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Dempsey, Beth – Library Journal, 2010
For libraries, the impact of the derailed economy was felt more fully in 2009 than in 2008, as tax revenues decreased and public funds dwindled. By February 2009, the American Library Association (ALA) reported from a survey of its Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA) that 41 percent of states expected declining state funding for…
Descriptors: Taxes, Educational Finance, Government Libraries, Public Libraries
American Libraries, 1970
Descriptors: Conferences, Elections, Library Associations, Reports
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1996
Libraries are one of the world's greatest assets. Changes in the political, social, and economic climate in the U.S. mean that people cannot take public access to information for granted. Intense competition for public, private, and institutional dollars makes it more crucial than ever that policymakers understand that libraries--public, school,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advocacy, Agenda Setting, Citizen Participation