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Missouri State Library Certifications and Document Filing Schedule

See ‘Public Library Certifications’ link on Web site at http://www.sos.mo.gov/library.

All dates are for postmark of materials or completion of Web-submitted forms.

Description Form Type Due
Technology Plan
Comprehensive Technology Plan must be submitted every 3 years for eligibility for E-rate discounts.  All libraries participating in the REAL Program must file. Update form required annually. State Library will send certification form showing acceptance.
Technology Plan Update Form pdf file April 10, 2008
Filtering Certification
Required annually for compliance with RSMo 182.825 and 182.827.
Certification of Compliance Form pdf file April 10, 2008
State Aid Certification
Required annually to receive state aid funds approved by the Missouri General Assembly. Please note -- Each type of library district has a different form.

State Aid Certification Forms
Forms must be completed, signed, notarized, and mailed.

June 30, 2008
List of Trustees
Required to verify information on state aid forms and update our mailing list

View forms here or request by mail.

June 30, 2008
Statistical Report
Required annually. Statistics are submitted to the Federal-State Cooperative System (FSCS) for public library data.
Libraries should receive instructions, a sample form, login and password information in September. Libraries must submit their data through the online Bibliostat Collect program. Only libraries without Internet access or open fewer than 30 hours per week may submit a paper form to the State Library.
Early November 2008
Summer Reading Program Evaluation
Collected annually, to continue receiving Summer Reading Program materials from the state library.

Online form available June 2008

Early September 2008