours per week)-up to 300 students, under 4000 volumes. For schools in rural areas where there is no public library, they can set up a library in each school, with a minimum of 1/4 of the norm, hourly pay (minimum 10 hours per week) or 1 librarian position, full time, at 3-4 schools, for special situations (isolated schools). A full-time school library can operate in every coordinating school in the countryside. In the countryside, in schools with effectively under 300 students, but with the library with dual function-school and public-it can be a post of at least 1/2 norm. Each high school can have a full-time librarian, regardless of the number of students and volumes. For libraries with more than 20,000 volumes and the school staff of over 1,500 students, there can be 2 full-time librarian positions or second post with 1/2 norm, only with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Research. For libraries holding heritage books, special collections or school museums, a second post of librarian and museographer can be established, only with the approval of the Ministry of Education and Research. At foster care and in special schools, librarian positions will be the norm as follows: -a post with 1/2 norm up to 300 children/students; -1 full-time position from 301 children/students; For libraries within the houses of the teaching staff: -1 full time post, regardless of the number of volumes or readers; -for libraries in which the number of 10,000 volumes is exceeded and 300 readers can be set up a second post (full time, 1/2 norm or 1/4 norm, depending on the proportion in which the mentioned figures are exceeded), with the approval Ministry of Education and Research. ------------- Annex 2b, replaced by Annex 2b) ORDINANCE no. 26 26 of 26 January 2006 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 85 85 of 30 January 2006, according to point 43 43 of art. I of the same normative act. + Annex 2c) Repealed ------------- Annex 2c) has been repealed by point (a) 2 2 of art. V of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 117 117 of 23 December 2013 , published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 843 843 of 30 December 2013. --------------