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Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. – 1982
Intended to encourage the appropriate and informed use of resource sharing mechanisms and services through the establishment of common policies and procedures throughout Indiana, this manual brings together in one document a description of current resource sharing activities in the state, codifies general practices, and provides guidelines based…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks

Ladenson, Alex – Catholic Library World, 1980
Argues for the passage of the National Library and Information Services Act, a piece of Federal legislation currently pending before Congress. Opponents' objections to the legislation are addressed, and the entire library community is asked to support the bill. (LLS)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Library Networks
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1981
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…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. Legislation Committee. – 1973
This pamphlet proposes a plan for synthesizing practices which will afford an intensive and systematical approach to the achievement of beneficial library legislation nationwide. The goal of the plan is to bring maximum constituent effort to bear upon the Congress, the several state legislatures, national and state administrations, and appropriate…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Legislation, Libraries, Library Networks
Eagon, Burdette; And Others – 1983
This publication describes Wisconsin state level library services and their funding and presents recommendations related to state level resource providers, as required by Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 347, Laws of 1979. Types of and the structure for providing statewide library services and resources are outlined, followed by a description of…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Services
Ford, William – 1998
This information memorandum describes revisions to laws relating to public libraries that were enacted in 1997 Wisconsin Act 150. The first section of the memorandum outlines the major provisions of the Act, including: county payment for library services; optional standards in plan of library services for county; report on library system…
Descriptors: Laws, Library Expenditures, Library Funding, Library Networks
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1988
This report presents and explains new standards developed for Alabama public libraries in response to a need for a clearly articulated, easily used, and broadly based public library planning and development tool. Intended to provide an overview of the new standards, the introduction discusses why the standards were developed; their purposes; how…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Collection Development, Library Networks
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1982
Based on a study of roles, organizational relationships, services and funding of the Dane County Library Service, the Madison Public Library, and the South Central Library System, this report establishes recommendations for the three library agencies as developed by a joint planning committee. The background, composition, methodology, and…
Descriptors: County Libraries, Financial Support, Library Facilities, 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
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. State Library Services. – 1982
Prepared as an outline of the long range Michigan library development program, as required by the Library Services and Construction 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 1982 to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning

Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Edited text of the proceedings on the Communications Act conducted by the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), in which representatives from the library community engaged in dialogue with staff from the House Subcommittee responsible for rewriting the Communications Act. (CWM)
Descriptors: Communications, Federal Government, Federal Regulation, Hearings
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1985
Designed to ensure that all Library of Michigan/Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LM/LBPH) network libraries provide uniform, quality service to patrons in their service areas, these standards will serve both as the basis for a formal written agreement between each of the 12 network libraries and LM/LBPH, and as a minimum…
Descriptors: Blindness, Disabilities, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1980
Devoted to long range planning for library services, this issue of the Wisconsin Library Bulletin reviews population profiles, economic indicators, social and governmental concerns, trends in education, and current surveys and needs assessments to formulate planning for Wisconsin Library Services over the next five years. Goals and objectives are…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Networks
Kite, Leslie – 1983
The interlibrary loan policies of the reference department of the Charles Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University are detailed in this policy statement. The document is divided into four main sections: policy for borrowing, procedures for borrowing, policy for lending, and procedures for lending. In addition to the policy statement, 19…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Copyrights, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1991
This document presents testimony and prepared statements concerning Title II (Library Programs) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and addresses ways in which to enhance and strengthen the resources and roles of academic libraries and information technology. Those giving testimony and/or providing prepared statements are the following: Richard…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation