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EQUALITY IN LIBRARY SERVICE--WYOMING'S GOAL, A REPORT OF A SURVEY WITH GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING A STATE-WIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM.

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Title: EQUALITY IN LIBRARY SERVICE--WYOMING'S GOAL, A REPORT OF A SURVEY WITH GUIDELINES FOR ESTABLISHING A STATE-WIDE LIBRARY SYSTEM.
Authors: KEE, S. JANICE, Wyoming State Library, Cheyenne.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 139
Publication Date: 1966
Descriptors: College Libraries, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, School Libraries, Special Libraries
Geographic Terms: Wyoming
Abstract: THIS LIBRARY SURVEY, INITIATED WITH THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING WYOMING LIBRARY SERVICE UP TO NATIONAL STANDARDS, HAS AS ITS THEME "EQUALITY OF SERVICE THROUGH COOPERATIVE EFFORT." QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS, INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATION WERE USED IN COLLECTING DATA WHICH YIELDED THE FOLLOWING MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS--(1) WYOMING SHOULD HAVE ONE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALL LIBRARIES, (2) THE WYOMING STATE LIBRARY SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED SO IT COULD ACT AS HEAD OF THIS PROPOSED SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING LIBRARY, (3) SIX REGIONAL PLANNING GROUPS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR WIDE-SPREAD CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM, AND (4) THE WYOMING LIBRARY LAW SHOULD BE RECODIFIED. (CC)
Entry Date: 1968
Accession Number: ED019984
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:THIS LIBRARY SURVEY, INITIATED WITH THE PURPOSE OF BRINGING WYOMING LIBRARY SERVICE UP TO NATIONAL STANDARDS, HAS AS ITS THEME "EQUALITY OF SERVICE THROUGH COOPERATIVE EFFORT." QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO LIBRARIANS AND LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS, INTERVIEWS, AND OBSERVATION WERE USED IN COLLECTING DATA WHICH YIELDED THE FOLLOWING MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS--(1) WYOMING SHOULD HAVE ONE STATE LIBRARY SYSTEM WHICH WOULD INCLUDE ALL LIBRARIES, (2) THE WYOMING STATE LIBRARY SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED SO IT COULD ACT AS HEAD OF THIS PROPOSED SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING LIBRARY, (3) SIX REGIONAL PLANNING GROUPS SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR WIDE-SPREAD CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM, AND (4) THE WYOMING LIBRARY LAW SHOULD BE RECODIFIED. (CC)