Evaluation of Use of Library Services and Technology Act Funding in California, 1997/98-2001/02.
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| Title: | Evaluation of Use of Library Services and Technology Act Funding in California, 1997/98-2001/02. |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Will, Barbara, California State Library, Sacramento. |
| Availability: | For full text: http://www.library.ca.gov/assets/acrobat/ Evaluation_Report_LSTA_5_YR_PLAN_bw_4.10.02.pdf/. |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 66 |
| Publication Date: | 2002 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Access to Information, Federal Aid, Information Networks, Information Technology, Library Development, Library Funding, Library Services, User Needs (Information), Users (Information) |
| Geographic Terms: | California |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Library Services and Technology Act 1996 |
| Abstract: | This report describes the impact of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding in California for 1997-2002 on Californians of all ages as served by their libraries of all types. The first section summarizes the results in achieving the following goals and their related objectives: (1) free and convenient access to learning and information resources through libraries of all types for individuals of all ages; (2) library services available in all parts of the state that provide all users access, through state, regional, national, and international electronic networks, to information resources they require to meet their diverse, changing, and expanding educational, economic, knowledge, social, cultural, recreational, and life fulfillment needs; (3) development and implementation of the necessary electronic and resource-sharing linkages among and between libraries to support California's multitype library network development; and (4) promotion and enhancement of targeted library services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or information skills. The second section contains in-depth evaluations of 5 projects funded under LSTA during 1997-2002. The third section outlines the areas where more progress needs to be made and where processes can be improved. The fourth section provides a summary of the evaluation process. (MES) |
| Entry Date: | 2004 |
| Accession Number: | ED477769 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | This report describes the impact of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding in California for 1997-2002 on Californians of all ages as served by their libraries of all types. The first section summarizes the results in achieving the following goals and their related objectives: (1) free and convenient access to learning and information resources through libraries of all types for individuals of all ages; (2) library services available in all parts of the state that provide all users access, through state, regional, national, and international electronic networks, to information resources they require to meet their diverse, changing, and expanding educational, economic, knowledge, social, cultural, recreational, and life fulfillment needs; (3) development and implementation of the necessary electronic and resource-sharing linkages among and between libraries to support California's multitype library network development; and (4) promotion and enhancement of targeted library services to people of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or information skills. The second section contains in-depth evaluations of 5 projects funded under LSTA during 1997-2002. The third section outlines the areas where more progress needs to be made and where processes can be improved. The fourth section provides a summary of the evaluation process. (MES) |
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