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Making a Difference @ your library®

Columbus Public Library
Library Services and Technology Act
 
Five-Year Plan Evaluation

Making a Difference @ your library®
Nebraska Library Commission
April 30, 2002

This report is the result of a comprehensive statewide evaluation project conducted by the Nebraska Library Commission. The primary objective of the project was to provide the Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) with an in-depth analysis of the impact of federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding on Nebraska's libraries and communities. A secondary objective was to collect consistent, specific information from all of Nebraska's public libraries about their successes, challenges, and dreams for providing library and information services, in order for the Library Commission to provide responsive, appropriate services and programs in the future.

The report is made available here in Adobe PDF format.  You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to read these files.

Introduction, Table of Contents, Executive Summary

Libraries for the 21st Century: Accomplishments and Lessons Learned

Goal 1: Access to statewide library and information services
Goal 2: New and innovative library service arrangements
Goal 3: Access to information technology
LSTA Competitive Grant Recommendations
Goal 4: Knowledgeable library staff
Goal 5: Access to library services by diverse populations
5a Talking Book and Braille Service
5b Service to non-English or limited-English speaking populations
5c Service to children and young adults

Nebraska In-Depth Evaluations

Saunders County Library Cooperative Automation Project
One Library Consortium Automation Project
HHS Library Technology Consortium
Department of Corrections Foreign Language and Cultural Studies materials
Gibbon Getting Kids Started @ your library™

General Recommendations, Evaluation Methodology

Appendices:

  1. Regional Library System Visits
  2. Making a Difference @ your library™ Visit Statistics
  3. Materials for Making a Difference Visit
  4. Making a Difference @ your library™ Web page on NLC Web site
  5. Sample Library Profile
  6. What Makes a Difference in Rural Community Survival
  7. NLA Legislative Day Promotional Material
  8. Progress Report to Nebraska State Advisory Council on Libraries and Nebraska Library Commissioners
  9. Promotion of Making a Difference Project