Minnesota § 13.40 - LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL DATA
Full text of Minnesota Minnesota Statutes § 13.40 — LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL DATA, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 13.40. LIBRARY AND HISTORICAL DATA
Subdivision 1.Records subject to this chapter.
(a) For purposes of this section, "historical records repository" means an archives or manuscript repository operated by a government entity whose purpose is to collect and maintain data to further the history of a geographic or subject area. The term does not include the state archives as defined in section 138.17, subdivision 1, clause (5).
(b) Data collected, maintained, used, or disseminated by a library or historical records repository operated by a government entity shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
Subd. 2.Private data; library borrowers.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), the following data maintained by a library are private data on individuals and may not be disclosed for other than library purposes except pursuant to a court order:
(1) data that link a library patron's name with materials requested or borrowed by the patron or that link a patron's name with a specific subject about which the patron has requested information or materials; or
(2) data in applications for borrower cards, other than the name of the borrower.
(b) A library may release reserved materials to a family member or other person who resides with a library patron and who is picking up the material on behalf of the patron. A patron may request that reserved materials be released only to the patron.
Subd. 3.Nongovernmental data.
Data held in the custody of a historical records repository that were not originally created, received, maintained, or disseminated by a government entity are not government data. These data are accessible to the public unless:
(1) the data are contributed by private persons under an agreement that restricts access, to the extent of any lawful limitation; or
(2) access would significantly endanger the physical or organizational integrity of the data.
History:
1980 c 603 s 21; 1981 c 311 s 39; 1982 c 545 s 6,24; 1991 c 319 s 3; 1992 c 499 art 10 s 1; 1996 c 440 art 1 s 7; 2007 c 129 s 20,21
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes
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