Fiscal Year 2012 Resource Summary ($000)
DEPARTMENT FY2012
Budgetary
Recommendations
FY2012
Federal, Trust,
and ISF
FY2012
Total
Spending
FY2012
Budgetary
Non-Tax Revenue
Board of Library Commissioners 21,040 3,815 24,855 2

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account description amount
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMISSIONERS 24,855,461
Budgetary Direct Appropriations 21,040,107
7000-9101 Board of Library Commissioners
For the operation of the board of library commissioners
843,578
7000-9401 Regional Libraries Local Aid
For the Massachusetts regional library system, notwithstanding section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws; provided, that the board shall provide funds for the continued operation of a single regional library system to serve the different geographic regions of the commonwealth and requiring that physical locations be maintained in both eastern and western Massachusetts to serve the residents of those regions
6,920,993
7000-9403 Library of Last Recourse
For the library of last recourse at the Boston public library, notwithstanding section 19C of chapter 78 of the General Laws
1,860,482
7000-9404 Talking Book Programs
For the talking book programs at the Worcester public library and Perkins School for the Blind
2,662,159
7000-9501 Public Libraries Local Aid
For aid to public libraries; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no city or town shall receive any funds from this item in any fiscal year when the appropriation of the city or town for free public library services is below an amount equal to 102.5 per cent of the average of the appropriations for free public library service for the 3 fiscal years immediately preceding; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the board of library commissioners may grant waivers in excess of the waiver limit set forth in the second paragraph of section 19A of chapter 78 of the General Laws in fiscal year 2012 for a period of not more than 1 year; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, of the amount by which this item exceeds the amount appropriated in chapter 194 of the acts of 1998, funds shall be distributed under the guidelines of the municipal equalization grant program and under the guidelines for the library incentive grant program and under the guidelines for the nonresident circulation offset program; and provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any payment made to a city or town from this item shall be deposited with the treasurer of the city or town and held in a separate account and shall be expended by the public library of the city or town without further appropriation
6,823,657
7000-9506 Library Technology and Automated Resource - Sharing Networks
For statewide library technology and resource sharing programs
1,929,238

account description amount
Federal Grant Spending 3,621,427
7000-9702 Library Services Technology Act
For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Library Services Technology Act
3,621,427
account description amount
Trust and Other Spending 193,927
7000-9407 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust 193,927