As policymakers in Madison redesign the state's child care subsidy program--known as Wisconsin Shares--it is important to understand the original vision for the program. This report investigates the development and implementation of Wisconsin Shares and its linkages to the state's landmark W-2 welfare reform initiative. In particular, the authors…

The main areas of concern in this long-range development program to meet the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act are the following: public library development and facilities, public library services for the disadvantaged, library services for the blind, physically handicapped and institutionalized persons, intertype library…

Intended to provide background information useful to delegates to the Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services (September 1978), the first five chapters of this annual revision of the state program constitute a citizen's overview of library and information services in the state, with some attention to matters national in scope:…

This document outlines the five-year Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) plan for the state of Wisconsin. Following a profile of the libraries in Wisconsin, this plan describes several priorities and LSTA funded activities for each of the following goals: (1) to ensure that libraries and library systems utilize technology to improve…