View all text of Subchapter II [§ 9121 - § 9165]
§ 9122. DefinitionsAs used in this subchapter:
(1) Library
(A) a public library;
(B) a public elementary school or secondary school library;
(C) a tribal library;
(D) an academic library;
(E) a research library, which for the purposes of this subchapter means a library that—
(i) makes publicly available library services and materials suitable for scholarly research and not otherwise available to the public; and
(ii) is not an integral part of an institution of higher education; and
(F) a private library or other special library, but only if the State in which such private or special library is located determines that the library should be considered a library for purposes of this subchapter.
(2) Library consortium
(3) State
(4) State library administrative agency
(5) State plan
(Pub. L. 94–462, title II, § 213, as added Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–296; amended Pub. L. 105–128, § 3, Dec. 1, 1997, 111 Stat. 2548; Pub. L. 108–81, title II, § 202, Sept. 25, 2003, 117 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 115–410, § 8, Dec. 31, 2018, 132 Stat. 5416.)