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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
LAW LIBRARY
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 50 LIBRARIES, ARTICLE II LAW LIBRARY, Sec. 50-33 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE II. LAW LIBRARY
Sec. 50-33. Rules for use of library.
The borrowing rules and rules for the use of the County Law Library are as follows:
(1) Areas of access. The areas of the Library open to patrons are the main reading room and such shelf areas as have not been kept locked. The conference rooms will be made available to patrons who register at the library desk. Access to other material may be had by special arrangements with the Librarian.
(2)
(a) The Cook County Law Library ("Library") is a public law library open to all for the purposes of legal research. To ensure open, reliable access to legal information and knowledge in a timely and efficient manner, the following rules shall be applicable to all users of the Library.
Use.
a. Not to be used in lieu of an office. Except as otherwise provided in these rules, the
1. Use of the Library's facilities of the County Law Library are and services is limited to patrons who are persons engaging in legal research, preparing a legal matter, or otherwise using the books and materials of the library. They Library's legal information resources.
2. The Library and its facilities shall not be used in lieu of an office for the practice of law or any other professional, business, or related activity.
b. Who may use. The facilities of this library shall be freely available to all licensed Illinois attorneys, judges, and other public officers of this County, plaintiffs and defendants during the times when this Law Library is open. Visiting attorneys may be allowed to use the material on the premises.
c. Hours open. Other members of the public, who need to use the Law Library, shall be admitted to the County Law Library on those days when the libra...
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