ERIC Number: ED326241
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: 287
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Annual Program, 1991.
Texas State Library, Austin.
This report provides information on the Texas State Library's fiscal year 1991 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) state-administered program. Standard Form 424, "Application for Federal Assistance," is followed by specific requirements for resource allocations under LSCA and a summary of funding sources by LSCA priority. The majority of the document is composed of project plans for LSCA funded activities under Titles I, II, and III. Title I projects include: (1) Public Library Services to Areas without Services; (2) Public Library Services to Areas with Inadequate Services; (3) Services to the Disadvantaged; (4) Library Services for the Blind and Other Physically Handicapped Persons; (5) State Institutional Library Services; (6) Major Urban Resource Libraries; (7) Services to Limited English-Speaking people; (8) Services to the Elderly; (9) Literacy Programs; and (10) Administration. A Title II Project Plan is also included as well as two projects under Title III: (1) Planning for Cooperative Library Networks; and (2) Establishing, Expanding, and Operating Library Networks. Specific activities described include demonstrations of interlibrary cooperation, the Interlibrary Loan and Reference Referral Network, the Texas Union List of Serials, the Texas Reading Club, Regional Library Systems, Continuing Education, and the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services. Guidelines for planning and administering LSCA programs are appended. (SD)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Grants, Institutionalized Persons, Library Administration, Library Facilities, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services, Library Statistics, Limited English Speaking, Literacy Education, Older Adults, Program Costs, Program Descriptions, Public Libraries, Regional Libraries, Shared Library Resources, State Programs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Texas State Library, Austin.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Library Services and Construction Act
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