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Sager, Donald – Public Libraries, 1988
Summarizes events at an OCLC-sponsored conference at which three major issues were addressed: (1) how public libraries will improve access to services and resources; (2) how public librarians will interact with users and what skills/attitudes they will require; and (3) the impact of interlibrary cooperation in light of changes in society and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Futures (of Society), Librarians
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Sager, Don – Public Libraries, 2000
These articles describe the Sister Libraries program, part of the White House Millennium project, sponsored by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and the American Library Association to build relationships with libraries in other cultures. Discusses projects with public and school libraries and library development in…
Descriptors: Consortia, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Programs
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Boyce, Judith I. – Public Libraries, 1990
Describes the procedures followed by Louisiana public libraries in establishing and operating that state's award winning summer reading program. The cooperative efforts of the state library, state library association, and committees of public librarians are discussed, as is the incorporation of performing artists funded by grants from the state's…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Cooperation, Public Libraries, Reading Programs
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Auld, Hampton; Smith, Mark; Smith, Susan H.; Nichols, LeeAnn; Harrington, Judy; Moorman, John; Hunt, Carey; Tunon, Johanna – Public Libraries, 2002
Discusses the combination of school and public library facilities. Includes six essays that relate experiences and opinions regarding public libraries that have some cooperative agreement with school or university libraries to share services and facilities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Metz, Ruth Foley; And Others – Public Libraries, 1989
Describes a project in which 15 public libraries in the Bay Area Library and Information System undertook simultaneous local planning using the Public Library Development Program planning and role setting process. Areas discussed include planning team workshops and meetings, implementation of the planning process, writing the planning document,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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Lobosco, Anna F.; And Others – Public Libraries, 1996
The New York State Developmental Disabilities Planning Council and the New York State Division of Library Development collaborated to create 19 library-based parent resource centers to provide information on child development, disabilities, and parenting. Describes program components; impacts on patron satisfaction, library services, and the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Information Services, Disabilities, Library Cooperation