When most people think about 4-H, they remember county fairs, livestock programs, and agricultural education. While these programs are still prominent, 4-H has grown in order to meet the growing demands of today's youth. The organization has expanded services and programs to serve rural, suburban, and urban youth in every state in the U.S. 4-H is…

At the Libraries Service Center, statistics are generated on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis by using four Microsoft Excel workbooks. These statistics provide information about what materials are being requested and by whom. They also give details about why certain requests may not have been filled. Utilizing Excel allows for a shallower…

The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) serves a dispersed patron base, and its library has developed, over time, a circulation system for distributing physical research materials to its patrons throughout the United States. This article discusses the development of this system and its associated interface/database management system…

Designed by the library community and approved by the Maryland Advisory Council on Libraries, the Maryland Library Association, and the State Board of Education, this master plan establishes directions and targets for meeting the library needs of Maryland citizens for the next five years. The result of a series of formal and informal meetings of…

A survey of interlibrary cooperative projects engaging libraries and librarians in the Baltimore - Washington metropolitan area that could be identified during the winter and spring months of 1970-71 are presented. Cooperative projects discussed included: (1) Union Lists such as the "Journal Holdings in the Washington - Baltimore area,"…

Describes the development of telephone communications links between automated circulation systems in six public library systems in the state of Maryland, and discusses the implications of such links for interlibrary loan programs. (JL)

Based on a year of inquiry and consultation, this report of the Suburban Maryland Project confirms the feasibility of cooperative technical service functions for the four public library systems of suburban Maryland. It is recommended that the proposed Library Service Center be assigned the ordering, acquisition, cataloging, preparation for book…

This report describing how the Division of Library Development and Services performs its responsibilities by providing services to local public library and school systems focuses on the activities and accomplishments of the Office of Public Library Services, the Office of School Media Services, and the State Library Network. Tables listing…

This report expands the planning function of the Maryland State Department of Education's Division of Library Development and Services outlined in the previous report of 1972-73. Overall objectives of the Division are to: (1) provide leadership and guidance for planning and developing state library and information service; and (2) develop…

The role of the public library within intertype library networks was studied using published reports and information provided by selected state and regional libraries. Intertype networks cross jurisdictional, and often governmental, boundaries to join academic, special, and public libraries. The history, objectives, methods, and fiscal and…

Presents results of a study undertaken for the state library of Maryland to develop a process for the development of a Maryland Digital Public Library. Highlights include planning; management; implementation requirements; networked environments; technical infrastructure issues; collection development; standards; information content; information…

Described is a six-month work program, financed with Library Service and Construction Act funds, which applies systems analysis to public library organization, services, and facilities. The three public library systems of Baltimore City (Enoch Pratt Free Library), Baltimore County, and Anne Arundel County, Maryland are to be studied. Investigated…

Designed to assist local officials in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs, this factbook lists statistical data on school library media programs in the state of Maryland. The entries are arranged alphabetically by local educational agency name…

Designed to assist local officials in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs, this factbook lists statistical data on school library media programs in the state of Maryland. The entries are arranged alphabetically by local educational agency name…

The master plan for development of library services in the state of Maryland provides analyses of library collections, staff, and facilities in public libraries, public schools, and academic institutions. It identifies major strengths and weaknesses and recommends a framework of systematic progress for the years 1976-1980, setting a priority on…