Bureau/Division/Agency
Library
Document Type
Text
Identifier
L 69.10:BL 634
Exact Creation Date
1991
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Maine State Library, "Report of the Maine Blaine House Conference on Library and Information Services 1991" (1991). Library Documents. 102.
https://digitalmaine.com/msl_docs/102
File Size
19.8 MB
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Rights Statement
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Description
A federal bill signed into law by President Reagan, and later supported by President Bush, authorized the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Maine's participation began in early 1990 when J. Gary Nichols, Maine State Librarian, created an advisory committee to prepare for a statelevel Blaine House conference. The federal guidelines specified a process to emphasize the provision of library and information services for literacy, productivity and democracy. with that in mind, and a list of ten major topics provided by the national advisory committee, the Maine committee planned the March 6, 1991 Blaine House Conference on Library and Information Services. within these pages is a brief review of the Blaine House Conference and a detailed list of the nine recommendations Maine took to the national conference. Also included is a list ·of the delegates and observers, the planning committee, focus group participants, agenda, facilitators, recorders,writers and an executive summary of the telephone survey.