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Download full textNew Mexico State Library, Santa Fe. – 1975
Owen G. Leach & Associates, under professional contract to the New Mexico State Library, conducted an opinion research study of New Mexico citizens. This study determined that 52.5 percent of adults needed and wanted information available from library networks, but did not realize that this information could be obtained through libraries. A…
Descriptors: Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks
New York State Library, Albany. – 1992
The growing importance of computer networking as a medium for communication and knowledge transfer suggested that the New York State Library needed a process to guide development in this emerging field. A planning process engaged more than 100 librarians and library staff, state officials, print and electronic publishers, clients, and information…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedStiles, William G. – Canadian Library Journal, 1980
Discusses the basic philosophy underlying the provision of service by state libraries and how these libraries can adjust this philosophy and their lines of authority to get involved in the forthcoming dissemination of government information. References are provided. (CHC)
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Information Dissemination
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1992
The papers in this proceedings describe similarities and differences in state libraries and examine the state library role in local, regional, and national network development and in the dissemination of information to various client segments. The papers are: (1) "The Commonalities of State Library Agencies" (Barrat Wilkins); (2)…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Internet, Library Development
Hickin, Patricia – 1978
The Virginia Planning Conference for Solar Technology Information Transfer was held in Richmond in February 1978 to elicit suggestions on how to make Virginians aware of libraries as sources of energy information and how Virginia libraries can keep their energy materials and reference services up to date. A summary of this planning session and a…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Peer reviewedTracy, Janet; DeJohn, William – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Describes two projects that tested use of digital facsimile technology for interlibrary communication. Columbia Law School/New York University Law School study emphasized equipment selection criteria (copy quality, compatibility, ease of operation, operation and costs). Pacific Northwest Library Facsimile Network project focused on operational…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Electronic Equipment, Facsimile Transmission
Hanson, Donna M. – Green Library Journal, 1992
Discusses agency library information activities, production and dissemination, and resource access as presented at the first conference of state and provincial fish and game agency librarians. Agencies represented include the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service, Aquaculture, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agencies, Conferences, Data
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1992
In fiscal year 1992, state funding to the South Carolina State Library was reduced on four occasions, but the library staff performed at high levels. Despite a 38 percent reduction in the library materials budget, the State Library had its best year ever in terms of providing information, with the number of items loaned continuing to increase. In…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgeting, Childrens Libraries, Databases
