Library Services and Technology Act in Texas
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The Library Services and Technology Act provides a significant level of
funding for Texas. The Texas State Library and Archives Commission currently
receives approximately $10.7 million annually, which is approximately one-third
of the total agency budget.
Through the Grants to States program, the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) provides funds to State Library
Administrative Agencies using a population-based formula. State libraries
may use the appropriation to support statewide initiatives and services. They
also may distribute the funds through sub-grant competitions or cooperative
agreements to public, academic, research, school, and special libraries in
their state.
Each state has an IMLS-approved
five-year plan outlining its programs. These programs support the LSTA
goals, which are to:
- expand services for learning and access to information and educational
resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals
of all ages;
- develop library services that provide all users access to information
through local, state, regional, national, and international electronic networks;
- provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of
libraries;
- develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based
organizations;
- target library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural,
and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals
with limited functional literacy or information skills; and
- target library and information services to persons having difficulty
using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including
children from families with incomes below the poverty line.
Current Documents
Library Services
and Technology Act (LSTA) Five Year Plan for Texas 2008 – 2012
The State Plan submitted to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Evaluation Study
of LSTA Five Year
Plan for Texas 2003 - 2007 [.pdf]
The State Plan for the Library Services and Technology Act in Texas: FFY2003
- 2007, amended, has been prepared by the staff of the Texas State Library
and Archives Commission (TSLAC) in accordance with the general guidance provided
by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Library
Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Advisory Council, and the Texas State Library
and Archives Commission.
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Previous Documents
State Plan for
Library Services and Technology Act - FY2003-FY2007
State Plan for
Library Services and Technology Act - FY1998-FY2002
Evaluation
Study of FY1998-FY2002
Plan
Print this publication in .pdf -- Evaluation
of LSTA 5-Year Plan
| Part II: Survey Report
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LSTA
Study: Evaluation of the FY1998-FY2002
Texas Plan
PowerPoint presentation by Ester Smith, Ph.D., from TLA
annual conference 2002.
Download a free
viewer for this PowerPoint file
Please send comments to Deborah
Littrell, Library Development Division Director.
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