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Federation Notebook

Table of Contents

• Broad Valleys
• Golden Plains
• Pathfinder
• Sagebrush
• South Central
• Tamarack

• Please see individual federation links for the plans of service.

• Please see individual federation links for the annual reports.

• Broad Valleys (pdf)
• Golden Plains (pdf)
• Pathfinder (pdf)
• Sagebrush (pdf)
• South Central (pdf)
• Tamarack (pdf)

• Reimbursement Claim Form (pdf)
• How to Host a Meeting (pdf)
• How to use the Online Federation Expense Tracking Tool (pdf)
• Voting Proxy (pdf)
• Annual Reports – please use the Montana Library Directory to access an annual report or refer to individual federation links to see federation annual reports.
• Plan of Service - please use the Montana Library Directory to access an annual report or refer to individual federation links to see federation annual reports.

MCA
22-1-402
     Library federations -- definition. (1) A library federation is a combination of libraries serving a multicounty, multicity, or city-county area within a federation area designated by the state library commission. Any other public, school, special, college, or university library or town, city, or county within the federation area may participate in a federation.
     (2) The governing body of any library may agree to participate in the federation. The participating entities may retain the autonomy over their respective libraries.
     (3) The expense of providing library services for the library federation must be based on funds received from the state or participating libraries.
     (4) A participating entity may withdraw from a federation according to the terms for withdrawal provided in the federation's bylaws.
     (5) A federation may contract with other federations, libraries, or the state library to provide federation services.
     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 132, L. 1939; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 357, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 44-212; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 374, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 66, Ch. 387, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 183, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 80, L. 2001; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 73, L. 2005.