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Download full textMcClure, Charles R.; Bordonaro, Gaelynn Wolf; Smith, Bruce – 2001
There is significant inequality in funding public libraries in Michigan, and there is every likelihood that there will be increased instability in that funding if action is not taken immediately. The objectives of this study included the following: provide an analysis of how public libraries in Michigan are currently funded; identify current…
Descriptors: Library Development, Library Funding, Library Planning, Library Statistics
Hennen, Thomas J., Jr. – Library Journal, 2004
Last year, Louisville, KY, grew overnight from the country's 64th largest city to the 16th largest, the result of the merger of the city with Jefferson County. Pittsburgh and Buffalo, NY, are among other communities discussing city-county mergers. Many smaller communities are considering merging services, such as police and fire, or consolidating…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Local Government, Economic Impact, Organizational Change
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 2000
The Alabama Public Library Service (APLS) is charged with improving library services throughout the state to ensure that all citizens have access to quality library and information services. The agency is responsible for receiving and administering federal and state funds for the more than 200 public libraries in Alabama. Information is reported…
Descriptors: Grants, Internet, Library Circulation, Library Development
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1997
In 1937, the Michigan Library Association recommended to the Legislature that state funding be provided to public libraries and that a state board for libraries be appointed. In 1965, Public Act 286 established 24 library systems whose membership comprised approximately one-third of the public libraries in the state. Under Public Act 89 of 1977,…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Information Services, Library Development, Library Funding
Collins, Tricia – 1999
This paper provides information on library services in Wisconsin, with a special emphasis on public library systems. The first section describes how library services are organized and administered, including municipal and county libraries, library systems, and the state Department of Public Instruction's Division for Libraries and Community…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Role, Library Administration, Library Development
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1960
This publication is the first formal summation of results on a nationwide basis of progress under the Library Services Act, a State-local-Federal cooperative program for extension and improvement of public library services to rural areas. The two previous bulletins of this series have been concerned with "plans"; this publication is concerned with…
Descriptors: Library Services, Rural Areas, Public Libraries, Cooperative Programs
PDF pending restorationKrefman, Naomi, Comp.; Dwyer, Molly, Comp.; Krueger, Beth, Comp. – 1999
This statistical report on Michigan's libraries presents data provided by academic libraries, public libraries, public library cooperatives, and those public libraries that that serve as regional or subregional outlets to provide services for blind and physically handicapped patrons. For academic libraries, data are compiled from the 1998 academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Internet
Crosby, Barbara S. – 1992
This summative evaluation of the Public Library Services to Disadvantaged Populations Grant program describes how the grant program is meeting its stated objectives, how it is contributing to library development in Texas, and how Texas State Library activities and policy impact the program. The Texas State Library initiated this grant program with…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, English (Second Language)
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1991
The 1991-1992 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program is presented in this report for the South Carolina State Library. The document includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA Title I projects: (1) General Administration; (2) Library Interpretation; (3) General Operations; (4) Strengthening the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Development, Library Expenditures
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1990
The 1990-1991 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program is presented in this report for the South Carolina State Library. The document includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA Title I projects: (1) General Administration; (2) Library Interpretation; (3) General Operations; (4) Strengthening the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Development, Library Expenditures
Idaho State Library, Boise. – 1996
The Idaho allocation plan for funds from the Library Service and Construction Act (LSCA) continues the emphasis on priorities described in the statewide plan for years 1994-1998. These priorities are: (1) advocate for the creation of library districts with adequate tax support to serve the state's entire population; (2) strengthen cooperation and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Federal Aid, Information Technology, Library Administration
Ellingson, Jo Ann – 1989
Focusing on Chicago (Illinois), this report describes the magnitude of issues related to the education of non-English-speaking immigrants, and presents an overview of both the learning resource materials available to support bilingual education in the Chicago School System and the availability of materials in foreign languages in the Chicago…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
