This guide to the administration of the Library Systems Act for the State of Texas begins by presenting the text of the Library Systems Act. The relevant regulations from the Texas Administrative ...Code are then provided, covering such topics as standards for accreditation of a major resource system of libraries, minimum standards for accreditation of a public library, grants, and system advisory councils. Finally, the criteria for membership in the Texas Library System and requirements for certification as a county librarian are summarized. (CGD)
This guide to the administration of the Library Systems Act for the State of Texas begins by presenting the text of the Library Systems Act. The relevant regulations from the Texas Administrative ...Code are then provided, covering such topics as standards for accreditation of a major resource system of libraries, minimum standards for accreditation of a public library, grants, and resource system advisory councils. Finally, the criteria for membership in the Texas Library System and requirements for certification as a county librarian are summarized. (EW)
Describes the general characteristics of Washington Electronic Bulletin Board Systems (WEBBS) used within federal agencies to disseminate data and software. Examples of six varieties of WEBBS ...(electronic mail, public announcement, electronic publishing, data oriented, library oriented, and subscription/membership) are discussed, as well as concerns about and the future of WEBBS. (six references) (CLB)
Based on information collected from a survey of selected state library agencies, this booklet describes the governance, funding, membership criteria, and services of library systems in Illinois, New ...York, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Connecticut. An overview of the development of multitype library systems and definitions of related terms are provided. It is reported that: (1) there is a great diversity in the structure and operation of library systems; (2) four of the seven states surveyed operate multitype regional library systems; (3) five of the seven fund their systems fully; (4) the most common system membership requirements are equal access to all state residents and sharing of resources; and (5) the most important services provided by all the systems are interlibrary lending and reciprocal borrowing. A list is also provided of the major differences between systems in the states surveyed and the Texas Regional Library Systems. The final section presents information on the provision of interlibrary loan services in four of the states fully surveyed (Illinois, New York, California, and Colorado) and in two additional states which share borders with Texas (New Mexico and Oklahoma). (ESR)
The United States Office of Indian Education is requesting that all children who are served in the Indian Education Program prove their Indian ancestry with a roll number or Certificate Degree of ...Indian Blood (CDIB) card. This practice is discriminatory because (1) the Native American is the only ethnic group in the United States that must prove its ethnic background to participate in an education program at a public school; (2) ancestors of many Native Americans of the Five Tribes of Oklahoma were not part of the Dawes Commission enrollment (closed in 1906); (3) in 1924, the United States government made all Indians American citizens; and (4) there is no provision for the Native American who has been adopted. Most Oklahoma Indian families do not have the time, money, energy, and/or expertise to complete the complicated process of securing the CDIB card for their children to participate in an Indian Education Program at school that provides tutoring in the basic subjects. Meanwhile, an estimated one-third of Oklahoma children currently recognized as Native Americans do not have roll numbers or CDIB cards. Tribal agencies do not have the manpower or finances to provide applicants with the proper documentation. Problems of securing numbers/cards are even greater for urban Indians who do not know the system. (NEC)
The All-Japan Band Association (AJBA) annual national competition serves as the penultimate event in the world of Japanese bands, and is credited with providing the primary motivation for outstanding ...musical achievement. Western band directors’ descriptions of the “amazing” performances of Japanese school bands tend to be based on observations at the final stage (national level) of this enormous competition. This chapter provides the first detailed English-language description of this important event.
