This document is a directory of Oklahoma public libraries and library boards, institutional libraries, and key personnel. The first section, which makes up the bulk of this publication is an alphabetical listing by library community of public libraries, complete with address, phone and fax numbers, staff, and board members. The second section…

Presented here are the results of a systematic attempt to document on a national scale the existence, quality, and quantity of library service provided to an often neglected segment of the public: the inmates, both adult and juvenile, housed in city and county jails, detention centers, work farms, half-way houses, diagnostic treatment centers, or…

This fact book, compiled to fill the need of practicing librarians and researchers for recent data on public libraries, contains statistics concerning or relevant to the U.S. public library system. Data on all aspects of American public libraries are summarized from such sources as annual reports, journal articles, surveys, books, doctoral theses,…

Based on data submitted by the libraries, this volume contains a directory of Texas public libraries and their branches as well as selected statistical information for 1979. The directory identifies the address, phone number, hours open, name of head librarian, and system membership for each library. The statistical profiles present data on the…

The purpose of this report is to provide a record of the development of the State of Louisiana's public libraries, to create an evaluation tool that is useful to local library administrators and trustees. With one exception, "Public Libraries in Louisiana: Statistical Report, 1996" is a summation of the annual reports submitted to the…

The first section of this report is a directory which features 203 public libraries, 7 multi-county library systems, 12 single-county public library systems, and the multitype members of the Alabama Library Exchange (i.e., 8 public, 6 school, 8 academic, and 10 special libraries). Entries list the library's address and telephone number, names of a…

The first section of this document consists of a directory, featuring 201 public libraries, 8 multi-county library systems, 12 single-county public library systems, and the multitype members of the Alabama Library Exchange (i.e., 8 public, 6 school, 8 academic, and 10 special libraries). Entries list the library's address and telephone number,…

This publication contains information taken from the 1985 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. The statistics reflect each library's last local fiscal year or status at the end of that year, except in the case of staffing and schedule information, which is as current as possible. The report is…

The library directory provides separate listings for: (1) individual public libraries, which are listed alphabetically by town or city and include the name of the county; (2) multi-county public library systems, i.e., eight regional libraries that are listed by the library name; (3) single county public library systems, i.e., 13 public libraries…

This publication provides a directory of Alabama Public Library Service libraries, single-county public library systems, multi-county public library systems, and multi-type library systems, and presents a 1998 statistical report. Individual library statistics are tabulated for public library systems on: service outlets, staff, and hours; print and…

This publication provides a directory of Alabama Public Library Service public libraries, single-county public library systems, multi-county public library systems, and multi-type library systems, and presents a 1997 statistical report. Individual library statistics are tabulated for public library systems on: service outlets, staff, and hours;…

THe Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian natives Program, Title IV of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), supports public library services to Indians and Hawaiian Natives. Two types of grants--Basic Grants and Special Projects--encourage the development and improvement of public library services through selected project…

The lack of library facilities, books and documents, and trained personnel are significant obstacles to Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives engaged in developing and strengthening public library services. The Library Services for Indian Tribes and Hawaiian Natives Program is the only Federal library program that provides direct grant funds for…

This report provides information on the fourth year of funding (fiscal year 1988) of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title IV grant programs, which provide appropriations for Indian tribes and for Alu Like, Inc.--the organization recognized by the Governor of Hawaii to serve Hawaiian natives--under two program cycles: Basic…

This report provides information for 1988-89 on libraries in Oregon. The first section, which presents information on 214 public libraries, includes a directory arranged by city of headquarters library; a map showing governance of public libraries; analysis of statistics including long-term trends, short-term trends, comparisons by county, and top…