Bulletin 1959 No. 17 . a], - State Plans UNDER THE Library Services Act SUPPLEMENT 1 A SUMMARYOF PROGRAMS for FISCAL 1958 - SUBMITTED UNDER PUBLIC LAW 597, 84thCONGRESS Prepared by the Library Services Branch s co t S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE Arthur S. Flemming Secretary Officea Education- - - of Lawrence G. Derthiek,Commissioner ( C.. .404/ 1r 4. Contents Page FORWORD . v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS vii CHAPTER I. State Plans and Pr'gramsfor Fiscal'458;An - Overview.........\,, .. ... ..... .... ... 1 CIIAVFkR II. Outlines of the State \Plans and Programs for 411 .. Fiscal 1958 WPENIMX A. Tables , 1. Partial Analysis of 50 StateProgramsfor Fiscal 1958.... 2. Program Budgets of &ate andTerritLriesParticipating in Fiscal 1958, by Source of Funds 78 1. Program Budgets of 50 Statesand TerritoriesParticipat- ing in Fiscal1958, by Categories 79 4. Matching Funds for FederalAllotngntsfor Fiscal 1957 and Fiscal 1958 80 5. Funds AvailabletoStates and Territories inFiscal 1958 Following ReallounentsMade According toProviso.... 81 ATPENDIXB. Public Law 597; 84th CongressPrincipalPro- visiops ...... 82 I 11 A. a C1 "Ir e IP Foreword TrHIS SUPPLEMENT outlines thefrograrnssubmitted bv 50 States and Territories for the secondveil- of the Library Serv- ices Act.Theseprogramsreflect the plienning and development which has been taking placeacrossthe Nation in the extension,and improvement of public library service in ruralareas.In the first year,fiscal 1957 (July 1, 1956, through June 30,1957),35 States and 1 Territory submitted States plant andprograms.Thesewere summarized in State Plans tinder the Library Services Act (Office of Education. Bulletin 1958, No. 10). In fiscal 1958, 14 additional States and TerritoriesAlaska, Florida, Guam. Idaho, Kansas, Maine. Maryland, Nevada, Pennsyl- vania, Puerto Rico, Rhode island, Utah, Viigin Islands, and Wash- ingtonsubmitted theirplansand-rprograms. Thisbulletin containsin additiontothe 1958pi:ogramsfor the participating States and Territories. outlinesonGeneral Aims and Policies and Methods of Administration of the 14 State plans whichwe're sub- mitted for the first time in fiscal 1958. Taken together. State Plans Under the Library Services Act and this supplementtoit,present the basic planning for public library development in ruralareas for the States and Territories under the Library Services'Act. (Delaware. Indiana, and Wyoming didnotparticipate in fiscalyears 1957 and 1958.)A third bulletin,nowin preparation, willcon- centrate onactual accomplishments and results under the State programsduring the first 2yearsof the Act. In the firstyear,mostof the States didnotbegin theirprograms . 4 until January 1957,orlater, anditsaresult had 6 monthsorlessto .) getunderway. The cooperation which has beenstimulatedwithin the States , amongState and local officials, organizations, and professional and lay people in extending and improving rural public library service has beenmostgratify* and commendable, accounting in large partfor the retnarkableprogresswhich has been mide.A letter a. v vi STATEPIANSANDPROGRAMS UNDERTHELIBRARYSERVICESACT 1 1 .i from theLibrarian ofthe A * Library ofHawaii.-indicativeof thisat. titude.readsin part: "One of the (inesbtthings whi4FeCierajaid hasbroughttothe Territory ofPHawiiiitaunifiedfeelingofwork. ing togetherfor betterlibraryservice;)TheOffice ofEducation is pleasedto he one partner in thisState-local-Federalcoopepathe librarydevelopmentprogram. Roi N.HALL JOHNG.IAMENZ,Director, Assistant CommissionerforResearch LibraryServicesBranch I Alb -s ge .5 1%. /1" 4 4 5. to .1/ . s . .. r- p. irt a at 4 $ alt f Acknowledgments Al QINCEREAPPMEeIATIONof the.Office of Educationis iJ extendedtothe officiaktof the State grid Territorial library agencies who reviewed the outlines of State plans andprograms for this supplement.The SO State and Territorial libraries sub- ,mitting app6vable .plans, andprogramsfor fiscal 1958ate as follows: 1 State!PrTerritory .4 ivory Lacer'.ism Alabama. Public Library Servicebivision. Mon tgomery. Alaska.6...0 0. Territorial Department of LibraryJunPau. Service. Arizona.. .. Department of Library andAr-Phoenix. chives. Arkansas,. State Library Commission.. .. LittleRock-. I California. State Library, Department of Edu-Sacramento., g catiOn. Colorado State Library, Department rof Edu-I)enver. cation. Connecticut Bureau of LibraryServices,Depart-liartford. mentof Education. (" Florida . I. StateLibraryBoard..b...*** . Tallahassee. Georgia. Division of Instructional MaterialsAtlanta. S. and.. Library Service. State De- partmentof Education. r Gutuf . Nkves M. Flores Memorial Librarit. Agana. Hawaii Library of .... ... Honolulu. Idaho Idaho State Libriry. 00.. .0.0. Boise. Illinois.. State Library . .. .... .. ... .. Sptingfield.