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Improving Library Services to the Blind, Partially Sighted, and Physically Handicapped in New York State: A Report Prepared for the Assistant Commissioner for Libraries.
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Prentiss, Sam – 1973
New York State has a longstanding commitment to library and media service to the blind and visually handicapped; in fact, the service is generally known to be the first such program organized by any state. Going back to 1896, it was another of the innovations of Melvil Dewey. This report describes the present state of library service to the blind…
Descriptors: Blindness, Information Needs, Libraries, Library Role
LSCA Program Purposes: Needs and Intended Actions. Supplement 1 to Library Service to the People of New York State, October 1, 1988 through September 30, 1993.
New York State Library, Albany. – 1988
Intended as a supplement to New York State's "Library Service to the People of New York State," this report identifies current library needs in New York and recommends actions for meeting those needs through the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program. The focus is on Title I, and objectives and intended actions for public…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Institutional Libraries
Title VI-B Evaluation Report 1976-77. New York State Education for the Handicapped Act.
Cronk, George A., Jr. – 1978
The report summarizes pupil behavioral change data from 176 instructional projects involving handicapped children in New York state. Data are presented for reading achievement, mathematics achievement, and a broad category that encompassed language arts, corrective speech, psychomotor, auditory and visual perceptions, personal hygiene, societal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children
LSCA Program Purposes: Needs and Intended Actions. Supplement 1 to Library Service to the People of New York State, October 1, 1989 through September 30, 1994.
New York State Library, Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1989
A supplement to "Library Services to the People of New York," this document identifies current library needs in New York and recommends actions for meeting those needs through the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program. The bulk of this report focuses on Title I (Public Library Service) programs for the following: (1) the…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Institutional Libraries