Free Direct Access
"Free direct access" requires all public libraries within a system to loan their materials to a library card holder from any other library within that system. This policy, in accordance with Commissioner's Regulations §90.3, is aimed at ensuring the broadest possible access to information by all New Yorkers, regardless of circumstance.
Background
1999 Implementation of Revised CR 90.3 - Free Direct Access
- Memo from Janet M. Welch - Outline and Guidelines for Developing FDA Plans
- Attachment: Outline
- Attachment: Guidelines
1997-1998 Statewide Discussion on Free Direct Access Policy
Step 1 -- September 30, 1997
- Memo from Janet M. Welch - Initiating Statewide Discussion on FDA Policy
- Attachment: August 29th Regents Memo
- Attachment: September 1997 FDA Task Force Report
Steps 2 & 3 -- January 20, 1998
- Memo from Janet M. Welch - Distributing SED Proposal Statewide for Comment
- Attachment: December 19, 1997 news release
- Attachment: Summary of Recommendations
- Attachment: Questions and Answers
- Attachment: 11/28/97 SED Recommendations to Board of Regents on FDA Policy
- Attachment: Regents Commission on Library Services
Step 4 -- Final SED Recommendations to Board of Regents on Changing Free Direct Access Regulation CR §90.3
- Memo from Janet M. Welch - Implementation of Revisions to CR §90.3
- Attachment: Questions and Answers
- December 11, 1998 Press Release
- Revised Regulation CR §90.3
Last Updated:
September 25, 2019
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