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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| Language: | en |
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1978
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED178040 |
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Table of Contents:
- The Regional Library Resource Centers of Pennsylvania in Concept and Operation. Development Evaluation Financial Support Interlibrary Loans Library Collections Library Services Program Descriptions Regional Libraries Resource Centers State Programs Tables (Data) This report (1) reviews the concept, development, and effectiveness of the Regional Library Resource Centers (RRC's) of Pennsylvania as a part of the state's organization for public library services; (2) recommends possible desirable changes in their number, scope of services, interlibrary relationships, and funding; and (3) drafts regulations for carrying out the recommendations. Specifically, chapters cover (1) the origins of regional library resource centers in Pennsylvania and the 1958 study by Lowell A. Martin; (2) library development, 1962-67, and the Martin re-survey of 1967; (3) the adoption and implementation of the recommendations of the Martin studies relating to RRC's; (4) the initiation of the work of the RRC's; (5) a critical review of the concept and services of the RRC's; (6) the organization for library support at the state level; (7) major research collections in the RRC's; (8) RRC's and interlibrary loans; and (9) findings and conclusions. The report includes an organizational chart of the Pennsylvania Department of Education and 33 tables display relevant data in the text. (Author/JD)