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Direct linkForsyth, Ellen; Joseph, Mylee; Perry, Leanne – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2009
The "New South Wales Learning 2.0" training program is being made available to the entire NSW public library work force of over 2300 people in 2008-2009. This paper is a snapshot of the impact of the course as at September 2008, five months after it was launched. It explores how the training impacted on the staff skill levels, knowledge,…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Development, Labor Force
Peer reviewedMcNeely, Cate V. – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Summarizes the Richmond Public Library's (RPL's) experiences in development and provision of technology-based services. Describes RPL's approaches to technology-based services, including training, communicating benefits to the community, creating a community-based Web site and marketing. Explains benefits of Internet-based services to patrons,…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Improvement, Information Services, Information Technology
Download full textVermont State Dept. of Libraries, Montpelier. – 2002
This evaluation of Vermont's 5-year LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) plan begins with an overall report of results in achieving goals and objectives. This section offers an overview of Vermont's geography, population, and history and use of library services. Results are then described for each of the plan's seven goals and related…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Programs, Information Technology, Library Development
Ramachandran, R. – 1999
This paper discusses the legal basis for the National Library Board's national role for library development in Singapore. It examines the new National Library Board (NLB) Act 1995 and the direct and expanded responsibility it has given the NLB for the national and public library functions in Singapore. The paper also examines the various…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governing Boards, Legal Responsibility
Peer reviewedPaznekas, Susan J.; Stephan, Sandra S. – Public Libraries, 1995
Describes the Health Information Project, a plan created by the Maryland State Department of Education that allows residents to obtain health information from public libraries. Examples of patron situations involving health questions illustrate the plan's main elements: collection development, staff training, networking with community agencies,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Library Collection Development, Library Personnel, Library Role
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1987
This publication provides abstracts of the 239 literacy activities supported through projects funded under the Library Literacy Program, Title IV, of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) during fiscal year 1986. The abstracts have been grouped for easy reference by type of activity. In cases where the projects cover more than one…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
The Library Literacy Program, Title VI of the Library Services and Construction Act, is the largest federal library program under which state and local public libraries can apply directly to the U.S. Department of Education to compete for literacy grant awards. State public libraries may use the grant funds to coordinate and plan library literacy…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Federal Aid, Financial Support
PDF pending restorationOffice of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
This report provides an examination of literacy activities supported by 245 grants awarded to public and state libraries under the Library Literacy Program, Title VI of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), during fiscal year 1987. Following an overview of the Library Literacy Program, projects are reviewed and categorized according to…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Peer reviewedJanes, Joseph; McClure, Charles R. – Public Libraries, 1999
This preliminary study suggests that the same level of timeliness and accuracy can be obtained for answers to reference questions using resources in freely available World Wide Web sites as with traditional print-based resources. Discusses implications for library collection development, new models of consortia, training needs, and costing and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Consortia, Costs
Huntting, Ann – Illinois Libraries, 1999
Describes the "Jump Start" program, developed with Library Services and Technology Act funds and designed to provide more pre-school services to children in a poor community in Chicago. Discusses the project plan; workshops for area child care providers and future workers in the field; collection development; outreach to educational institutions;…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Grants, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Collection Development