- fowa Statr Traveling Library..... .. I3es Moines. Kansas. 00 Traveling Libraries Commission... Topeka. Kentucky Library Exbension Divisiotk, .- Frankfor,t. ,. toui.iana.. - State Library . :. Baton Rouge. , Maine... 4 State Library . Augusta. Maryland v. Division-of Library Extension, De-Baltimore. parailimtof Education./ .Massachusetts.. DivisiOnof Library Extension, Di-Boston. partmentof Education. Michigan... State Library 1..ansing. vii - viii STATEPLANS AND PROGRAMS'UNDERTHE LIBRARYSERVICESACT 4 _Stateor Territory geney Location Minnesota. brarvDivision,DepartmentofSt. Paul. Education. Mississippi. , MississippiLibraryCommission.. Jackson. Missouri . State Library. ,.. .... JeffersonCity. Montana State LibraryExeension Commis-Missoula. sion, Nebraska . Public LibrarvCommiss Lincoln. Nevada State Library, , Carson City. New Hampshire StateLibrary . Concord. New Jersey Divisionof theState Library,Ar-Trenton. chives and'History,StateDepart- ment of Education. NewMexico. State Library Commission . .. Santa Fe. New York . New YorkStateLibrary,StateAlbany. EducationDepartment. North Carolina StateLibrary. Raleigh. NorthDakota State LibraryCommission... BiArnarck. Ohio . State Library. ...v. Columbus. Oklahoma... Oklahoma StateLibrary .. ... a. emi OklahomaCity. Oregon State . Library . S Salem. Pennsylvania StateLibrary. Harrisburg. Puerto Rico LibraryServices,Departmentof SanJuan. Education. Rhode Island . StateLibrary. ..... Providence. South Carolina State LibraryBoard... Columbia. South Dakota State LibraryCommission Pierre. Tennessee . Public.4kibrariesDivision,StateNashville. Library andArchives. Texas . State Library. ... ...... Austin. Utah.. State Library. Salt LakeCity. Vermont . Free PublicLibraryCommission. Montpelier. yirgima . State Library. Richmond. Virgin Islands Bureau oLibraries andMuseums,Charlotte Amalie. Departmentof Education. St. Thomas. Washington... State Library . Olympia. West . Virginia I.ibraryCommission. Charleston. Wisconsin. FreeLibraryCommission Madison. 41111 ,1 v_k I '4 \ A PrIr I ePlans andPrograms forFiscal458: AnOverview areas -4`Th1HEAP! STRIDESweremade inlibrary development inrural MMI during fiscal 1958(July 1, 1957,through June 30,1958).Thisprog- ress wasmade both in theplanning andaetual results inthe extensionof p(ibik library servicesunder theLibrary Services Act. The increase inthe numberof States andTerritories participatingin theprogramSOasagainst 36 inthe precedingfiscal year-4-combined A k with the largerFederalappropriation$5,000,000instead of$2,050,(0)-- broughtacorresponding increasein the numberof public librarydevel- opmentprojects submittedin thesecondyearof the Act.(Over 200 in- dividual projectactivitieswereincluded in thefiscal 1958 program outlines in contrast tothe approximately125 noted inthe 36first-year programs.)Projects which werecontinuationsof work begunin thepre- cedingyear wereusually expanded.In Alabama,as anexample, the Lee- Igliapoosa RegionalLibrary projectadded CoosaCounty; theexpanded projectwasrenamed theHorseshoe BendRegional Library. The majorityofprogramsfor fiscal 1958 were morespecificundoubt- edlyaresult of thelonger timeavailable forplanning andinvestigation. (7rantprogramstocounties andregions forlibrarydevelopment projects weregiven in greaterdetail:oftenlisting localrequirements,formulas for determiningthegrant amounts,and theparticular countiesthat would receivesuchgrants.In the statements onthe purchaseof bookmobiles, exactmakes andmodelmwereoften specified. Manyprogramsreflected Statelibrarylegislation passedin 1956 or 1957. Amostnotable example camefrom Utahwhere Statelegislation passed in 1956createda newState library agencywhich wouldadminis- tertheLibrary ServicesAct grant.This finallycompleted the rosterof exte-nsionagencies.amilestone inpublic library ,States withState library 1 497039 0-- S9-2 - 2 STATEPLANS ANDPROGRAMS UNDERTHELIBRARYSERViCESACT . history.The fiscal1958 project forUtahreadssimplybutsignificantly: "OrganizeaState iihrary in ordertopromote libraryservicesthroughout ruralareas... Californiaapproved librarylegislationin 1957whichpermittedtwo counti4es to employ jointlya certifiedcounty librarian.Itsfiscal1958 program includesaproject to assisttwo sparselybettlednortherncounties (LassenandPlumas)to employ onelibrarianandestablishotherdesir- ablecooperativepractices. The fiscal 1958appropriationof $5millionpermittedallotments' ranging from $202,887forPennsylvaniato $10,583 fortheVirgin Islands.In addition,those StatesandTerritorieswhichhadnot been paid their fiscal1957allotmentsstill hadthese basicgrants available to them in fiscAl1958. The fiscal195A appropriationact for the U.S.Departmentof Health. Education,andWelfare makingfundsavailablefor theLibraryServices Act, alsoincludedthe followingprovisoregardingthetmilliongrant: