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Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1984
Prepared by the state librarian of Michigan, this compilation of laws is intended to help librarians, government officials, and citizens familarize themselves with the many state statues that affect the operation and development of libraries in Michigan. The document includes excerpts of laws pertaining to public libraries, school libraries,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Laws, Library Administration, Library Networks
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
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1987
This guide to the administration of the Library Systems Act for the State of Texas begins by presenting the text of the Library Systems Act. The relevant regulations from the Texas Administrative Code are then provided, covering such topics as standards for accreditation of a major resource system of libraries, minimum standards for accreditation…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Criteria, Library Networks, Library Standards
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1980
This eighth annual report covers the activities of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) from October 1, 1978 through September 30, 1979. Information on the background, composition, and role of the commission is provided, followed by descriptions of preparations for the first White House Conference on Library and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Information Science, Information Services, Library Networks
McGinn, Howard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Infrastructures and competitiveness are considered in the context of library networking, library service, and economic development in the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Information Network, a network developed and maintained by the state library and responsive to the needs of the nonlibrary community, is described. (MES)
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Development, History, Library Networks
Texas State Library, Austin. – 1987
This report summarizes the activities and results of library programs in Texas that received financial support in FY 1987 through the State Library's Statewide Library Development program, which included funds from both the state's general revenues and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Individual TItle I programs described include:…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Library Expenditures, Library Extension, Library Networks
Michigan State Library, Lansing. – 1983
Prepared as an outline of the long range Michigan library development program, as required by the Library Services and Contruction Act (LSCA), this document presents goals, objectives, and procedures for extending, improving, and strengthening library services to unserved and underserved segments of the Michigan library population from 1983 to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
New Jersey State Library, Trenton. – 1980
Ways in which computer technology can be used to support the development of a library network are proposed by the Computer Application Task Force, following the recommendations of the New Jersey Statewide Planning Group and its several task forces. A summary of three primary recommendations is followed by a general discussion of opportunities…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
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
Scheppke, Jim, Ed. – 1984
Intended as an orientation guide, this manual presents information on library network operations for use by staff and advisory council members of the Texas Library System. The first chapter describes the role of systems in public library development in Texas, with a delineation of the history of Texas library systems, a chronology of related…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Networks
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1987
Prepared as an outline of the long-range South Carolina library development program required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document describes: (1) the library public, with emphasis on disadvantaged, blind, physically handicapped, elderly, and institutionalized persons, as well as persons with limited English speaking…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Personnel
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1988
The materials in this manual are intended to provide the introductory information needed by new system advisory council members and staff of the Texas State Library on the history, role, governance, funding, services, and administration of library systems. Included in the handbook are discussions of: (1) the role of systems in public library…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Documentation, Financial Support, Governance
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1988
Prepared as an outline of the long-range South Carolina Library development program required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document describes: (1) the library public, with emphasis on the disadvantaged, illiterate, blind and physically handicapped, persons with limited English speaking ability, the elderly, and the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Personnel
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1985
Prepared as an outline of the long range South Carolina library development program required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document describes: (1) the library public, with emphasis on disadvantaged, blind, physically handicapped, elderly, and institutionalized persons as well as persons with limited English speaking…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Personnel
California State Library, Sacramento. – 1987
This paper describes the programs to be undertaken in the State of California for fiscal years 1988-1992, pursuant to the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Introductory materials review the LSCA, the State Advisory Council on Libraries, the state's growth and development, a Legislative Statement of Intent, and the State Library's…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Federal Aid, Library Facilities, Library Networks
