The Utah State Library promotes the advancement of library services across the state.
During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $8,291,000 from all sources for State Library. This is a 0.1 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $4,534,100 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 4.4 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
In addition to statewide compensation and internal service fund cost increases, the following appropriation adjustments were made during the 2015 General Session:
The State Library uses the number of Pioneer searches as a measure of demand. Data for this measure is shown below.
The Blind and Disabled program measures the circulation of materials to measure demand for services. The data for this program is shown below.
Bookmobiles also use circulation of materials as a measure of demand. The data for this program is shown below.
Statutory authority for the Utah State Library (USL) is provided in UCA 9-7. The statute provides the Division with the ability to function as the library authority for the state. It also gives USL responsibility for "general library services, extension services, the preservation, distribution and exchange of state publications, legislative reference, and other services considered proper for a state library."
The Utah State Library Division utilizes funding from the General Fund, federal funds, and dedicated credit revenues.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.