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Nelson, Kristina L. – Rural Libraries, 1998
Discussion of rural library technology concerns focuses on the Kalona (Iowa) public library and its attempts to acquire up-to-date technology. Topics include costs, politics, Internet service providers, personnel concerns, funding, and national and state-based opportunities. (LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Internet, Library Automation, Library Funding
Peer reviewedLamont, Bridget L.; Bloomberg, Kathleen L. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discussion of library automation in Illinois focuses on ILLINET, the Illinois Library and Information Network. Topics include automated resource sharing; ILLINET's online catalog; regional library system automation; community networking and public library technology development; telecommunications initiatives; electronic access to state government…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Programs, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries
Angus, Beatrice E. – Bookmark, 1986
Discusses areas in which school libraries and staff will benefit from their inclusion in a statewide network of libraries. (CLB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
Download full textParkinson, Linda L.; Burton, Annie Laurie – 1990
The grant received for the Literacy Program of the Twin Falls (Idaho) Public Library (approximately $24,000) has contributed to the overall improvement of the library system afforded by construction of a new addition planned for completion in February 1991. Grant funds supporting the literacy program complemented funds from a bond issue for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Federal Aid
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1989
The goals and guiding principles of the Maryland State Library Network are defined by the State Library Network Planning and Resource Sharing Task Force. The following goals are asserted: (1) state residents will have improved access to the state's information resources through the work of a State Library Network Coordinating Council; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Iowa State Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines. State Library. – 1989
The Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs appointed a task force, to be chaired by the State Librarian of Iowa, to evaluate technologies available for libraries and potential uses for the technologies deemed valuable; discuss problems from the viewpoint of the library user in the establishment of cooperative programs; and develop a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Vermont State Dept. of Libraries, Montpelier. – 1993
The Vermont General Assembly mandated an evaluation of the regional library program of the Vermont State Department of Libraries. To carry out this charge, the department initiated a 14-month review of the program with three components: an internal review of library service, use, and costs; public library input derived from a detailed survey and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support
Young, Diana, Comp. – 1991
This collection of papers from North Carolina's state and regional Conferences on Library and Information Services, which were held over a 6-month period in 1990-1991, includes copies of: (1) the agenda of the state conference (Raleigh, February 6, 1991); (2) a list of the delegates to the national White House Conference on Library and Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Conferences, Democracy
