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Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1988
This report presents and explains new standards developed for Alabama public libraries in response to a need for a clearly articulated, easily used, and broadly based public library planning and development tool. Intended to provide an overview of the new standards, the introduction discusses why the standards were developed; their purposes; how…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Collection Development, Library Networks
Download full textSouth Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 2001
This report summarizes the activities of the South Carolina State Library for 1999-2000. The current strategic plan contains five strategic goals: provide information resources and services to meet the needs of the people of South Carolina; provide statewide programs to support local library services; serve as the advocate for libraries in South…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Funding
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
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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 reviewedBertot, John Carlo – Public Library Quarterly, 2002
Presents results of a study undertaken for the state library of Maryland to develop a process for the development of a Maryland Digital Public Library. Highlights include planning; management; implementation requirements; networked environments; technical infrastructure issues; collection development; standards; information content; information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Information Services
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Library Programs. – 1993
This publication provides one-paragraph descriptions of projects funded by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the U.S. Department of Education to state and public libraries under the Foreign Language Materials Acquisition Program, Title V of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). In fiscal year 1993, 104 applications…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Computer Software, Federal Aid, Foreign Language Books
Vermont State Dept. of Libraries, Montpelier. – 1993
The 12th biennial report of the Vermont State Library, statistics of local libraries, and a directory of libraries in Vermont are presented. In the 1990-92 biennium, library services in Vermont were redefined by budget constraints and by changes in information, formats, and society. The Vermont Automated Libraries System (VALS), clearer public…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Budgeting, Directories, Information Networks
Johnson, Jean, Ed. – 1983
With the concerns of off-campus students and faculty in mind, the Wyoming Academic Deans Council sponsored a conference to examine the issues of library services to these populations. Personnel from the Wyoming State Library and several public libraries also attended the 2-day conference. This document comprises the full text of six papers…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Extension Education, Higher Education, Information Needs
Nevada State Library and Archives, Carson City. – 1993
This plan meets the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) but is also designed to help identify the needs and problems of libraries in the state of Nevada and to determine the possibilities of meeting those needs. It is intended to provide a broad framework for statewide planning activities. There are currently 24 public…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1997
This report summarizes the activities of the South Carolina State Library for 1996-1997. Sections include: (1) library governance and mission statement; (2) brief library history; (3) details about the organization and operations of the library, including a description of each of the six departments with a list of employees and their titles, an…
Descriptors: Grants, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures
Texas State Library, Austin. Div. for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1988
The Texas State Library provides services to persons unable to read standard print due to blindness or other visual impairments, including a wide range of large print materials, braille, and recordings. The library also coordinates a reading machine program incorporating 70 sites in public and academic libraries and provides classrooms with books,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Blindness, Braille
Albert, Rebecca J. – 1993
"CONNECTIONS: The New Hampshire Reading Project," a project of the New Hampshire State Library (Concord), involved coalition building, public awareness, training, reading and discussion, and evaluation. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and targeted students and tutors of library literacy programs and New Hampshire…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
Utah State Library Div., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Community and Economic Development. – 1995
This paper provides background on the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program, describes the context for making decisions about future priorities, and presents proposals for changes in the Utah State Library Division policies, services, and funding. A discussion on federal funding for library services includes a brief history of LSCA,…
Descriptors: Change, Disabilities, Futures (of Society), Interlibrary Loans
Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. – 1993
This 5-year plan for the improvement of library service in Louisiana identifies specific existing inadequacies and presents specific goals and objectives as part of an overall plan to overcome barriers to the best possible library service in the state. It is noted that, in Louisiana, the State Library does not have administrative authority over…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Disabilities, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
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