(20 ILCS 3475/45)

Sec. 45. Historical records. The Library Services Director in consultation with historian staff at the Agency shall establish and supervise a program within the Agency designed to preserve as historical records selected past editions of newspapers of this State. Such editions and other materials shall be preserved in accordance with industry standards and shall be stored in a place provided by the Agency. The negatives of microphotographs and other materials shall be stored in a place provided by the Agency.

The Library Services Director in consultation with historian staff at the Agency shall determine on the basis of historical value the various newspaper edition files which shall be preserved and shall arrange a schedule for such preservation. The Library Services Director shall supervise the making of arrangements for acquiring access to past edition files and copyright permissions with the editors or publishers of the various newspapers.

The method of microphotography to be employed in this program shall conform to the standards established pursuant to Section 17 of the State Records Act.

Upon payment to the Agency of the required fee, any person or organization shall be granted access to the preserved editions of the newspapers and all records. The fee schedule shall be determined and approved by the Board annually in granting such access supplying the requested prints.

(Source: P.A. 102-985, eff. 1-1-23.)