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Download full textTexas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1994
The purpose of this document is to orient new system staff and advisory council members to their roles and responsibilities in the Texas Library System. It contains information on the history, governance, funding, services, and administration of the systems. Chapter 1 contains a discussion of the history of library systems in Texas and some key…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Funding
Zweizig, Douglas; And Others – 1984
Prepared by the Task Force on Library Legislation appointed by Wisconsin's State Superintendent of Public Instruction, this final report presents policy statements and action recommendations addressing issues related to the organizational and funding problems of public libraries, public library systems, and multitype library cooperation. The…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Personnel
Kittel, Dorothy – 1985
Based on fiscal year 1985 annual reports from 48 states, this report describes interlibrary cooperation and resource-sharing activities supported by Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title III, funds during 1985. A summary of types of activities reported includes the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of communication networks…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Communications, Data Analysis, Federal Aid
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1985
This long range plan was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), P.L. 98-480 and to guide the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory mission. The plan provides a framework for the establishment or expansion of programs to carry out the purposes mandated by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1983
This report of the 95-member Council for the Comprehensive Plan for Libraries, which included representatives from government, libraries, and the public sector, is not intended to answer all the questions for all those concerned about the future of libraries, but rather to bring focus to the issues and to set a direction for solving the problems…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This document records testimony before the U.S. Senate on the reauthorization of Public Law 84-597, the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). The original purpose of the LSCA was to bring library services to rural areas and to those citizens who had previously been deprived of access (the handicapped, disadvantaged, and those who speak…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Library Administration
Smith, Barbara – 1985
This paper reports the results of a June and July 1985 study in which all 12 libraries where Maine state documents are deposited and the two libraries which receive weekly shipping lists and any extra copies of documents were visited. Observations from these visits are reported in general sections of this report: Examples of Attempts to Increase…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Skaptason, Trish – 1985
Developed as the result of an analysis of annual reports from state libraries, this report describes library services for the institutionalized supported by Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title I, funds during the fiscal year 1985. Trends identified include the funding of more specific projects, resulting in less population being…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Data Analysis, Federal Aid, Institutional Libraries
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1988
This report presents the 1978-1988 annual Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program for the South Carolina State Library. This program includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LCSA projects under Title I-Library Services: (1) Projects IA-General Administration; (2) IB-Library Interpretation; (3) IIA-General…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Services
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1986
This document comprises the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) 1986-1987 annual program and the FY 86 LSCA summary for the South Carolina State Library. The annual program includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA projects: (1) Title I--Library Services, including Projects IA--General Administration,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Hendricks, J. Thom, Ed. – 1988
Since no local library can meet the information needs of the community on its own, librarians and local policymakers must look to other existing agencies and channels for support. In every locale are agencies, organizations, and governmental and social service units that daily gather, compile, and disseminate information as one of their missions.…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Community Coordination, Guidelines, Library Administration
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1986
This long-range plan was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Public Law 98-480 and to guide the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory mission. The plan provides a framework for the establishment or expansion of programs to carry out the purposes mandated…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
Highlights of the Council on Library Resources' (CLR) 28th year and descriptions of active projects are included in the body of this report. Preliminary materials include lists of members of the council and of the board of directors, council committees and officers, and council staff and consultants, as well as a memorial to Louis Booker Wright,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Expenditures, Grants
Fact Finders, Albany, NY. – 1987
This report presents the findings of a survey of New York State Library System administrators and governors designed to provide an empirical benchmark of opinion within the New York State library system and to aid in discussion, evaluation, and planning at the library systems conference. Survey data were collected by means of telephone interviews…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
