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Download full textSouth Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1995
This report provides information on South Carolina's Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) projects for fiscal year 1995. It includes: copies of applications for federal assistance and grant award notifications; a list of LSCA staff and responsibilities; a fiscal breakdown for Titles I and III that itemizes spending on activities within…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Library Administration, Library Development
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1997
This report provides information on South Carolina's Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) projects for fiscal year 1996. It includes: copies of applications for federal assistance and grant award notifications; a list of LSCA staff and responsibilities; a fiscal breakdown for Titles I and III that itemizes spending on activities within…
Descriptors: Budgets, Federal Aid, Library Administration, Library Development
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1989
Prepared as an outline of the long-range Michigan Library development program as required by the Library Services Construction Act (LSCA), this report presents goals, objectives, and procedures for strengthening and improving library services to Michigan Library's users over a 3-year period. The Library of Michigan's Long-Range Plan makes up the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Planning
Drobner, Sherry – 1994
The Adult Literacy Program at the Alameda County Library provided employment oriented programs. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and targeted workforce/workplace learners. The project served 578 adult learners and provided 35,904 hours of direct tutoring service. The report provides a comparison of actual accomplishments to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedGilbert, Carol – Public Libraries, 1995
Under the Library Services and Construction Act, the InfoPeople project was created allowing 182 California public libraries to receive Internet workstations. This article discusses guidelines for grant application for this project, the relationship between participating libraries and their communities, workstation equipment, access to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Resources, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
The eight reports featured in this publication detail the accomplishments of the State Grant Program (Titles I through IV) funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Written by members of the Public Library Support Staff, these descriptions are based on state and local library reports on how they meet a variety of users' needs.…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Institutionalized Persons
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1997
The South Carolina State Library's plan for use of Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title I, II and III funds is presented. Highlights include a profile of the public, including special needs populations; profiles of the state's libraries and their needs; criteria, priorities, and procedures for library improvement under Title I…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Higher Education, Individual Needs, Leadership
Hull, Jane A. – 1989
This report describes how a Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI Library Literacy Program grant was used to improve the literacy and coping skills of illiterate and functionally illiterate inmates incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. A second objective of this literacy program was to produce an annotated…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
Dunn, Christina, Ed. – 1989
A special program was developed using $8,800 in local funds and $18,957 in Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) funds for Head Start families in the Denver community. Of the 1,850 preschool-aged children from 100 Head Start classes who participated, 90% were from families with income levels below $9,000, 78% were from single-parent…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Hispanic Americans
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for Libraries and Community Learning. – 1995
The purpose of this long-range plan is to describe the status of library development in Wisconsin, the needs and problems of libraries, and the possible ways of meeting these needs over the next 5 years. This plan was developed by the Division for Libraries and Community Learning staff, with advice from the Library Services and Construction Act…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Cooperation, Library Development
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for Libraries and Community Learning. – 1995
The purpose of this long-range plan is to describe the status of library development in Wisconsin, the needs and problems of libraries, and the possible ways of meeting these needs over the next 5 years. The plan reflects reports submitted to the Division for Libraries and Community Learning staff, surveys, consultations with librarians and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Cooperation, Library Development
Cook, Vivian Adams – 1994
The Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma, Ohio) conducted a project that involved recruitment, coalition building, public awareness, training, collection development, and intergenerational/family programs. The program, Bringing Up Readers: Family Literacy Program, was successful in encouraging and promoting family reading, community cooperation,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
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
Quezada, Shelley, Comp. – 1991
This national literacy conference focused on the issues of developing community collaborations at the state and local levels, motivating constituent libraries to be more involved in literacy, technology-assisted learning, family literacy, workforce literacy, rural literacy, and issues involved in the administration of the Library Services and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation, Community Support, Computer Assisted Instruction
PDF pending restorationAlaska State Library, Juneau. – 1992
This long-range program is presented by the Alaska State Library to meet the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) and to show how LSCA funds can contribute to meeting library needs in the state. The program has been reviewed and revised in accordance with the needs of the state for assistance under the LSCA. It reflects…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Library Cooperation
