Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-90-302. Colorado virtual library--creation--components--access

(a) A connection to the online catalogs of the holdings of Colorado libraries;

(b) A connection to locally produced databases;

(c) Digitized collections of Colorado resources;

(d) Indexes and full text database products selected in accordance with subsection (3.5) of this section to serve the needs of the people of the state;

(e) An interlibrary loan system facilitating resource sharing throughout Colorado; and

(f) Other services associated with providing computer-based library services.

(5)(a) The component parts of the Colorado virtual library described in subsection (3) of this section are affected with a public interest.

(b) Accordingly, in the administration of this part 3, the state librarian shall be guided by the principle that information generally provided by libraries, such as library catalogues and online resources, should be provided free to library users; however, said users may be subject to appropriate charges and fees for specialized services.

(c) Further, the state librarian shall be guided by the principle that direct competition between publicly funded agencies and private firms is to be avoided. Publicly funded agencies that are part of the library established under this part 3 are discouraged from selling at a profit information contributed to them by private firms.