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Direct linkAlliance for Excellent Education, 2014
In comments submitted April 7, 2014, the Alliance for Excellent Education called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to modernize the federal E-rate program in order to lay the foundation for expanding the program through increased funding. These comments are in response to an E-rate Public Notice issued by the FCC on March 6, 2014…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Support, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Download full textSmith, Paul G., Ed. – California State Library, 2009
California Library Laws 2009 is a selective guide to state laws and related materials that most directly affect the everyday operations of public libraries and organizations that work with public libraries. It is intended as a convenient reference, not as a replacement for the annotated codes or for legal advice. The guide is organized as follows.…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Laws, Reference Materials
Smith, Paul G., Ed. – California State Library, 2008
"California Library Laws 2008" is a selective guide to state laws and related materials that most directly affect the everyday operations of public libraries and organizations that work with public libraries. It is intended as a convenient reference, not as a replacement for the annotated codes or for legal advice. The guide is organized…
Descriptors: Laws, Public Libraries, Reference Materials, Library Services
Coe, Mary J., Ed. – 1979
This report contains summaries of legally mandated and voluntary certification plans for public librarians in the United States based on information supplied by the various certifying state agencies or other appropriate sources in April 1979. Each plan is identified by the descriptive terms "mandatory" (certification required by law--23 states),…
Descriptors: Certification, Librarians, Public Libraries, State Standards
Bowen, Christopher – Illinois Libraries, 1988
This description of the development of a discipline policy at the Downers Grove (Illinois) Public Library recounts discipline problems, the process of creating the policy, and its effects. The text of the rules of behavior and a sample page from the procedures manual, which provides practical guidelines for enforcement, are included. (MES)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Policy Formation
PDF pending restorationWisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1974
Under Wisconsin state law (Administrative Code P1-6.03) any librarian employed in a public library system or any municipal public library, except in a city of the first class, supported in whole or in part by public funds, must hold state certification. Qualifications are delineated for three grades of certification: grade 1, for public libraries…
Descriptors: Certification, Employment Qualifications, Librarians, Library Standards
Kimmel, Margaret M.; And Others – Library Journal, 1988
The first of two articles presents a draft of "Criteria for Accreditation of Public Libraries." The second discusses the accreditation process goals and applies these goals to the current Commission for the Accreditation of Public Libraries plan. The proposal is criticized for being underdeveloped, administation-oriented, and controlled outside…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Criteria, Library Standards, Planning Commissions
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1981
Included in this compilation are all changes in New York State Education Law enacted through the December 1981 legislative session, and all changes in the New York State Board of Regents Rules and the Education Commissioner's Regulations through December 1981, which pertain to the administration and operation of public and association libraries in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Governing Boards, Librarians, Library Networks
Goulding, Mary – Illinois Libraries, 1988
Presents standards for reference services developed by the Suburban Library System (Illinois) and discusses the effects of the standards on youth services. Standards for a written reference plan, reference staff, reference sources, and evaluation are included. (11 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Children, Library Role, Library Services, Library Standards
PDF pending restorationOwens, Stephen; Kindel, Carrol – 1996
This report is the fifth in a series that constitutes a comprehensive evaluation of the public library statistics program carried out annually by the Federal State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). The evaluation aims to revise and promote the FSCS classification structure that divides library organizations into municipal, school…
Descriptors: Classification, Evaluation Research, Federal State Relationship, Library Statistics
Lee, Janis M.; Smith, G. Guy – American Libraries, 1988
A library director describes her experience of safeguarding the confidentiality of the circulation records of a woman who went on a shooting rampage at a shopping mall. The lawyer who represented the library discusses the legal responsibility of public and school libraries concerning confidentiality. (CLB)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Legal Responsibility
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 2001
This hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, focuses on the e-rate and filtering, on the Children's Internet Protection Act, otherwise known as "CIPA" or "CHIPA." On April 20, CHIPA is to be…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Hearings, Information Policy, Internet
Harris, Ruth; And Others – 1983
Based on a Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) study mandated by Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 347, Laws of 1979, this publication recommends that state aid to public library system resource libraries be increased by 10%, with the funds to be used strictly for resource library collection development. Issues examined during the study…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition, Library Networks
Mika, Joseph J.; Shuman, Bruce A. – American Libraries, 1988
This fourth lesson in a continuing education course on legal issues affecting libraries and librarians discusses the library's rights and legal responsibilities in the areas of censorship and intellectual freedom, the Freedom of Information Act and patron privacy, problem patrons, and ethical considerations of library services. (14 references)…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Censorship, Ethics, Intellectual Freedom
Reed, Mary Hutchings; Stanek, Debra – 1986
Designed to provide guidance for librarians, this publication expresses the opinion of the legal counsel of the American Library Association (ALA) regarding library and classroom use of copyrighted videotapes and computer programs. A discussion of videotapes considers the impact of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976 on in-classroom use, in-library…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Copyrights, Elementary Secondary Education, Legal Responsibility
