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Open Forum on Recommendations of the White House Conference on Library and Information Services (Washington, D.C., March 10, 1992).
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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report is the official record of an open forum on recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services sponsored by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), a federal agency charged with advising the President and the Congress on library and information policies and plans.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Childrens Libraries, Educational Improvement, Federal Programs
Rural Libraries, Volume XIV, 1994.
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Pratt, Mary Lou, Ed. – Rural Libraries, 1994
The 2 issues in this volume contain 10 articles on rural libraries and information access in rural America. Topics include telecommunications and distance education in Nebraska, the future of small rural public libraries, federal programs to improve rural access to information, outreach issues for public libraries, and the role of information in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Distance Education, Economic Development, Federal Programs
The National Literacy Act: What Librarians Should Know.
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Humes, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1994
Discusses features of the National Literacy Act that are of interest to librarians. Highlights include a new definition of literacy; cooperation between providers and government agencies; new programs, including state resource centers, national workforce strategies, services for prisoners, and family programs; amendments to existing legislation;…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Correctional Education, Family Programs, Federal Legislation
The GPO and the Depository Library Program as Structured Are Needed: Views of a Selective Depository Librarian.
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Walshak, Lynn G. – Government Information Quarterly, 1998
Addresses perceived problems of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) and the Government Printing Office (GPO) relative to a foundering program, electronic capabilities, costs to participating libraries, inefficient service, and accountability requirements. Unfavorable images have resulted and have been used by advocacy groups to bring the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Costs, Depository Libraries
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1975. Volume One. Scheduled Witnesses.
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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1975
This is the first of two volumes of written testimony presented to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) at its Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing held May 21, 1975 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Statements are provided by public, academic, research, special, regional, state, and school librarians, as well as by…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Information Services, Copyrights, Federal Programs
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1975. Volume Two. Written Testimony.
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National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1975
This is the second of two volumes of written testimony presented to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) at its Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing held May 21, 1975 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Statements are provided by academic, public, state, and special librarians, as well as by spokespersons for…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Copyrights, Federal Programs, Financial Support