Minimum Standards: Annual Report 

Massachusetts General Laws state that the Board of Library Commissioners " shall require the filing of an annual report."

This annual report may include such types of information as the Board shall deem necessary from time to time, in order to: "(a) set up, and to evaluate, minimum standards of free public library service... and (b) determine adherence to existing minimum standards of free public library service...in order to be able to certify public libraries for aid..."

In no instance shall the Board require new cumulations of statistical data without providing to each affected public library 60 days prior to the beginning of the period for which information will be collected, notice of the Board's intention to require such cumulations as part of the annual report.

All report forms determined by the Board to be part of the annual report shall be conspicuously and appropriately marked by statements (a) and/or (b) and shall relate to the information thus sought.

Citations:MGL c.78 s.19A(4);

MGL c.78 s.19B and 605 CMR4.01(7)