The Library Development Division of Maine State Library provides for the development of all types of libraries throughout the state. Specific programs include: the Maine Regional Library System (consultant services, direct free walk-in service, interlibrary loan, and federal and state aid for public libraries), special services (books-by-mail, video services, talking books and large print books), school library/ media services, Maine InfoNet, and electronic database licensing.
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Submissions from 2022
Maine's Five -Year LSTA Plan - 2023 - 2027, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Libraries - 20 U.S.C. 9141, Janet McKenney
Submissions from 2019
Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Pilot - Instructions for Library Circulation Staff, Alisia Revitt
Region 3 Quarterly Newsletter, January 2019, Janet McKenney and Maine State Library
Submissions from 2018
Maine Library Trustee Handbook, 2018, Maine State Library
Submissions from 2017
2017 Reading Round-up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
Information About Maine School and Library Network (MSLN) Funding Provided by the Maine Telecommunications Education Access Fund (MTEAF), Maine State Library
Submissions from 2016
2016 Reading Round-Up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
Records from the Maine Regional Library System 1973-1999, Maine State Library and Maine Regional Library System
Sharing a World of Knowledge: Southern Maine Library District Annual Report July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016, Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2015
2015 Reading Round-Up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
Lawyers in Libraries: Law Day May 1, 2015, Maine State Library and Jared Leadbetter
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Report by the Maine State Library 2014, Maine State Library
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2013, Maine State Library
Maine Library Trustee Handbook, 2015, Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2014-2015, Southern Maine Library District and Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2014
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2012, Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2013-2014, Southern Maine Library District and Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2013
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2011, Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2012-2013, Southern Maine Library District and Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2012
LSTA Maine Five ‐Year State Plan 2013‐2017, Maine State Library
Maine Libraries Snapshot 2012, Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2011-2012, Southern Maine Library District
Submissions from 2011
A Bare Bones Reference List For Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries in Maine, 3rd Edition, June 2011, Maine Regional Library System and Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2010-2011, Southern Maine Library District
Submissions from 2010
Maine Libraries Snapshot 2010, Maine State Library
Submissions from 2009
Maine Public Libraries Snapshot 2009, Maine State Library
Submissions from 2008
A Bare Bones Reference List for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries in Maine 2008, Maine State Library and Central Maine Library District
Submissions from 2007
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Plan - 2008 - 2012, Maine State Library
Submissions from 2004
LSTA Funds at Work in Maine (2004)
Submissions from 2003
Advanced MARVEL Searching 2003, Molly Larson, Bangor Public Library, and Old Town Public Library
Maine Library Trustees Association Trustee Handbook, Maine Library Trustees Association
Submissions from 2002
Maine School and Library Network Results of the Needs Analysis Questionnaire, July 2002
Submissions from 1999
Maine's Regional Library System : A History, Robert C. Woodward
Submissions from 1995
The Maine Guide to Organizations, Initiatives and Resources Shaping Maine's Information and Telecommunications Future, Karl Beiser
Submissions from 1991
Maine School Library Survey, Margaret Soule, League of Women Voters of Maine, Maine Department of Education, Maine Educational Media Association, Maine Library Association, and Maine State Library
Submissions from 1979
A Teacher's Resource Booklet for In and Out of Maine : A Series of Seven Television Programs, R. Devillers Seymour, Elton F. Churchill, and James Garvin
Submissions from 1968
Maine State Library Fifty-Ninth Report 1968, Ruth A. Hazelton 1912-2001