Minimum Standards Compliance Chart

NEW YORK STATE PUBLIC AND ASSOCIATION LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC LIBRARY STANDARDS
Minimum
Public Library Standards
Effective January 1999		 2018 Libraries Responding [1] Change from
2017 to 2018		 Percentage
of Libraries
Meeting
Minimum
Standard
Yes No Yes  
1. Bylaws 756 0 0 100%
2. Plan 754 2 -1 99.7%
3. Community Report 755 1 -1 99.9%
4. Policies 756 0 0 100%
5. Budget 755 1 -1 99.9%
6. Measures Collection 756 0 0 100%
7. Hours Open 755 1 +1 99.9%
8. Facilities
  a. space 754 2 0 99.7%
  b. lighting 756 0 0 100%
  c. shelving 755 1 -1 99.9%
  d. seating 755 1 +1 99.9%
  e. restroom 756 0 0 100%
9. Equipment
  a. telephone 756 0 0 100.0%
  b. photocopier 756 0 0 100.0%
  c. microcomputer or terminal 756 0 0 100.0%
  d. printer 756 0 0 100.0%
  e. facsimile capability 756 0 0 100.0%
10. Printed Information 756 0 0 100.0%
11. Paid Director meeting CR 90.8 747 9 -2 98.8%
[1] Standards as approved by the Board of Regents, Commissioner's Regulations 90.2 effective 1/29/99.
[2] Data for these elements are current as of December 2018, based on information provided by public library systems, updating information from the 2017 annual reports.

For more information on Minimum Standards for New York's public libraries, contact your public library system, visit the New York State Library web site or contact the Division of Library Development.

Last Updated: November 8, 2019 -- sm