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 2024
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2022
Submissions from 2023
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2021
Submissions from 2022
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2020
Maine's Five -Year LSTA Plan - 2023 - 2027, Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Libraries - 20 U.S.C. 9141, Janet McKenney
Presentation : Maine Van Delivery Program, 2022, James Ritter
Submissions from 2021
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2019
Maine Library Trustee Handbook, 2021 Edition
Submissions from 2020
Maine Library Statistics Trend Analysis : 2015-2019, Stephanie Zurinski
Maine State Library ARRC Interlibrary Loan Manual (Rev. July 2020), Stephanie Zurinski
Summer 2020 - COVID Interlibrary Loan Quarantining Guidance
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2018
Submissions from 2019
Maine Reciprocal Borrowing Pilot - Instructions for Library Circulation Staff, Alisia Revitt
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2017
Region 3 Quarterly Newsletter, January 2019, Janet McKenney and Maine State Library
Submissions from 2018
I'm Your Neighbor Welcoming Library Webinar - October 24, 2018, Kate Cutko and Kirsten Cappy
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2016
Maine Library Trustee Handbook, 2018, Maine State Library
Submissions from 2017
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2015
Information About Maine School and Library Network (MSLN) Funding Provided by the Maine Telecommunications Education Access Fund (MTEAF), Maine State Library
2017 Reading Round-up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2016
Summary Report to District Council at MLA : Evaluation and Restructuring of the Maine State Library Consulting Services, Janet McKenney
The New Maine Regional Library System : What's Changing... and What's Remaining the Same, Janet McKenney
Sharing a World of Knowledge: Southern Maine Library District Annual Report July 1, 2015-June 30, 2016, Deborah Clark
2016 Reading Round-Up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
Submissions from 2015
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2014, Maine State Library
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2014-2015, Southern Maine Library District and Deborah Clark
Lawyers in Libraries: Law Day May 1, 2015, Maine State Library and Jared Leadbetter
2015 Reading Round-Up Conference Agenda, Maine State Library and Deborah Clark
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2013, Maine State Library
Maine Library Trustee Handbook, 2015, Maine State Library
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
Technology's Impact in Maine Libraries (2013)
Submissions from 2012
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2010
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
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2009
A Bare Bones Reference List for Small and Medium-Sized Public Libraries in Maine (2011), Maine Regional Library System
Southern Maine Library District Annual Report, 2010-2011, Southern Maine Library District
Submissions from 2010
LSTA Maine State Program Report Summary, Fiscal Year 2008
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, 2003 Edition, 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
Records from the Maine Regional Library System 1973-1999, Maine State Library and Maine Regional Library System
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