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Gust, Ran – Online Submission, 2008
Recovery of significant achievements by exemplary individuals and institutions in public education and librarianship informs our present understanding and motivates future efforts. This narrative history recounts some of the struggles and successes of a great city library when the very conception of a free, public library was still being defined.…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Public Education, Library Development, Library Facilities

Flum, Judith G.; Weisner, Stan – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1993
Discussion of public library support systems for at-risk teens focuses on the Bay Area Library and Information System (BALIS) that was developed to improve library services to at-risk teenagers in the San Francisco Bay area. Highlights include needs assessment; staff training; intervention models; and project evaluation. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescents, High Risk Students, Intervention, Librarians

And Others; Firschein, Oscar – Online Review, 1978
Evaluation results are described for the DIALIB project, a three year experiment of on-line bibliographic search services in four public libraries. Findings include users of the system and their characteristics; use of data bases; librarian reactions; and time and cost of on-line searching, both in a free and fee-based environment. (Author/JPF)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Costs, Databases, Fees
Robinson, Margaret J. – 1986
This report summarizes the results of a feasibility study of the Bay Area Literacy Referral Network (BALRN), a local literacy referral system established in 1985 by the coordinators of the 13 Bay Area literacy projects, which in turn were established by the California Literacy Campaign initiated in 1983. Funded with Library Services and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Financial Support, Library Services, Literacy Education
Ahlgren, Alice E. – 1975
Lockheed has undertaken Project DIALIB to determine whether online retrieval services could be useful to the general public, and if the public library could serve as the linking agent for these services. As part of the study, DIALOG, Lockheed's online reference retrieval system, has been made available to the public through four public libraries…
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Formative Evaluation, Information Retrieval
Lane, Martha A. – 1987
This report provides a summary and evaluation of a retreat held for the directors and literacy coordinators of the 46 public libraries participating in the California Literacy Campaign (CLC), their supervisors, State Library staff, and members of the California Library Services Board. Following a brief introduction and overview, descriptions of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Financial Support, Library Planning
Pastori, Sharon; And Others – 1986
This review of the activities of LEAP (Literacy for Every Adult Project), a free, basic skills tutorial program for adults, is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides the most recent assessment of the LEAP microcomputer learning center, which was funded in 1985 through a Library Services and Construction Act grant, and Part 2 details the early…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe – 1999
In less than five years, the California State Library-sponsored InFoPeople project connected 46% of California's public libraries to the Internet and established a highly regarded, sustained training program to assist librarians in taking advantage of the new networked resources and services. The primary objective of this Stage II report was to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Information Technology
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
This document includes final summary reports from recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) demonstration projects in California. While some projects reported at length and others provided the bare facts, reports are excerpted but published as received, without editing beyond a uniform first page. The Summary Report Form…
Descriptors: Community Services, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Bogan, Mary E. – 1975
A survey was conducted to determine if California public libraries and systems serving 150,000 or greater populations met certain audiovisual standards established by the American Library Association (ALA). Fourteen public libraries and 11 systems responded to questions covering the criteria. Half the public libraries and the majority of systems…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Data Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Rubin, Jeffrey H. – 1999
The purpose of the California State Library-sponsored project, InFoPeople, is to enhance access to information resources by providing points of public access to the Internet in public libraries throughout the state of California. This Stage 1 report represents an initial set of findings and issues related to the InFoPeople project and provides the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Involvement, Cooperative Programs, Data Analysis
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1986
This document includes final summary reports from 16 recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) projects in California. This volume covers generally the period 1984-85, and reports are presented in six subject areas: programs for children, information and referral projects, institutional services, literacy, local history,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Federal Aid, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Los Angeles, CA. – 1975
An extensive study was conducted to determine whether California's Public Library Services Act had succeeded in its goal of improving and extending library service through the establishment and funding of library systems. The comprehensive study involved field interviews at all 20 systems; a review of system documents; a survey of reference…
Descriptors: Costs, Financial Support, Futures (of Society), Guidelines