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Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe – Public Libraries, 2002
Describes external sources of funding for public libraries to establish and maintain their technology infrastructure, telecommunications services, and network-based resources and services. Highlights include LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act); the E-rate program; and the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation U.S. Library Program. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Library Automation, Library Funding, Library Networks
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1999
This document reports on Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) subgrant projects in Michigan for fiscal year (FY) 1998. The introductory section includes: a description of AccessMichigan, the umbrella online service that includes a collection of more than 67 commercial databases, the SPAN (Serials, Periodicals and Newspapers) service, and the…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Grants, Information Technology, Internet
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
Wiley, Peter Booth – Library Journal, 1996
Describes how the New Main San Francisco Public Library was created in spite of budget cuts and threats of shutting down library branches. Discusses community support, the political approach to fund raising, collection development and increased patronage, and linking branch libraries to the New Main's system. (AEF)
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Budgets, Community Support, Fund Raising
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Kanamugire, Athanase B. – Electronic Library, 1997
Examines issues related to CD-ROM services in libraries in developing countries, and focuses on planning, funding, hardware, software, database selection, installation, staff and user training, publicity, use policies and procedures, document non-availability, and evaluation. Recommends a partnership approach between library information systems,…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Information Services, Library Funding
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Balarabe, Ahmed Abdu – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Focuses on problems affecting the collection development of university libraries in Nigeria. Identifies the global economic recession of the 1980s as the significant variable for the success and failure of these programs. Examines the impact of financial problems on collection growth and development in Nigerian university libraries. Suggests…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Climate
Boe, Ralph J. – 1996
In 1990, the Louisiana Board of Regents commissioned a task force on libraries to develop a plan for greater cooperation and resource sharing among the state's academic libraries. The mission was hampered by the sparsity of automated facilities and the failure to secure state funding for public library automation, but by 1992 the task force had…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1995
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1994 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
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Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1996
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1995 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained in…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Ryan, Joe; McClure, Charles R. – 1997
This report presents the results of a June 1997 onsite evaluation of a U.S. Department of Education HEA II-B grant awarded to the Portland Area Library System (PORTALS) during the period October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1997. The grant offered an opportunity to increase collaboration among PORTALS members via the activities of network deployment,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Federal Aid, Grants, Library Development
Knight, Robert – 2000
This paper discusses public library services to remote communities in Australia, focusing on New South Wales (NSW). The first section presents background on the public library network in NSW, including statistics, descriptors/characteristics of public libraries, and funding to establish public Internet access. The second section addresses regional…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Internet, Library Funding
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Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 2000
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1999 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Section I, Summary Statistics, contains data on statewide public library statistics, summary…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities, Library Funding
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Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 2001
The data published in this volume were taken from the 2000 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Section I, Summary Statistics, contains data on statewide public library statistics, summary…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Weaver-Meyers, Pat; Fong, Yem – Library Administration and Management, 1995
Presents issues from a debate about interlibrary loan (ILL) policies and the use of union lists on the OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) ILL subsystem. Highlights include library funding, costs of maintaining serials holdings on a utility, borrowing procedures, quality service, workload leveling, staffing, and problems with OCLC system…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Debate, Interlibrary Loans, Library Expenditures
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Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1994
The data published in this volume were taken from the 1993 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statbook are contained in…
Descriptors: Demography, Library Circulation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
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